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##Rewarding Duplicate Finding

Quality would be improved if more duplicates were found and if more duplicated questions were improved. (By "duplicated question" I'm referring to the original question that all the duplicates point back to).

There is a petition already in existance that is trying to get reputation awards for duplicate finding. This would be a really great thing.

There should also be badges specifically associated with closing as duplicates.

##Canonical Questions

What we also need is a way to promote the improvement of duplicated questions. If ten duplicates point towards a duplicated question, that question ought to be improved to the point of becoming the canonical resource for that problem.

I wonder if we need some method of tagging a question as canonical. Perhaps this could be a status awarded via voting or triggered by the number of duplicates linking to that question (e.g. 20+). Perhaps it should be possible to perform an edit and mark a check-box saying "eligible for canonical review". At which point, it could enter a queue where several gold-tag users could approve its canonical status.

Some reputation could be offered to whomever causes the question to reach canonical status. If you close as a duplicate of a canonical question, perhaps the reward could be slightly higher than normal.

Rewarding Duplicate Finding

Quality would be improved if more duplicates were found and if more duplicated questions were improved. (By "duplicated question" I'm referring to the original question that all the duplicates point back to).

There is a petition already in existance that is trying to get reputation awards for duplicate finding. This would be a really great thing.

There should also be badges specifically associated with closing as duplicates.

Canonical Questions

What we also need is a way to promote the improvement of duplicated questions. If ten duplicates point towards a duplicated question, that question ought to be improved to the point of becoming the canonical resource for that problem.

I wonder if we need some method of tagging a question as canonical. Perhaps this could be a status awarded via voting or triggered by the number of duplicates linking to that question (e.g. 20+). Perhaps it should be possible to perform an edit and mark a check-box saying "eligible for canonical review". At which point, it could enter a queue where several gold-tag users could approve its canonical status.

Some reputation could be offered to whomever causes the question to reach canonical status. If you close as a duplicate of a canonical question, perhaps the reward could be slightly higher than normal.

##Rewarding Duplicate Finding

Quality would be improved if more duplicates were found and if more duplicated questions were improved. (By "duplicated question" I'm referring to the original question that all the duplicates point back to).

There is a petition already in existance that is trying to get reputation awards for duplicate finding. This would be a really great thing.

There should also be badges specifically associated with closing as duplicates.

##Canonical Questions

What we also need is a way to promote the improvement of duplicated questions. If ten duplicates point towards a duplicated question, that question ought to be improved to the point of becoming the canonical resource for that problem.

I wonder if we need some method of tagging a question as canonical. Perhaps this could be a status awarded via voting or triggered by the number of duplicates linking to that question (e.g. 20+). Perhaps it should be possible to perform an edit and mark a check-box saying "eligible for canonical review". At which point, it could enter a queue where several gold-tag users could approve its canonical status.

Some reputation could be offered to whomever causes the question to reach canonical status. If you close as a duplicate of a canonical question, perhaps the reward could be slightly higher than normal.

##Rewarding Duplicate Finding

Quality would be improved if more duplicates were found and if more duplicated questions were improved. (By "duplicated question" I'm referring to the original question that all the duplicates point back to).

There is a petition already in existance that is trying to get reputation awards for duplicate finding. This would be a really great thing.

There should also be badges specifically associated with closing as duplicates.

##Canonical Questions

What we also need is a way to promote the improvement of duplicated questions. If ten duplicates point towards a duplicated question, that question ought to be improved to the point of becoming the canonical resource for that problem.

I wonder if we need some method of tagging a question as canonical. Perhaps this could be a status awarded via voting or triggered by the number of duplicates linking to that question (e.g. 20+). Perhaps it should be possible to perform an edit and mark a check-box saying "eligible for canonical review". At which point, it could enter a queue where several gold-tag users could approve its canonical status.

Some reputation could be offered to whomever causes the question to reach canonical status. If you close as a duplicate of a canonical question, perhaps the reward could be slightly higher than normal.

Quality would be improved if more duplicates were found and if more duplicated questions were improved. (By "duplicated question" I'm referring to the original question that all the duplicates point back to).

There is a petition already in existance that is trying to get reputation awards for duplicate finding. This would be a really great thing.

What we also need is a way to promote the improvement of duplicated questions. If ten duplicates point towards a duplicated question, that question ought to be improved to the point of becoming the canonical resource for that problem.

I wonder if we need some method of tagging a question as canonical. Perhaps this could be a status awarded via voting or triggered by the number of duplicates linking to that question (e.g. 20+). Some reputation should be offered to whomever causes the question to reach canonical status - perhaps it should be possible to perform an edit and mark a check-box saying "eligible for canonical review". At which point, it could enter a queue where several gold-tag users could approve it's canonical status.

If you close as a duplicate of a canonical question, perhaps the reward should be slightly higher than normal. There should also be badges specifically associated with closing as duplicates.

##Rewarding Duplicate Finding

Quality would be improved if more duplicates were found and if more duplicated questions were improved. (By "duplicated question" I'm referring to the original question that all the duplicates point back to).

There is a petition already in existance that is trying to get reputation awards for duplicate finding. This would be a really great thing.

There should also be badges specifically associated with closing as duplicates.

##Canonical Questions

What we also need is a way to promote the improvement of duplicated questions. If ten duplicates point towards a duplicated question, that question ought to be improved to the point of becoming the canonical resource for that problem.

I wonder if we need some method of tagging a question as canonical. Perhaps this could be a status awarded via voting or triggered by the number of duplicates linking to that question (e.g. 20+). Perhaps it should be possible to perform an edit and mark a check-box saying "eligible for canonical review". At which point, it could enter a queue where several gold-tag users could approve its canonical status.

Some reputation could be offered to whomever causes the question to reach canonical status. If you close as a duplicate of a canonical question, perhaps the reward could be slightly higher than normal.