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I would like to have a discussion about the following question:

When is it appropriate to delete a question which has been closed as "missing context or details," but which has generated mathematically good and upvoted answers? What considerations should be made when voting?

The recent spate of deletions via downvotes and closure votes has been triggered mostly through the actions of a very small group of users, and one user in particular (who claims a role in deleting 3500 posts in about three months). There has been a significant increase in deletions recentlyrecently.

This has come up in numerous threads throughout meta recently, although the boxed question has not been discussed specifically in its own question. The level of deletion has caused great frustration among some users who view this as causing the removal of a significant volume of answers and teaching effort - this is severe to the point that some users are considering leaving the site. Other users believe it is necessary in order to protect the quality standards on MSE, and (possibly decreasing) quality standards have cause a lot of frustration as well.

$\scriptsize{\text{(I will reserve my own opinion for the comments.)}}$

I would like to have a discussion about the following question:

When is it appropriate to delete a question which has been closed as "missing context or details," but which has generated mathematically good and upvoted answers? What considerations should be made when voting?

The recent spate of deletions via downvotes and closure votes has been triggered mostly through the actions of a very small group of users, and one user in particular (who claims a role in deleting 3500 posts in about three months). There has been a significant increase in deletions recently.

This has come up in numerous threads throughout meta recently, although the boxed question has not been discussed specifically in its own question. The level of deletion has caused great frustration among some users who view this as causing the removal of a significant volume of answers and teaching effort - this is severe to the point that some users are considering leaving the site. Other users believe it is necessary in order to protect the quality standards on MSE, and (possibly decreasing) quality standards have cause a lot of frustration as well.

$\scriptsize{\text{(I will reserve my own opinion for the comments.)}}$

I would like to have a discussion about the following question:

When is it appropriate to delete a question which has been closed as "missing context or details," but which has generated mathematically good and upvoted answers? What considerations should be made when voting?

The recent spate of deletions via downvotes and closure votes has been triggered mostly through the actions of a very small group of users, and one user in particular (who claims a role in deleting 3500 posts in about three months). There has been a significant increase in deletions recently.

This has come up in numerous threads throughout meta recently, although the boxed question has not been discussed specifically in its own question. The level of deletion has caused great frustration among some users who view this as causing the removal of a significant volume of answers and teaching effort - this is severe to the point that some users are considering leaving the site. Other users believe it is necessary in order to protect the quality standards on MSE, and (possibly decreasing) quality standards have cause a lot of frustration as well.

$\scriptsize{\text{(I will reserve my own opinion for the comments.)}}$

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Under what circumstances is it appropriate to delete a question that has received a good answer?

I would like to have a discussion about the following question:

When is it appropriate to delete a question which has been closed as "missing context or details," but which has generated mathematically good and upvoted answers? What considerations should be made when voting?

The recent spate of deletions via downvotes and closure votes has been triggered mostly through the actions of a very small group of users, and one user in particular (who claims a role in deleting 3500 posts in about three months). There has been a significant increase in deletions recently.

This has come up in numerous threads throughout meta recently, although the boxed question has not been discussed specifically in its own question. The level of deletion has caused great frustration among some users who view this as causing the removal of a significant volume of answers and teaching effort - this is severe to the point that some users are considering leaving the site. Other users believe it is necessary in order to protect the quality standards on MSE, and (possibly decreasing) quality standards have cause a lot of frustration as well.

$\scriptsize{\text{(I will reserve my own opinion for the comments.)}}$