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Here's the situation. I wrote an answer to this question, but the question got closed as duplicate of this one. I agree that it is indeed a duplicate.

However, I feel that my answer handles cases that have not been covered in the answers of the older question. So the question is, should I post my answer in the older question as well? It seemed logical, so I did it, but it feels weird, so I decided to ask here.

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  • Well, why not? If it answers the other question too...
    – deviantfan
    Jun 3, 2014 at 20:14
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    Have you considered flagging your answer for moderator attention and asking for it to be merged into the canonical question?
    – user456814
    Jun 3, 2014 at 21:54

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Yes, if you are adding info that isn't already covered in the dupe you should repost the answer there (or edit/comment an existing answer as appropriate) in order to benefit the community

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  • OK, I just wanted to be sure I'm not supposed to merge them somehow :)
    – Alex
    Jun 3, 2014 at 20:20
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    Merging duplicates is the future of information handling ... but SO is not there yet
    – Fattie
    Jun 4, 2014 at 6:30

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