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I found a programming solution that I wanted to share in a question. Then I realized that the question was asked multiple times with with some little variations but in general with the same idea.

Since I wasn't able of marking questions as duplicate and in that moment I ignored that I was able to flag them, I copy-pasted my first answer to the other questions.

Some minutes after, a moderator deleted all my posts and quoted:

If you're able of copy-pasting the same answer, then you should instead flag the questions as duplicated.

I agreed and I flagged:

as duplicates of: How do I do Debian packaging of a Python package? and I also flagged that my answer on the main question could now be un-deleted.

Then, I was really surprised when a moderator refused my flag and quoted

Your edit leaves your answer not addressing the actual question being asked here. It's not asking about how to build a Debian package in general.

Well I strongly disagree. I ignore if they have ever built a Debian package with a python script or if they even read my answer, but it is sure that their comment makes no sense.

I'm surprised that moderators have the time to delete and answers as un-helpful, but not to mark as duplicate the ones that I tagged (even if one of it has 32 votes).

I find all this frustrating. I think that the moderator could have deleted some of the copy-paste but at least let the main answer since it is a very helpful answer.

Am I wrong? Did I miss something?

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I guess the question I'm left with is "do we really need multiple new duplicate answers on a question that has been asked multiple times and was already adequately answered ages ago?"

If you really feel the need to post your solution, post it once, to the question you feel that it most adequately addresses.

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