Answer by Ian Kemp for How should this specific regex question close-reopen...
The underlying issue is that there are two competing schools of thought among Stack Overflow users:the "teach a man to fish" school, who believe that a problem can be solved based on existing solutions...
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How should this specific regex question close-reopen war end?It ended. Period.It would be great if experts would be able to sort it out, but since they were not, a moderator stepped in and solved the...
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Different questions having similar answers does not make the questions duplicates.If they are duplicates, the question closed as a duplicate is more general and therefore the better question, despite...
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Here's a suggestion: Let's ban regex questions from Stack Overflow altogether. Didn't we just have a big brouhaha about regex? Why, yes, we did.Well, people will probably object to a ban as being too...
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I'd be inclined to let the experts sort it out. They're the ones who can evaluate and judge this question based on its merits and based on whether or not existing ground has been rehashed.If they can't...
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There is a dispute on whether or not this regex question should be closed as a duplicate.My position is that the question is a duplicate. Both of the techniques posted as answers are found in the...
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