Questions tagged [deleted-answer]
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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 fall ...
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Is answering to a software recommendation request considered spam?
I gave an answer today, being just a software recommendation, to a question, asking for a recommendation. It's now deleted, so here are the contents:
It exists and is called muCommander
brew ...
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My answer keeps getting suggested edits from spambots
I have been noticing a trend that my this answer, always gets edited by some spammer (may be a bot). It's only that answer and no other answer in any of the other SE network.
Finding subdirectories ...
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Why did my answer get deleted?
https://superuser.com/a/1403718/465645
Remove BIOS password
I posted an answer to this question which I felt was pretty good. The answer received one upvote then the next time I view the answer it ...
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Why was my answer deleted
I recently posted an answer which got deleted because apparently it doesn't answer the question and should be a comment instead.
Even after discussion with the user who commented on it, is not clear ...
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Should I delete my answer when it gets outdated due to version changes?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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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 simply ...
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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
Seems ...
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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 ...
Daniel BeckMod
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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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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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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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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: https://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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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 ...
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Questionably bad answer used for audit
This answer to the question "How does one Install a Brother HL-2270DW Laser Printer on Arch Linux ARM and Raspberry Pi 4B?". It's deleted and used as an audit question.
For users who can't ...
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Why is an answer deleted without an explanation
I have a question about my Super User post: Would this ssh configuration allow host1 to access host3?
There is probably a good reason that my answer on this question has been deleted but I do not ...
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No feedback on deleted answer
I was reading a question, and I thought about an answer.
Then, I noticed that an answer was already posted to the question, which had the information that I was thinking about.
Then, I noticed that ...
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Why deleted Questions are permanently deleted while answers are not?
Deleted questions are permanently deleted when we go to that page it says 'Page not found'. while in case of deleted answer it shows that answer deleted but that is still available there. they should ...
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Please undelete this answer that was converted to a comment
In the question How do I stop Windows 10 from updating my graphics driver? The correct answer is pretty much "Run this tool from Microsoft" however Random deleted that answer and converted it to a ...
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Why was my answer deleted after the OP changed the question?
I hope this isn't just another "why" question, but if it is I want to learn from it.
I posted the first answer to this question, at which time it was:
Hence my answer:
Then I went offline ...
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Why was this (likely correct) Answer deleted?
Someone posted Wireless LAN can't connect with network because he couldn't get a Windows XP machine onto a WPA2 Wi-Fi network. Someone else Answered, suggesting he install an update from Microsoft ...
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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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Find out why an answer was deleted
TL;DR: How to find out why an answer i wrote was deleted?
I wrote an answer to a question, got some comments and upvote and then the answer was deleted and i had no idea why. I raised a flag for ...
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Have answers been removed from this question?
If I remember correctly, there used to be three answers to my question, Do I need a special cable for this SSD?. One answer was bad and was downvoted. The other two were similar to each other and both ...
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What sort of content does SuperUser want? What is a "useful" contribution?
I tried to contribute on Super User, by:
Answering "yes" (with an explanation as to why) to a yes/no question
Commenting on an UNSOLVED issue, that has been idle and open for about 2 years ...
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Removing ALL similar answers instead of removing duplicates?
I was looking for an answer to the question How do I copy/paste into VirtualBox? I found two such questions here but none contained the answer that I need. After I figured out the answer myself I ...
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A strange case of a deleted answer
Something strange has happened to me.
In the post
Unable to recover hard disk drive after failed formatting due to sudden power outage,
the user asked for ways to fix his failed WD disk.
I have ...
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Why was my post removed?
I'm curious why you removed my post on topic "File corruption after copying files in Windows 7 64 bit using two methods". This was my first time posting to Super User, so I understand I may have done ...
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Improperly deleted answer
RE this answer
User wants to find a "way to get around this 10-lookups-only limit"
The 10 lookup limit is a limit for DNS lookups. Flattening the SPF record to include less DNS lookups and ...
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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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When should a moderator not use his super-powers?
I am asking this question because of a recent encounter with a moderator
on this post.
A moderator asked me to add an example to my answer, and when I didn't, he just
deleted my answer.
Some extra ...
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Do Mods get Rep for Deleting Downvoted Answers? [closed]
Second time I've seen the same moderator call an answer a "comment" (and delete it), when the real issue is (let's be generous to the moderator here) the quality or correctness of the answer. Why ...
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Have I been penalized for an answer 1 moderator didn't like?
I posted an answer that met both the spirit of the question and the literal question asked. It was a lot different from other answers, all of which were going down a trail suggested by the OP as a ...
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Why was my answer deleted?
I posted this answer, which was deleted. Why was it deleted?
Added image of deleted post for <10k users.
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A reply I made on my own post got deleted?
I posted a question to an issue I have. When someone offered help and asked a question about my machine, I replied to it, but that reply got pulled - with a message saying it didn't answer the ...
Bikerjay