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viewing my comments that were deleted?
I checked that post and there are no deleted comments on the question or the answer. If you can find which post it was, a moderator can retrieve the deleted comments for you. … There's little value in automatically preserving comments because most of the time when they are removed, it is because they are off-topic or low quality, and comments generally have a low signal-to-noise …
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Should answers be posted as comments if we are not sure of the answer?
I often see perfectly valid answers in comments, which should really be answers. … Comments are great for clarifying, and in some cases are good for "have you tried..." comments which could become answers, but if you know the answer to the problem, post it as an answer. …
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How should I request for comment cleanup on migrated questions?
If it's minor cleanup of irrelevant comments on a duplicate post, this isn't the best option, but if you want some nasty or harmful comments removed sooner than later, this is a better choice since it'll … For harmful comments, flag the post. …
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Comment @replies cannot see the names after posting?
@pinging in comments is a bit complicated. There's a full description on Meta Stack Overflow. …
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Comment vote equilibrium: Ability to vote down
I believe there could be a usage scenario for this, but don't personally feel that we're missing out on much by not having downvotes on comments. … Also, downvotes on comments might lead to even more bickering and arguing, which we try to avoid. The current comment system seems to work for what it was designed to do. …
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Cancelling a comment upvote
As Daniel Beck mentions
You can cancel comment upvotes within one minute by clicking again
See: Should I be able to cancel my up-vote on a comment?
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How to manually move a comment conversation to a chat?
This won't automatically insert the previous messages from the comments, but it will allow you to start a chat with any user who has at least 20 rep. …
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Custom close reason is processed as a comment
The idea behind this is that if you're giving a custom reason, then the user should be aware of why their question is being closed. This is intentional and by-design.
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Accepted
Is there a way to find out how many comments and questions you have sent
Click the different tabs to see how many answers, questions, edits, comments, etc. you've made. For example, to see the number of comments, click "all actions" and then "comments". …
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