Timeline for What should I do when I see a duplicate answer posted much later than the first one?
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| Aug 2, 2016 at 9:19 | comment | added | Fiksdal | @ΈρικΚωνσταντόπουλος I meant when you said "Why can't just merge every duplicate?". And it was actually Izzy and you who were talking about merging, Dan Hulme didn't mention it. | |
| Aug 2, 2016 at 9:15 | comment | added | EKons | @Fiksdal Dan Hulme mentioned merging, you should ask him instead ^(^_^)^ | |
| Aug 2, 2016 at 8:55 | comment | added | Izzy Mod | @Fiksdal Good point – so I must add 4.: You can't merge answers :) | |
| Aug 2, 2016 at 8:53 | comment | added | Fiksdal | @ΈρικΚωνσταντόπουλος Are you discussing duplicate answers or duplicate questions? | |
| Aug 2, 2016 at 8:53 | comment | added | Fiksdal | @Izzy Are you discussing duplicate answers or duplicate questions? | |
| Aug 1, 2016 at 19:27 | comment | added | Izzy Mod | @ΈρικΚωνσταντόπουλος Multiple reasons: 1. it's a tough job :) 2. "SEO" (people finding their way via duplicates, so we leave them as signpost) 3. Some Dupes are not worth it :) | |
| Aug 1, 2016 at 19:14 | comment | added | Fiksdal | @AlE. Maybe you could add this as an answer rather than a comment? That way we could vote on it. | |
| Aug 1, 2016 at 19:08 | vote | accept | Fiksdal | ||
| Aug 1, 2016 at 19:08 | comment | added | EKons | @Izzy Why can't just merge every duplicate? | |
| Jul 27, 2016 at 14:00 | comment | added | ale | I would also suggest that an answer that doesn't add anything new that the other answer(s) didn't cover is the very definition of "not useful" and should be downvoted. | |
| Jul 19, 2016 at 18:12 | vote | accept | Fiksdal | ||
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| Jul 19, 2016 at 12:47 | comment | added | Izzy Mod | Don't forget the 3rd case, when the new Q/A "supersedes" the older one remarkably. We've had cases where we've closed the older one as dupe to the new one (ask Matthew, he should remember). And case number 4 (rarely happened) might even result in the two being merged :) +1 meanwhile :) | |
| Jul 19, 2016 at 10:44 | comment | added | Fiksdal | Thanks for this, and also for the reminder to be friendly to new users. | |
| Jul 19, 2016 at 10:39 | history | answered | Dan HulmeMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |