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Why was I accused of spreading ransomware (and had my question deleted) for asking about stopping a McAfee service?
Why was my question deleted as "off topic: not related to hardware/software" even though McAfee is definitely a software ?
Your question was automatically deleted due to the fact it was ...
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Why was I accused of spreading ransomware (and had my question deleted) for asking about stopping a McAfee service?
Moab isn't a moderator. I do know all the moderators and can assure you none of them work for McAfee, as far as I know
I feel like you're looking at the wrong comment - anti virus software tends to be ...
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Why was this question deleted instead of closed?
There is evidence that this was posted as a seed for someone to spam their product at us. The format of the question is suspicious and follows a pattern that moderators are familiar with: a leading ...
MokubaiMod
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Dealing with low-quality questions that end up on Hot Network Questions
My position—and I'm adamant about this—is that useful, high-quality answers should never be deleted even if the question is closed.
The question got to the point where a truly great answer was posted ...
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Please undelete and preserve 'How do you edit the name of a bookmark? (MS Word 2013)'?
Maybe.
But consider why it was deleted. There's close to zero effort on actually writing the question. If those two links go down, we'll never ever know what didn't work. Links should supplement a ...
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Why was this question deleted instead of closed?
It looks a lot like a spam seed to me. By deleting it quickly, it is taken out of circulation so the prospective spammer hopefully realises it's a waste of time.
It's fine to assume people have good ...
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Reopening good question closed by OP
I would be happy to cast a reopen vote (and have done so) as it a reasonable question (and a good answer).
As it it is good answer I will also upvote the answer if it is undeleted. That will prevent ...
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Reopening good question closed by OP
This answer is not intended to address the specific post listed in the question, but rather the topic in general. I don't know the reason for the OP deleting this particular question. Maybe this ...
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Why do I not have the option to vote to delete?
You don't. Or more specifically the question has not met the criteria for you to try to put it out of its misery.
Voting to delete questions with a score of -3 or lower immediately after they are ...
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Undelete and historically lock question 913055: Troubleshooting a physically damaged (kicked) desktop computer
I find myself with a distinct lack of 10K-itude, so I'll have to go on what bwDraco says of the answers. Let's look at the guidelines for historical locking.
A historical lock preserves older ...
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Flag was declined but the question was deleted all the same
SF deleted it when I checked. No action was needed on SU.
As such, no moderator intervention was needed
While I do sometimes mark flags of that sort as valid, I usually take into account a few ...
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Why was I accused of spreading ransomware (and had my question deleted) for asking about stopping a McAfee service?
I think the other answers are great but I'd like to put the situation into a different perspective.
The main reason folks do not want to discuss ways to stopping a corporate antivirus product are ...
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Reopening good question closed by OP
Just to clarify to <10K users, this question was deleted - not closed, closure is a different thing - by its owner.
The owner of a question can unilaterally delete it unless it has multiple ...
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Dealing with low-quality questions that end up on Hot Network Questions
People are looking at these issues from very different perspectives. But these actually aren't mutually exclusive; there's another dimension to the problem that hasn't been raised.
Role of question ...
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Electrostatic Discharge got deleted and reputation from the answers disappeared
I've undeleted the question tho I would leave it to the community to decide if it should be on hold.
That said, it's an unexceptional question, bordering on terrible, with exceptional answers. It ...
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Why and When are closed questions deleted?
Under certain circumstances, closed questions are automatically deleted by the Community user. Otherwise, they can be deleted with varying numbers of votes from 10K+ users (depending on the score of ...
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Someone else's legit question deleted
The question was deleted by the roomba a month ago.
That doesn't mean it was "bad", it was simply ignored and had neither votes nor answers.
If the question is more than 365 days old, and .....
MokubaiMod
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Did my question about keyboard mapping get deleted?
Your question was closed by 5 users as "opinion based" and after 9 days it was deleted by the community "roomba" as part of its cleanup routine
The Community user deleted my question! What gives?
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MokubaiMod
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Why was my bounty amount sent to me?
It does indeed appear that your bounty was refunded as part of the question being deleted.
The answer is at When a question that had bounties is deleted, are they automatically refunded? which shows ...
MokubaiMod
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Who accepts the question in case the the creator deleted the account?
It seems that the creator has deleted their account.
@djdomi No, the user does have a Stack Exchange account that they've used to log in to both Server Fault and Stack Overflow. However, they've ...
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Is there a way to find out how many comments and questions you have sent
You can get all this from your profile. 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" ...
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Why has 'How do I corrupt a boot sector?' been removed?
Closed as too broad.
Zero score question and answers,and 2-3 days between the last answers.
Got auto deleted.
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Why was my question on vlc deleted?
It was deleted because it met the criteria for the Community roomba to delete it under the "AbandonedClosed" reason:
question was closed more than 9 days ago, and ...
not closed as a ...
MokubaiMod
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Undelete and historically lock question 913055: Troubleshooting a physically damaged (kicked) desktop computer
Historical locking is meant for questions that, in hindsight, should never have been asked. Questions that, due to topic or format, have problems that are impossible to correct. The lock renders them ...
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Electrostatic Discharge got deleted and reputation from the answers disappeared
This specific question has been undeleted and the particulars addressed in answers by the two moderators involved. But the issue seems to come up periodically, so let me post my two cents about the ...
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Flag was declined but the question was deleted all the same
Disingenious from what side of things? The Super User version of the question you flagged is still here. If the question is why Server Fault deleted it, it would need to be asked of them.
If the ...
randomMod
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Why was my network synchronization question closed as offtopic?
Throughout the question, you provide examples of programs you've tried and some specific concerns you have about your situation. That's great! Unfortunately, recommendations for off-site resources (...
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I asked a question that is a month old, is it okay to delete?
Deleted posts count against a post ban.
This is not a good idea. Better to respond, and maybe update with what versions you have this issue with.
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Why was I accused of spreading ransomware (and had my question deleted) for asking about stopping a McAfee service?
Many of the volunteers in this community are sysadmins or computer professionals. I am one myself. There are details to my environment, and those of every enterprise, which make it less than useful ...
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Several questions on this site meet the criteria for automatic deletion, but aren't being deleted due to a bug. What should be done about them?
Personally? Nothing.
Sure they exhibit inconsistent behavior but they're old posts that won't surface unless you're literally looking for posts that meet the roomba criteria and have not.
If they'...
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