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My question is inspired by an episode happened earlier today, regarding a question asked on the main site: TM - reject definition and complementTM - reject definition and complement.

A new user asks a legitimate but very basic question, which is shortly thereafter answered simultaneously by myself and two other users. It is somewhat comical how, in part due to the nature of the question itself, all three answers are almost word-by-word identical, covering exactly the same points in exactly the same way.

In situations like this, where the question is such that there is effectively only one answer, wouldn't it make sense, for the sake of clarity, to merge multiple similar answers into one?

My question is inspired by an episode happened earlier today, regarding a question asked on the main site: TM - reject definition and complement.

A new user asks a legitimate but very basic question, which is shortly thereafter answered simultaneously by myself and two other users. It is somewhat comical how, in part due to the nature of the question itself, all three answers are almost word-by-word identical, covering exactly the same points in exactly the same way.

In situations like this, where the question is such that there is effectively only one answer, wouldn't it make sense, for the sake of clarity, to merge multiple similar answers into one?

My question is inspired by an episode happened earlier today, regarding a question asked on the main site: TM - reject definition and complement.

A new user asks a legitimate but very basic question, which is shortly thereafter answered simultaneously by myself and two other users. It is somewhat comical how, in part due to the nature of the question itself, all three answers are almost word-by-word identical, covering exactly the same points in exactly the same way.

In situations like this, where the question is such that there is effectively only one answer, wouldn't it make sense, for the sake of clarity, to merge multiple similar answers into one?

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Merging similar answers to the same question

My question is inspired by an episode happened earlier today, regarding a question asked on the main site: TM - reject definition and complement.

A new user asks a legitimate but very basic question, which is shortly thereafter answered simultaneously by myself and two other users. It is somewhat comical how, in part due to the nature of the question itself, all three answers are almost word-by-word identical, covering exactly the same points in exactly the same way.

In situations like this, where the question is such that there is effectively only one answer, wouldn't it make sense, for the sake of clarity, to merge multiple similar answers into one?