Questions tagged [self-deletion]
Support and discussion of self-deleting posts. Deleting a Question also results in deletion of any Answers posted. Self-deleting Questions isn't allowed if an Answer has been upvoted or Accepted, or while a bounty offer is open on the Question. Self-deleting Answers is usually allowed. Deleting a post rolls back reputation gains and losses associated with the post, but poorly received Questions and Answers still count toward posting bans once deleted.
4
questions
5
votes
0
answers
214
views
Useless question should be deleted?
I have asked a question and it has turned out to be useless. I misunderstood the statement of a theorem and that is why my doubt was absurd.
The question does not contribute anything and the ...
- 394
2
votes
0
answers
185
views
OP deleted an interesting question w/0 answers, but I wanted to answer it.
I was trying to solve this question, and I think I made fairly decent progress on it. However, the OP deleted the question despite them putting a lot of work into it.
Is there a way to flag a deleted ...
- 4,648
31
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Self-deleted answer undeleted by other users
I deleted one of my answers a little less than three years ago. Today I discovered that the answer had been undeleted by three high-reputation users in August of this year. To the best of my knowledge ...
- 18.1k
1
vote
1
answer
453
views
Self-delete my criticized question?
I'd a problem reading & understanding a certain argument in an article on numbertheory. Not a big thing for any student with some experience with $\lim \inf()$ and $\lim \sup()$. So I copied (...
- 34.7k