Timeline for A strange case of a deleted answer
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| May 5, 2019 at 9:26 | comment | added | harrymc | For the record, I take that part back, but the rest stays. | |
| May 5, 2019 at 9:24 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | For the record, I've deleted exactly 0 comments here, and said comments were flagged by members of the community and handled by other members of the moderation team with no input from me. | |
| May 5, 2019 at 9:14 | comment | added | harrymc | Nice to be a moderator and be able to delete comments you don't like. As part of giving an example to all of us, you might consider moderating your words when addressing me, and commenting on answers rather than outright delete. "iterative process" is right, and cutting off communication with the user before the answer is finalized is counter-productive (but we have been through that before.) I will in the future abandon any answer you delete. If you want improvements just ask, like everybody else. I'm always listening. | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 22:26 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | Nope. I improved my answer cause it's information I felt was needed and that good answers are an iterative process | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 10:06 | comment | added | harrymc | Both our answers had products, links, and one or two sentences about each one, so I don't see the difference. And I won't copy-paste more text and beg for the answer to be undeleted, even if I may have a good chance at the bounty. My answer helped the poster, job done, finished. Your way is now clear for getting the bounty, as the other answers are useless. My moral problem with that is my affair. | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 8:43 | comment | added | harrymc | I have also run up against dead drives before, and was sure 90% that it was unsalvageable even before answering, but decided not to say this as it was baseless. The manufacturer's tools were the last possibility, in mine and the poster's opinion. In short, my answer was USEFUL, and shouldn't have been deleted on the grounds of form. By deleting it you lowered the level of content included in the answer. SU isn't meant to be Wikipedia. | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 8:35 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | I talk about the processes and why they may work, backed up with personal experience. Every tool suggested there has the specific uses of them, and why they are useful for the task. I'm sure I can improve it if the op needs clarification on any tool in question since I've actually run a nearly dead drive before. All of it is original work without large portions of the answers copied . As a mod, I do very hard to set positive examples for others. | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 8:17 | comment | added | harrymc | I would also like to know how your answer to the same post differs from mine. But as you are the only moderator that deletes answers for such reasons, YOUR answer is safe. | |
| Apr 27, 2019 at 14:41 | comment | added | harrymc | All the bold (obligatory) items in your link are included in the answer. I still understand nothing in what you did. A tool is downloaded, installed, and run, what else? The user needs to know why and whether it's worth the trouble, which is clearly included and understood by the poster. Aren't you taking too much on yourself deleting an answer that the poster wants to try? Show me any rules about the format of the answer and the usage of quoted text - I think you are inventing new rules here. | |
| Apr 27, 2019 at 14:30 | history | answered | Journeyman GeekMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |