Timeline for Is it appropriate to close a question as a duplicate of a newer question?
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| Sep 17, 2018 at 18:54 | comment | added | Alexei | @MichaelKjörling - while your argument is valid, it certainly may feel like a punishment: good questions counter is decreased (for certain badges) and it might also increase some counter for bad questions (that might get an account suspended for asking questions). And the first user to ask the question has basically done anything wrong. | |
| Sep 17, 2018 at 18:49 | comment | added | Alexei | This answer is the canonical one to this question (one newer question can put duplicate stigma on an older one, although this rarely happens in practice). However, this is a matter of luck - if enough reviewers are there to check the new question, it might be closed first even if it seems better (since they are fast, there is no time for good answers to pile up). | |
| Sep 17, 2018 at 7:09 | comment | added | user Mod | @RozzA Closure is not meant as punishment. Closing as a duplicate even less so. Essentially, closing as duplicate says "we have answered this question elsewhere on the site, and you can find the answers [here]" for some value of "here". If, in your opinion, the two questions are different, then it's up to you (as the person asking the question) to highlight the ways in which they differ. I'm pretty sure the "this question has been proposed as a duplicate" notification on the question says as much, but it's been a while since I saw that one myself. | |
| Sep 16, 2018 at 21:53 | comment | added | RozzA |
I fully disagreed with this answer until signposts was mentioned - suddenly this answer makes perfect sense & my own 'closed as duplicate' questions hold far more value to me than before.
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| Sep 12, 2018 at 12:18 | comment | added | Blade Wraith | Apologies, i was agreeing with you but didn't put my comment well, just wanted to add it was worth using this as an example that we all need to look at the circumstances of duplicate VTCs carefully | |
| Sep 12, 2018 at 11:57 | comment | added | user Mod | @BladeWraith I'm not sure what you mean to say; could you clarify? I did write that "Normally the newer question will be a duplicate of the older question", so the older question being a duplicate of the newer question would be the exception. My answer discusses why the newer question might not be a duplicate of the older question, but rather the other way around. | |
| Sep 12, 2018 at 11:35 | comment | added | Blade Wraith | I'm inclined to agree, but in theory should this not be the exception and not the rule? maybe this should just add incentive to review VTC as duplicate more carefully??? | |
| Sep 11, 2018 at 14:29 | history | answered | userMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |