Questions tagged [duplicates]
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Single question posts with answers duplicating each other
I frequently run into questions which have multiple answer posts, two or more of which are saying the same thing. Sometimes this is valuable. Each post might contain a nugget that another doesn't, or ...
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How invasive of an edit is too invasive?
I recently made an edit to an answer and another user raised the question of whether it was "kosher." In this case, I feel pretty confident that it's reasonable (or else I wouldn't have done ...
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Which question about piano finger-sustain notation is "canon", and which is duplicate?
There are two questions about how to notate a piano broken chord in which each note is sustained with the fingers while the others are played.
Is there piano notation for finger sustained notes (as ...
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List of topics having, or in need of, a solid, well-researched canonical post
Finding/Creating a Canonical Post
When you find or create a Q&A that you feel is a good canonical Q&A for some topic, nominate it with a Meta post. Get a score of 10 or more, and it's canon. ...
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Do we create "stub" or "signpost" duplicate questions?
Do we ever create "intentional duplicates" for questions that have not been explicitly asked, but which have answers in other, related questions?
Case in point
There are several posts in ...
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"How to connect my instrument to my audio interface?" needs a canonical Q&A
I see a constant stream trickle of questions asking how to connect instrument X to audio interface Y. (I say Y, but it's usually the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2). The problem usually stems from ...
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Duplicate UI - in what conditions do they appear?
I recently saw four different duplicate UIs in questions that are closed as a duplicate:
(1.)
This question already has an answer here:
Minor key and its chords
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This question is an exact ...
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Do we accept duplicates of questions that are posted by the same user?
A user named 02fentym had posted a question named Modal Cadence Options which was a complete duplicate of his / her older question named Cadences for Modes. Do we accept such duplicate questions here?...
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Is this question a duplicate?
I asked a question last night about improvising vocals in chiptune, and then one hour later, someone else posted a question about generally improvising vocals.
Is the question about generally ...
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What's the best practice regarding borderline duplicate cases?
Recently there have been a few instances where, although I don't personally believe something is a duplicate, I mark it as a duplicate to bring attention to the relationship between the questions. ...
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Should questions be closed as duplicates of more specific questions at a higher level?
The question in question :
https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/43576/why-arent-piano-keys-named-differently
Why do we not name different piano keys with different letters from
A-Z? Why do ...
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My question was marked duplicate and I've edited to clarify, can I request it be unmarked?
This is the question: Thumb position when soloing (or performing scales) on electric guitar
I don't believe the referenced answer was particularly relevant to the original question, but I've edited ...
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improvements in the tour
I would like to propose in the tour, to point out the importance of searching in the 'Search' for a question before asking it on SE. The questions come up time and again, an asked question or ...
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Can the header note about possible answer elsewhere on this question be removed?
See this question. It has been wrongly tagged with a "possible answer elsewhere" header (likely due to the mistaken first comment). Can this be removed please?
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Chopin Etude How to play C-flat
I posted a question "Chopin Etude How to play C-flat". It was marked as duplicate with a standard signage "This question has been asked before and already has an answer...edit this question to explain ...
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Making information available to duplicate posts
I answered a question yesterday; I didn't realise another question already dealt with the same subject. After having the answer accepted, I was asked if I could add the answer to the other question, ...
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Older Questions with Misleading Titles
After posting my question about cut time someone pointed out the question may have already been answered in another question. By the title alone, it did not seem like it was directly related to cut ...
