Timeline for Why was my self-answer/post deleted?
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| Oct 13, 2011 at 19:13 | comment | added | tim | @Diago - The question implied a yes or no answer. So the only appropriate answer is "yes" or "no". DO you really think the question and answer are so low quality or is perhaps your objectivity a little questionable? If you can honestly say that this question is so bad and useless that it should be deleted and the ONLY answer that resolves it remain deleted then go ahead. But given that some other user followed up (which is why I discovered this) and asked the status I think you are wrong. The question has 3 upvotes. It might even have more than that. I don't see the issue. | |
| Oct 13, 2011 at 19:07 | comment | added | BinaryMisfit Mod | @tim Please explain when the answer to your question is simply Yes or No, how it is solving a computer problem. Your answer simply is, Yes you can do this but it's slow. That's not solving a problem, nor is it explaining to solve a problem. The site has a level of quality, and your answer, didn't meet that standard. It was flagged by the community as such, and you never ticked it as the accepted answer. I do not think I am hurting the site, the question was more then 4 months old and only received 551 views with no answers. To me that is the definition of too localized. | |
| Oct 13, 2011 at 18:32 | comment | added | tim | @Diago - This is ridiculous - you are hurting the site with your actions. Any of the other software questions can be appropriate for other venues/support. I don't think this is what Jeff had in mind. Are you sure you are behaving appropriately as a moderator here? The fact that another user wanted a follow-up shows it is not too local and also shows that the moderator who deleted it was in the wrong. All this wasted time and nonsense all because someone deleted a perfectly good post... | |
| Oct 13, 2011 at 18:25 | comment | added | tim | @Diago - by the way - your own FAQ states that software questions ARE on-topic. " * computer hardware * computer software " - from superuser.com/faq#questions | |
| Oct 13, 2011 at 18:23 | comment | added | tim | Awesome. You guys are the best. Thanks so much. Great job. I will now go sift through all the questions on this site and vote to close the ones that are software related rather than hardware/computer questions. Keep up the good work. | |
| Oct 13, 2011 at 17:19 | comment | added | BinaryMisfit Mod | @tim Thanks for pointing that out. After reading the question again, I realized, and actually thought about it, your not asking to solve a computer related problem, your asking if something can be done with the software, which would have been better asked from WebEx support. I have therefore closed the question as too localized. Period. | |
| Oct 13, 2011 at 15:41 | comment | added | tim | That's ridiculous. It clearly answers the original question post. I am not sure what "technical" content it needs. The question was if something would work. No one else was able to answer it. I answered it based on actual testing and experience. There is no "Technical" component - it just worked. Basically you are all saying "someone flagged it so we just did what they said." So why not let anyone just delete it. Moderators are supposed to actually THINK - not just blindly do as other users suggest. Again - it clearly answers the question. period. | |
| Oct 13, 2011 at 15:27 | comment | added | nhinkle Mod | Additionally, if you look at the post history, the self-answer was never marked as accepted. If the self-answer had been accepted, it would have been more likely to be retained. | |
| Oct 13, 2011 at 15:05 | comment | added | Ivo Flipse Mod | Indeed, it was flagged as 'not an answer' by a respectable user. I agreed and followed his suggestion. | |
| Oct 13, 2011 at 15:03 | history | answered | BinaryMisfitMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |