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Sometimes, I post a question that I know already has been asked. However, I know the search bar exists and before asking, I check to see if what I want to know has been asked. Most of the time, the only way I can tell if a question is a dupe is by the questions that show under or to the side of an asked question. Basically, what I'm asking is: When I already know a question has been asked but I can't find it, can I ask a new question, open up a new tab, click on the older question, and go back to the other tab and hide the new question.

Sorry if this seems confusing.

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If I'm understanding this right, you know your question has been asked but you can't find the first question. If that is the case, did you try to do what Fizz said before in searching on google with something like blah blah blah site:pokemondb.net ?
U r right. Also, I will try that Google search thing.

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The “related questions” area pops up based off of your question’s title and appears before you post the question (although it may vary slightly), so you wouldn’t need to ask the question at all. :P

These should pop up right under the field where you enter the title of your question. If you don’t see the question you are looking for, either reword the Title or go to the link of a similar question and check it’s “related questions” area.
Alternatively, we could do what Fizz mentioned early and use google’s advanced searches:

But, for now, the best way to improve your search results is to make smarter searches. If you're used to using Google, then you can use their search operators to limit the results to PokeBase and force particular phrases to appear in the results, among other things. Try searching "battle stadium" site:pokemondb.net/pokebase -rmt on Google as an example.

From Here

So, I’d say to not write new questions in this manner, as you don’t even need to write them, and can search for questions in 2 different ways.

Furthermore, if you believe a question will have importance later, you should probably star it so you can find it later by going on your profile and looking up your starred Questions/Users. :P

Hope I helped!

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I almost never see any related questions in the "related questions" box. The related questions only pop up after I post an entire question :/