Question about Deleted Messages
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First off, I apologize if this the incorrect place to ask this; if so, please tell me where it would be appropriate to ask general site usability questions. Last night I answered a question in QA[^] and I wanted to check up on it, but was presented with "Sorry, the item you requested could not be found.". I know it is possible for the OP to delete a posting, but I thought after people responded, that this was no longer an option. Others had also posted responses to this question. So my question is, can the OP remove a question after others have taken the time to respond or was some other mechanism involved? Also, the question had received several down-votes (that I attributed to the voters own lack of knowledge) and I do not know if this was the reason for its removal. Thanks.
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First off, I apologize if this the incorrect place to ask this; if so, please tell me where it would be appropriate to ask general site usability questions. Last night I answered a question in QA[^] and I wanted to check up on it, but was presented with "Sorry, the item you requested could not be found.". I know it is possible for the OP to delete a posting, but I thought after people responded, that this was no longer an option. Others had also posted responses to this question. So my question is, can the OP remove a question after others have taken the time to respond or was some other mechanism involved? Also, the question had received several down-votes (that I attributed to the voters own lack of knowledge) and I do not know if this was the reason for its removal. Thanks.
OP can't remove question once it is answered. Down votes doesn't remove the question but 3 reports(Not a question,Unclear incomplete,Repost) delete the question regardless of provided solutions.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad
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OP can't remove question once it is answered. Down votes doesn't remove the question but 3 reports(Not a question,Unclear incomplete,Repost) delete the question regardless of provided solutions.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad
Thank you for the information. It is sad if that is the case though. The OP was abused due to the ignorance of those who assumed that his question was invalid. The reason I say this is because unless you have experienced what he did, the question itself looks like he was too lazy to lookup the file delete method. When I read the title, I knew exactly what he encountered (a issue GDI+ locking the file), but based on the response of others, it was apparent that they had no clue what his issue was and they were responding out of ignorance. I only hope that he received an email notification and that the link I provided to MS article on the issue was clear. It took me a fair amount of searching to track it down when I had first encountered the issue.
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Thank you for the information. It is sad if that is the case though. The OP was abused due to the ignorance of those who assumed that his question was invalid. The reason I say this is because unless you have experienced what he did, the question itself looks like he was too lazy to lookup the file delete method. When I read the title, I knew exactly what he encountered (a issue GDI+ locking the file), but based on the response of others, it was apparent that they had no clue what his issue was and they were responding out of ignorance. I only hope that he received an email notification and that the link I provided to MS article on the issue was clear. It took me a fair amount of searching to track it down when I had first encountered the issue.
I really appreciate your effort. We come across many questions where OP can easily find solution using simple search. If some one still find it useful,they post solution as you did. But sometimes,due to majority consensus,question gets deleted [Reported by 3 members]. The reason may be "i want","explain this" type of questions. OP is expected to read the guidelines before posting question. One very good document is drafted by Pete O'Hanlon. Please see : Some guidelines for posting questions in the forums[^]
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad
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First off, I apologize if this the incorrect place to ask this; if so, please tell me where it would be appropriate to ask general site usability questions. Last night I answered a question in QA[^] and I wanted to check up on it, but was presented with "Sorry, the item you requested could not be found.". I know it is possible for the OP to delete a posting, but I thought after people responded, that this was no longer an option. Others had also posted responses to this question. So my question is, can the OP remove a question after others have taken the time to respond or was some other mechanism involved? Also, the question had received several down-votes (that I attributed to the voters own lack of knowledge) and I do not know if this was the reason for its removal. Thanks.
TnTinMn wrote:
can the OP remove a question after others have taken the time to respond or was some other mechanism involved?
Yes. To both. The OP can remove the question (and others with sufficient privilege can un-delete it). Deleting your own question is extremely rude and we should probably deduct a poo-load of points for doing so after someone else has answered the question. However, we still need to offer this feature because (a) there are legitimate reasons to delete a question, and (b) you can always just edit and wipe clean a question. There are other mechanisms that can close a quetion, namely reporting. A question that's poorly posed, off-topic or abuse can be closed if enough members vote it off the island.