I would like to delete my question here since the problem was due to human error but I am being warned that I could be blocked:
How serious is the warning? Or can I just proceed without worry?
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$\begingroup$ I think that if you delete once in a while, it's not a big deal. If you delete your questions often you can find yourself in a question ban, which you may not be able to get out of. But once here and then it's not harmful. $\endgroup$– Asaf Karagila ModNov 16, 2014 at 19:15
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$\begingroup$ I don't think (and you should wait for a moderator's word on this) you can be banned for inappropriately deleting just a few questions. If it's too frequent, then that's another matter. In any case you say the question arose from human error, so there's a not so small chance that the question is too localized and as such is not even a good fit for MSE. $\endgroup$– Git GudNov 16, 2014 at 19:18
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$\begingroup$ @GitGud it wont let me delete it now. $\endgroup$– dustinNov 16, 2014 at 19:19
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$\begingroup$ @AsafKaragila it wont let me delete it now. $\endgroup$– dustinNov 16, 2014 at 19:19
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$\begingroup$ The (non-)answer was deleted otherwise, it should be possible to delete the question now. $\endgroup$– Daniel FischerNov 16, 2014 at 21:05
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It's a warning meant to make you consider the deletion. So, you should pause to think: does this Q&A pair add any value to the Internet? If your answer is confident no, go ahead and delete.
It is true that deleting many own questions is a factor in automatic question blocks (now rolling time-limits). However, a user with 1000 rep and many well-received posts is unlikely to hit those. You can ignore the second paragraph unless you are on a self-deletion rampage.
Also, note that the system will still block the deletion in the following cases:
- The question has two or more answers
- The question has at least one answer with at least one upvote (it does not have to have a positive net score: e.g., an answer with +1 -2 votes will block deletion).
In the specific case, it seems the answer might be removed anyway, since it's downvoted and has drawn a vote to delete. When/if it's gone, you will be able to delete the question.
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$\begingroup$ I just want to delete since it is from user error not a math issue. However, it now wont let me delete it. $\endgroup$– dustinNov 16, 2014 at 19:18
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$\begingroup$ See my update.. $\endgroup$– user147263Nov 16, 2014 at 19:24