Timeline for Why was my answer deleted after the OP changed the question?
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| Dec 16, 2014 at 22:06 | comment | added | I say Reinstate Monica | You're right to mention I did not recognize the significance of aircrack and the clue that offered to the question's poor phrasing. It would have been nice to been able to adjust my answer to compensate for that rather than have it regarded as being an intentionally poor answer. But I will endeavor to better read between the lines next time! | |
| Dec 16, 2014 at 21:53 | comment | added | Ben Voigt | @Twisty: You take a big risk when you write an answer that doesn't actually answer the question, and a "it can't be done" response falls into that category. Furthermore, the information about being wireless was in the original question. Saying "it can't be done" of a question which you haven't fully understood is a bad idea. (And if you think "I'm looking at a network with aircrack. How can I find its MAC address?" is semantically equivalent to "How can I find the MAC address of a network?", then you haven't understood the significance of aircrack being mentioned) | |
| Dec 16, 2014 at 20:57 | comment | added | I say Reinstate Monica | Thanks for your input. I agree that my answer was made incorrect by the question being edited. But I didn't answer the edited version, I answered a user with 40 rep asking How can I find the MAC address of a network? In that case, my answer would be an answer: "it can't be done, friend; here's why!" He was afforded the ability to retarget his question...how's come [via deletion of my answer] I wasn't granted the same opportunity? | |
| Dec 16, 2014 at 20:20 | history | answered | Ben Voigt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |