Currently, a Topic Request may be dismissed because the Topic already exists:
As you can see, there is even a field to paste a link to the existing Topic.
I have found that it is not just Topic Requests that can be duplicates, but also proposed changes that add a new Topic, or even some that only add a new Example. I have been using "other" as the rejection reason, and pasting the link in the field there with a note that it is a duplicate.
Some examples from the Git docs:
- This new Stashing Example was a duplicate of this Example in the same Topic.
- This new logging Topic was a duplicate of this existing browsing the history Topic.
- This new removing a submodule Topic (in addition to being too specific) was a duplicate of this Example in the Submodules Topic.
To handle these cases, I would like a "duplicate" rejection reason for proposed changes, which could allow me to paste a link to an existing Topic or to an Example in an existing Topic.