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What's the etiquette for duplicate questions?

I just answered a question, and then later someone voted it down and noted that it was a duplicate. Is there a recommended way for an "answerer" to deal with this? i.e. if I find that my answer is a …
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What to do with hard disk lifetime questions?

(Since this is Meta, I'm not even going to wait for Mark to post his comment as an answer, just gonna steal it quick...) 3rd option - merge the two older questions and close the new one (and any in t …
Ward - Trying Codidact's user avatar
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What to do with hard disk lifetime questions?

We got this question today: https://serverfault.com/questions/388656/hard-disk-lifespan I voted to close it as a duplicate of this one: Does an unplugged hard drive used for data archival deteriorate …
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What's the etiquette for duplicate questions?

I should have thought of this when I posted the question, but it was late... The StackOverflow answer is here: How StackOverflow handles duplicate questions Here's a summary of that answer: Don't …
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