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Why can't I see the answer to my question? [closed]

Sometime back I asked this question. It was answered and I had accepted the answer as the solution. However I cannot see the answer now. May I know why? Does the product that was suggested in the ...
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Suggested edit to mark a signpost is cancelled out when post is deleted

Why is it possible to delete an answer when an edit is pending? I had a question that included a HORRIBLE answer. It was someone trying to get me to install malware but I had just edited it to ...
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Answers related to font switching software are downvoted and deleted

I wanted to ask why my answer to my own question was downvoted and deleted here: http://superuser.com/a/409577/89415, it is about switching a font. (I guess now only an admin can see it) My other ...
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1answer
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Can't see new answer

I had posted this question a few months ago. It had only received one answer to date. When I visited the site a couple of days ago, I saw the notification in my inbox of a new answer. But when I ...
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When are posts “deleted or otherwise unavailable”?

Several posts for which the Great Answer badge was awarded were erased (for lack of a better term). (post deleted or otherwise unavailable) I didn't think it was possible to completely remove ...
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Questions deleted by the OP mark answers as deleted by their owner

This topic was deleted by the user who posted the question. The answer was deleted with the topic. But the page says that the answer was deleted by it's owner at the exact same time, which is ...
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1answer
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When should an up-voted answer be off-topic when the question is on-topic?

The primary answer to question I washed my USB drive. Any long-term risks? was deleted as off-topic: 37 upvotes, answered 2011-12-28 22:03:55Z, deleted by a moderator at 2011-12-29 22:52:33Z ...
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Please convert to comments more often instead of just deleting answers

Related: If the following feature request is approved, the discussion here might become irrelevant. Proposed improvement to flagging, for answers I sometimes see answers that definitely ...
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Should I delete my answer when it gets outdated due to version changes?

I have an answer with 13 upvotes on this question Can you disable VLC's font cache?. It was never accepted as correct and now it seems VLC has changed so it is less useful than ever. My first ...
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1answer
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Incorrect user display of questions on user profile?

I asked a question yesterday here and there were two answerers to it, of which one was deleted (I guess by the author). The question does currently display like this on my profile page: As you can ...
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1answer
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If I delete an old valid or closed post, will I lose the reputation gained from it?

If I delete an old valid or closed post (including question and answers), will I lose the reputation gained from it?
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1answer
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Feature Request: Downvotes not charged if item is deleted

Scenario: there was an incorrect answer to the question How to take the cube root of a negative number in VBA for Excel? (The answerer had not read the question carefully before replying.) I downvoted ...
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Explanation requested for deleted answer

Just curious why my answer on this question (10K / mod obviously required to view my answer) was deleted by a mod. If the reason is that it sounds like a comment, then I take exception to that ...