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Re:Strange and maddening rules by olavk on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @11:08AM (#16922173)
They only close for writing answers to the question, the question (and answers written before it was closed) is still up with a link to the duplicate.

The asker can edit the question to provide more information and the question can be nominated for reopening. It only requires 5 votes to reopen, IIRC.

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Re:Strange and maddening rules by s73v3r_ on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @12:18PM (#16923038)
But why? What's the point of all those hoops, other than to discourage new users?
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Re:Strange and maddening rules by olavk on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @12:28PM (#16923169)
Well if the question is a legitimate duplicate then it is clearly a win for everyone, not least the one asking the question, since now you have a link to answers to your problem which have already been written. Which means now your problem is solved.
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