Questions tagged [duplicate-questions]
The process of identifying and closing questions that are duplicates of another question
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What to do when a question has been asked before but the accepted answer does not contain the answer to the question [duplicate]
For example, I have the exact same question as asked as the main question in See all my questions across all Stack Exchange sites?
(This question also asks for alternatives as a second question which ...
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If reading the answers to another question solved a problem, does that definitively mean that the first question is a duplicate?
If reading the answers to another question solved a problem, does that definitively mean that the first question is a duplicate?
(See my answer below for context)
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What is the canonical question to close "layers with the same CRS not overlapping" questions as duplicate of?
What is the canonical question to close "layers with the same CRS not overlapping" questions as duplicate of?
In particular when the user has set a projection/CRS (incorrectly) instead of ...
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Question closed as a duplicate - points instead of two shapefiles
The question that I posted some months ago was closed as a duplicate.
Point dataset from CSV showing up outside of known region
The duplicate that moderators tagged is listed here:
Adjusting extents ...
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Undoing/retracting vote to reopen question that was closed as duplicate?
I voted to reopen Finding address with coordinates? before realizing that it is in fact a duplicate of the question it's currently marked as a duplicate of.
Can I retract my reopen vote?
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Deleting merged questions asked by the same OP?
Sometimes I run into merged posts asked by the same OP (so, nearly identical posts) which are then marked duplicates (the stub) from the canonical ones (the master). As a consequence of this process, ...
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Why was a question marked a duplicate of something asking for completely different information?
I asked "What kind of margin of error can I expect in figuring distance?" My issue and concern is that I've seen a lot of discussions about which method is best for measuring distance, but I found it ...
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Re-opening question about Installing PostGIS into schema other than public?
I believe that Add PostGIS spatial functions to a custom schema other than "public" in PostgreSQL shouldn't have been closed because it's not a duplicate of Using schema other than public in ...
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Confused about the rules
I've had one moderator tell me that my thread was a duplicate and I should use a linked thread. (This was a few days ago, and to be fair, he did change his mind and unlock it again.) The linked thread ...
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Flagging own question as duplicate or deleting it?
I recently asked the question How to get signal when toggling a group? where @FranciscoRaga kindly referred me to another post which provided an answer.
Should I mark my question as a duplicate or ...
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Avoiding duplicate creation of old question to elicit new answers? [duplicate]
I was wondering how not to create a duplicate question of an old one while asking for fresh infos on this specific question.
In short, is there a way to "up" an old question to ask people if they ...
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Should GUI questions really be duplicates of coded solutions?
I recently came across Using boundaries of city to cover world outside of it in solid color? on GIS SE. Let me preface this by saying I have particular interest in helping out new SE and/or GIS users. ...
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Marking a question as a duplicate of another one that doesn't have an accepted answer?
I recently tried to help a user to solve an issue by adding a comment with a link to another answer that I wrote a couple of days ago.
This is the question where I wrote the comment (Question A):
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Asking same question for newer version?
@underdark wrote, in a much upvoted answer to the somewhat related Dealing with Q&As using deprecated/non-existent PyQGIS API functions?:
I'm not a friend of having ten copies of the same ...
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Project Reduplication of Deduplication - GIS
Stack Exchange recently started a collaboration project with the University of Melbourne, in an attempt to improve the automatic detection of duplicate questions.
More information on the project and ...
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Cannot find duplicate using search in flagging dialog?
I came across a question (QGIS algorithm parameter: ParameterString, question 1) which might be a duplicate of another one (QGIS Processing - Additional Creation Parameter for GdalWarp, question 2). I ...
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Make a former question a duplicate of a later one
I saw How to get midpoint of polyline in java arcobjects
that was fast made a duplicate of https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/187415/how-to-get-midpoint-of-polyline-using-java-arcobjects
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How to get a question flagged without enough reputation to do so?
The question sum count column in raster attribute seems to be a duplicate of count attribute in raster.
They're both from the same user and the user seem to be confused and asked the question in a ...
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Determining duplicates when original has no accepted answer?
How should the duplicates be determined when the original has no accepted answer?
I just stumbled over a case like that:
19 Feb 2015 GRASS 7.1 (dev.) i.landsat.toar error - original question with ...
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Cross-posting Duplicate Questions to Different Communities?
In reference to these:
GIS Stack Exchange: Creating Intranet GIS application
Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33419105/gis-application-for-intranet
I was wondering if there ...
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Options when question is duplicate of one with no/inadequate/old answers?
I have a question that has already been asked (Understanding min and max values with Mosaic to New Raster?), but it does not yet have an answer.
Is there a way to revive or draw attention to this ...
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Reopen a post (marked as duplicated) on inserting layers to QGIS in a specific position
I would like to ask moderators to reopen the post How to load a raster layer at the top of the QGIS ToC?, which is marked as duplicated of Sort layers in QGIS table of contents?.
What is the first ...
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How to raise same question on different Stack Exchange sites?
I am using a Stack Exchange login ID and I am a new user.
I wanted to know if, when I write a question in the GIS community, will the same question be visible to other communities like Stack ...
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Re-asking old questions with correct (but now dated) answers?
What's the policy on old questions whose answers are no-longer current (but were correct at the time).
For example, this question: Seeking QGIS tutorials and web resources? - has a number of answers ...
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Should "duplicate" be used when the question is different, but the actual problem is the same?
Should a Question be flagged as a duplicate if there is an existing Question/Answer that solves it, even if the way the user is phrasing their problem is different?
This is inspired by these two ...
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Marking questions as duplicate when by same user and unanswered?
Imagine this Senario:
User A asked a question, and that did not get a response. Now the same user has opened a new Account and has posted the same question a second time.
When I go to mark it as a ...
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Should the same question with different answers be marked as duplicate and/or merged?
Consider this earlier question and this recent one. They both ask the same thing - how to dissolve lines in qgis - although the earlier gives the option of using other software as well. The answers ...
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Should we mark question as duplicate when adding a similar question? [duplicate]
Should an older question "Are there any GIS component that can be used for developing GIS applications for Android phones?" with several answers be closed as a duplicate, when an new question is ...
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When flagging a duplicate, which question should be flagged as the original?
I've run across questions a few times now that have been duplicated a few times over.
For example, lets say there are 3 questions:
The new question that I'd like to flag as a duplicate
An older ...
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Should questioners delete their duplicate questions?
I ask a question and lo and behold, I discover, thanks to others, it's already been asked and answered. Is it best for me to simply delete my duplicate question, or does it somehow serve a purpose (...
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Are askers of duplicate questions always advised to ask a new one?
Using this https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/64363 as an example, it appears that when a question is closed as a duplicate, the asker is advised:
This question has been asked before and ...
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Should we close Questions as duplicates of old, unanswered Questions?
While I was going through the close review queue today, I saw that this question
has been marked as a duplicate of this question from two months ago.
The old question does not have an accepted ...
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Should old questions be updated to reflect details of later questions that were closed as duplicate?
Today, How to export attribute tables to Excel? was closed as a duplicate of How to export attribute table to Excel using ArcGIS Desktop?. Although the answers point to the same solutions, the ...
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When to flag as duplicate, and which one should I flag?
I asked this question a couple of weeks ago, and got a few answers, but haven't accepted one yet.
Today a new question was asked that I'd consider a duplicate, but it goes into a lot more detail. ...
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