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If I try to close a question as a duplicate of a different post type, such as a blog, this correctly fails. However, there is no message indicating the reason for the failure, so someone might not ...
#1: Initial revision
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trichoplax
·
2026-07-06T11:46:17Z (2 months ago)
Meaningful message when failing to close a post as a duplicate of a different type
If I try to close a question as a duplicate of a different post type, such as a blog, this correctly fails. However, there is no message indicating the reason for the failure, so someone might not realise that this is not a valid duplicate target. All that is displayed is "Failed: 404" in a red box: >  Could a meaningful message be displayed instead so that people can understand why it fails and know not to keep trying again?