Questions tagged [deleted-answers]
This is the tag to use for any questions related to deleted answers specifically.
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Why was an answer partially made using AI to make the point that you shouldn't use AI deleted?
My answer to a recent MSE question was deleted by a moderator a few hours ago. I have posted the screenshots below for those below 10,000 reputation. Yes, part of it did technically use AI to generate ...
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If an answer has a limitation, is it considered an incomplete answer and therefore should be deleted? Or is an answer has a limitation a valid answer?
From the automatic review comment:
Post Answer button should be used only for complete answers to the question.
If an answer has a limitation, is it considered an incomplete answer and therefore ...
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Does downvoting reputation loss get regained when an answer is deleted? [duplicate]
Obviously, reputation is regained when a question or answer is deleted. And reputation is subtracted (-1) on my downvote- as in when I downvote a post.
But what happens if I downvoted a answer, lost 2 ...
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Why do questions remain visible after answers are deleted?
While browsing SE sites, I often see questions (some quite old) that have been bumped because answers have been deleted.
I did originally assume these were pending edits, but they're not.
Should ...
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I wanted to give a bounty to an answer, but it was deleted by CommunityBot, and the author is temporarily suspended. What should I do?
I wanted to give a bounty to an answer to my question. But the answer was unexpectedly deleted by CommunityBot. Its author is temporarily suspended.
What should I do?
The answer looks excellent and ...
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Too small margins between user names on the timeline
In the post timeline, the margins between usernames are too small, especially when a moderator (with the additional displayed icon) has participated:
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Why was this spam post locked and deleted twice by the Community bot?
Looking at the revision history of some spam, it was deleted and locked twice:
Checking another spam post, that one was only locked and deleted once.
What caused this one to get deleted & locked ...
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Could altering the level of reputation required to view and comment on deleted answers improve people's trust in the impartiality of the site?
I believe that trust in this platform and the quality and impartiality of the information it provides is very important. For this question, my assumption is that one of the things we want to do is to ...
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Make saves listing visually indicate deleted answers
In the current Saves List UI, deleted answers are shown the same as non-deleted answers. If an answer is deleted along with its parent question, then the question and the answer are highlighted in red ...
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Unable to delete my answer
I wrote this answer to a SO question. Then I learned that I misunderstood the question, so I tried to delete my answer. The confirmation dialog popped up, I clicked on OK, but it wasn't deleted.
The ...
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Add support to the API to do all non-moderator actions that a user can do
It does not appear that the API supports viewing of deleted posts, which is what a 10k user or moderator can do on a site. Although I don't expect diamond moderator actions to be exposed, I would ...
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Please split the answer count shown on posts to distinguish between deleted and undeleted answers
Note: this is not a request to hide deleted answers (which has been requested in the past).
The answer count under a question currently has code that tracks which answers are deleted and which answers ...
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Automatic retracting delete and undelete votes to questions and answers [duplicate]
I suggest automatic retracting all delete and undelete votes to every question and answer which has no delete or undelete vote in the last 365 days. This is to prevent deleting and undeleting the same ...
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Last modification by Community user, but actually not [duplicate]
The last modification here was done by Journeyman Geek (mod):
But for some reason, in the question list, the last modification is stated to be by Community (actually a currently deleted user):
Is ...
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How can I delete my wrong accepted answer? [duplicate]
Similar questions were asked before, but the answers recommend to edit the wrong answer to make it correct which does not suit me: after reading the question again I noticed that the question is ...
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