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When the first vote to close-as-duplicate is cast, the Math SE software also posts a comment that says

This question is similar to: …. If you believe it’s different, please edit the question, make it clear how it’s different and/or how the answers on that question are not helpful for your problem.

Until recently the text was different:

Does this answer your question? …

and I think that before that it was something else.

When did the wording change?

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    $\begingroup$ This on metaSE is related. $\endgroup$
    – Peter Phipps
    Commented Jul 3 at 21:06
  • $\begingroup$ Thanks. I tried to post an answer so that I could mark the question as having been answered, but the software converted my answer into a comment. $\endgroup$
    – MJD
    Commented Jul 3 at 21:10
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    $\begingroup$ This question is similar to: Is a new comment format for duplicate votes being tested?. If you believe it’s different, please edit the question, make it clear how it’s different and/or how the answers on that question are not helpful for your problem. $\endgroup$
    – peterwhy
    Commented Jul 3 at 22:08
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    $\begingroup$ Note that the comment is posted under your account so you are free to edit it as need be (I usually do so). $\endgroup$
    – Bill Dubuque
    Commented Jul 4 at 2:51
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    $\begingroup$ Here's an early and highly-upvoted meta post complaining about the "Does this answer your question" text: "Does this answer your question?" duplicate comment text is silly and confusing. Here's a status post announcing that it was changed: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/401060/we-spent-a-sprint-addressing-your-requests-here-s-how-it-went. $\endgroup$
    – MJD
    Commented Jul 5 at 17:59
  • $\begingroup$ @BillDubuque As in the meta SE thread, the comment then is not automatically deleted when the question is closed as a duplicate. $\endgroup$
    – Тyma Gaidash
    Commented Jul 7 at 15:29
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    $\begingroup$ @Tyma Which may be the intended behavior - since the dupe closing comment may contain useful info (e.g. how the dupe applies , e.g. if it is a specialization of a general result). $\endgroup$
    – Bill Dubuque
    Commented Jul 7 at 17:04

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