This query lists questions that have been closed as duplicates of another question that has since been deleted. Such questions should be either deleted or, if they have good answers or are otherwise of decent quality, reopened. Note that non-locked questions with no answers and a negative score will be automatically deleted by the RemoveDeadQuestions script after 30 days, as indicated by the "Roombable?" column. By default, the results will be sorted with the most recently closed questions first. You can click the column headings to change the sort order. For example, questions with a high answer score may be good candidates for reopening (or for a historical lock), while questions with a high score but no answers may simply need a new dupe target (see http://meta.stackexchange.com/q/291824).
Q&A for scientists using computers to solve scientific problems
-- step 1: find IDs of dupes with deleted targets CREATE TABLE #DeletedDupes ( PostId INT NOT NULL, RelatedPostId INT NOT NULL ) INSERT INTO #DeletedDupes SELECT BrokenLink.PostId, BrokenLink.RelatedPostId FROM PostLinks as BrokenLink LEFT JOIN Posts as TargetPost ON TargetPost.Id = BrokenLink.RelatedPostId WHERE BrokenLink.LinkTypeId = 3 AND TargetPost.Id IS NULL AND NOT EXISTS ( SELECT 1 FROM PostLinks as OtherLink JOIN Posts as OtherTarget ON OtherTarget.Id = OtherLink.RelatedPostId WHERE OtherLink.LinkTypeId = 3 AND OtherLink.PostId = BrokenLink.PostId ) -- step 2: filter out dupes of migrated posts (TODO!) -- step 3: format results nicely SELECT SourcePost.Id as [Post Link], SourcePost.ViewCount as Views, SourcePost.Score, SourcePost.AnswerCount as Answers, MAX(Answer.Score) as AScore, (CASE WHEN SourcePost.AcceptedAnswerId IS NULL THEN '' ELSE 'Accepted' END) as Accepted, SourcePost.ClosedDate as Closed, (CASE WHEN MAX(LockEvent.Id) IS NOT NULL AND (SELECT PostHistoryTypeId FROM PostHistory WHERE Id = MAX(LockEvent.Id)) = 14 THEN 'No (Post Locked)' WHEN SourcePost.AnswerCount = 1 THEN 'No (1 answer)' WHEN SourcePost.AnswerCount > 1 THEN 'No (' + Cast(SourcePost.AnswerCount as VARCHAR) + ' answers)' WHEN SourcePost.Score = 0 THEN 'If downvoted' WHEN SourcePost.Score > 0 THEN 'If downvoted x' + Cast(SourcePost.Score+1 as VARCHAR) ELSE 'Yes, on ' + Convert(VARCHAR(10), DateAdd(Day, 30, SourcePost.CreationDate), 126) END) as [Roombable?], SourcePost.Tags as [Tags] FROM #DeletedDupes as BrokenLink JOIN Posts as SourcePost ON SourcePost.Id = BrokenLink.PostId LEFT JOIN Posts as Answer ON Answer.PostTypeId = 2 AND Answer.ParentId = SourcePost.Id LEFT JOIN PostHistory as LockEvent ON LockEvent.PostHistoryTypeId IN (14, 15) AND LockEvent.PostId = SourcePost.Id GROUP BY SourcePost.Id, SourcePost.ViewCount, SourcePost.Score, SourcePost.AnswerCount, SourcePost.AcceptedAnswerId, SourcePost.ClosedDate, SourcePost.CreationDate, SourcePost.Tags ORDER BY SourcePost.ClosedDate DESC