# When are two questions too close?

I have a dilemma. Case in point: I asked for an example of ring with some property and got an (interesting) answer. Now I'd love an example of such a ring without zero divisors but the question is long dead. Is it acceptable to start a brand new question (with appropriate linking to the first one, of course)?

I'm almost sure this situation isn't new and that the answer exists somewhere in meta, but I haven't be able to find it (and because of the polysemy of English vocabulary, my request “close questions” wasn't very useful...) Sorry if it's redundant.

• May I ask you to add a link from the old question to the new one, too? A comment would suffice. – t.b. Jul 26 '12 at 15:06
• @t.b. I think a link will automatically appear on the old question's page, under the "Linked" section in the sidebar. – Rahul Jul 26 '12 at 15:08
• @RahulNarain: Yes it will, but I think that's not prominent enough and tends to get buried under the other noise in the side bar. See e.g. this thread for some evidence – t.b. Jul 26 '12 at 15:12
• @t.b.: Wilco.$\phantom{|}$ – PseudoNeo Jul 26 '12 at 15:14