Questions tagged [exact-duplicates]
This tag is referring to the process of identifying and closing questions that are (abstract) duplicates of another question.
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"Close as duplicate" boilerplate text changed
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 ...
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Auto-detecting the duplicate posts
After and during writing the question on MSE, some similar posts are suggested by the site. However, there are still many duplicate questions posted every day. I think it would be a good idea to ...
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Why I seemingly cannot find my question when searching but then later when I get flagged for duplicate question I find the similar question
I try to avoid creating duplicates but I always fail.
Consider my recent question.
I was searching the finite subgroup criterion.
So I typed into the search function
"Finite subgroup criterion&...
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Answered a question that I later realized is a duplicate
I have just added an answer to a question that, shortly after posting my answer, I realised is probably a duplicate of this other question, as suggested in the comments, and I flagged it as such.
My ...
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What should I do with my downvoted duplicate post?
My post has been downvoted, and I'm not sure what the appropriate action is for me to take.
On the one hand, there's contribution from other users so the post can't and shouldn't be deleted.
On the ...
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Should this special case question (that has a proof) be marked as a duplicate of the general case question (that doesn't have a proof)?
I recently found this question: Proof of the Existence of All Phone Numbers in Pi
I understand why it can be seen as a duplicate of Does π contain all possible number combinations?, but the question ...
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Is it a duplicate if the same question exists in another site?
I often see some questions which are the same or similar to other questions on another site (Like AOPS, Math Overflow, etc.)
Is it a duplicate if other questions in OTHER SITES can answer the question?...
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Don't close solution verification as dupe, instead remove questions with the tag of [solution-verification] appearing in search
Unless the dupe target contains exact question with exact same proof (without further generality), I'd recommend not closing as dupe. I know, it can be frustrating when one sees the same question ...
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What to do when you misidentify a duplicate?
Normally I don't like to refer to specific posts by other people, but this is about my own mistake so I think it's acceptable.
I recently proposed this question about the equivalence of the Axiom of ...
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How exactly are we incentivized to post links to duplicates?
So yesterday I came across a question (we'll call it Question $1$) which I found interesting, and after having spent a little time thinking about it without result, I started searching MSE for some ...
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Add a list of FAQs [duplicate]
I think that there should be a list of frequently asked math questions. Let a question be called a sub-duplicate of another question if it is that other question or it is closed as a duplicate of a ...
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Question closed as duplicate, but the linked question was deleted
This is related to Question closed as a duplicate, link points to question closed as a duplicate, but it is more problematic.
The question (Q) Prove that quotient topology $\mathbb{R}/\sim$ is the ...
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Closing a duplicate of a very old question
Normally I would vote to close a question which had been pointed out as a duplicate in a comment and which indeed was a duplicate. However, I noticed that the question concerned was originally posted ...
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How do we handle a chain of "duplicate" questions that are linked to a "missing context or other details" question?
The following chain questions are currently all closed:
Proving that $\langle x, y \rangle$ is a not principal ideal of $\mathbb{Q}[x, y]$
Non-principal ideal in $K[x,y]$?
The ideal $I= \langle x,y \...
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When should posts be closed as duplicates?
One could answer " when they are the same" but what if a question is answered by combination of more than one old post?
So, let's say a question ask how to show a statement C from a ...