Questions tagged [deleted-posts]
posts (questions, answers, or comments) that have been deleted
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Why was my question about improving this site deleted by "Community ♦"?
This is the deleted question:
https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6709/a-simple-proposal-to-encourage-people-to-ask-better-questions
Can it be re-opened?
Well, I didn't get much support ...
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Our help page incorrectly states that it takes 6 spam / abuse flags to delete a post
I learned after posting this question that our help page is incorrect.
It currently states the following:
The spam and abusive flags are designed to automatically eliminate truly disruptive posts ...
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Deleted answers vs deleted questions
What's the reason why a deleted answer, unlike a deleted question, remains visible on the site? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to have it removed once the OP decides, for whatever reason, to delete ...
user66974
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Please pardon our mess
Some of you have noticed a bunch of deleted questions on the site lately, and have asked why.
What happened is that there was a voting ring of users running sock puppets to post simple dictionary- ...
tchristMod
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Comment deletion notifications
I see that all the comments I made to the questions referenced in Wordreference cross-posting have been deleted. Can I somehow be notified when my comments are deleted?
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Undelete deleted answer: clanking vs. clinking
I find it odd that this answer to the question What's the action of banging two beers together called? was deleted for being a comment when it clearly provides an answer ("clank"). While it can ...
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Deleting answers with a positive rep balance
The related question:
What do you call all the pieces of a song minus the lyrics
My answer was:
Basically, I'd go for 'Music'. But I might be wrong, but I might be right?
(the second sentence is ...
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