11 votes
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Why are questions which are on hold, never deleted?

Does anyone go and check questions on hold and make a decision about them? They are deleted, subject to a specified set of conditions. There is a automated cleanup process for this. The script is ...
DavidPostill's user avatar
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7 votes

My "answer" was deleted, why?

It was deleted because it is either a comment or something you tried. It was not a solution to your question so it should never have been posted as an answer. Answers that are seeking clarification ...
Mokubai's user avatar
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6 votes

My "answer" was deleted, why?

At first glance, your answer looks like it is saying “Thank you, @<username>,” and then showing the output of the other user’s code.  People who are accustomed to forums believe that it’s ...
Scott - Слава Україні's user avatar
6 votes

Why are questions which are on hold, never deleted?

Questions that are still termed "on hold" (not "closed") are not automatically removed because we want to allow users time to revise their question to get it reopened. After five days, the status text ...
Ben N's user avatar
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5 votes
Accepted

Can I get notified when my comment is deleted

Only moderators can view deleted comments. I am fairly certain there is no way to know for sure that there are deleted comments on a post, other than of course remembering that one was there and ...
Ben N's user avatar
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5 votes
Accepted

Informative comments, should they deleted?

Comments are, preferentially, for teasing out information. Rather than being permanent fixtures of "this is some information" they are best used as "trial and error" or ...
Mokubai's user avatar
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5 votes

Informative comments, should they deleted?

It seems at least here, that the opinion is that informative comments ta should be deleted, and wonder why that was so? Informative comments should be avoided because they can be deleted at any ...
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3 votes

Please, delete my question regarding svchost.exe

In most cases we'd be disinclined to delete a question - and if memory serves, you can't delete your own question if there's an upvoted answer. A couple of observations. if a large part of an answer ...
Journeyman Geek's user avatar
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3 votes

Delete Accepted answer, where the consensus is that the answer is wrong

Well in general - the reasoning is that it could be useful for others (and as a wrong answer it isn't), and OP spent the effort creating an answer. Considering the circumstances, (and that I was in a ...
Journeyman Geek's user avatar
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3 votes

Deleting a question that was unsuitable

You can delete your own questions, assuming certain criteria are met. From our help page Why are questions deleted: Users can delete their own questions if the question: has zero answers ...
Mokubai's user avatar
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3 votes

Can I get notified when my comment is deleted

The comment you deleted essentially was an attempt to extract an answer out of a off topic/closed question via comments. The deletion was by design. Comments should be considered to be ephemeral - ...
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1 vote

Deleted answer (virus warning)

We allow only answers in the answer section, no exceptions. Once you have sufficient reputation, you'll be able to comment everywhere and downvote bad answers. A very important power that you get ...
Ben N's user avatar
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