# A question bouncing in and out of the delete graveyard

Are there a finite number of trees with $k$ leaves and no vertices of degree $2$?

In the 35 days or so since this question was asked, it has been closed, deleted twice, undeleted twice, and is currently has one vote towards its third deletion. I'm new to the 10,000 rep club, but this seems like a lack of communication more than anything.

As someone new to deletion powers, can someone help me understand why this post should be deleted so single-mindedly that undeleting it twice put it back in someone's radar for re-deletion? (Contrarily, someone might discuss why it is worth undeleting such that deleting it twice put it back in someone's radar for re-undeletion.)

(Disclaimer: the reason this particular post is on my radar is because I wrote the well-written, accepted, and upvoted answer. The yoyoing doesn't seem to have an impact on my rep, but I feel like I'm a little proud of the answer and think that the OP made a fair attempt to discuss solution strategies that didn't work.)

• I don't think having a "well-writen, accepted, and upvoted answer" really affects the view of those who voted to delete it, after all it was already mentioned (by atleast some from CRUDE) that a good answer is not sufficient to retain a poor question. In the future if you see a good answer and worth keeping context to a deleted question, you can also post a link to it in GENTLE so perhaps the post can be undeleted if others feels the same. – Three Sided Coin Nov 25 '19 at 22:38
• If you think a question is salvageable, use your hard earned edit privilege and improve it. That has worked for me very well in the past. Do check for duplicates first. Mostly to avoid wasting your time. – Jyrki Lahtonen Nov 26 '19 at 4:19
• FWIW I would not vote to delete that thread. It may or may not be a duplicate (I don't frequent graph-theory), but it definitely is not a FAQ. Unlike the hundreds or thousands of limits that all can be solved by using Taylor series and add nothing worthy to the site. – Jyrki Lahtonen Nov 26 '19 at 4:26
• @Jyrki I am confused I think you did vote to delete the post, indeed twice? – Arctic Char Nov 26 '19 at 4:28
• LOL. I did not recognize/remember it after the edit had improved it. Thanks for keeping me honest @ArcticChar. Anyway, I posted my reaction to the current version. See the effect editing a PSQ has! – Jyrki Lahtonen Nov 26 '19 at 4:31
• To be fair it did look a bit different now that some context was added. @jyrki – Arctic Char Nov 26 '19 at 4:34