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OTOH, step 4 could have a dependency check that requires removal of all questions that are duplicated to the question you want to delete, before it is deleted.

Scott McIntyre
– Scott McIntyre

2013-04-05 17:33:53 +00:00
Commented Apr 5, 2013 at 17:33
@ScottMcIntyre the dependency check is now in place, at least for questions using the newer duplicate system. I can't tell for the old duplicate system, where the post has a user-editable insertion of the duplicate link.

Cœur
– Cœur

2018-05-02 10:06:45 +00:00
Commented May 2, 2018 at 10:06

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create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
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like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
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