Questions tagged [deleted-questions]
refers to all questions deleted from Stack Overflow. The tag "specific-question" should also be used when referencing a specific question that has been deleted.
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Why did my question have to be deleted?
This is a followup to my question What is the problem with my question? How can I improve it? that was too broad and was closed.
Version 3 of my main question write and run unit tests after concurrent ...
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Why was a question with 11 upvotes and an answer with 23 upvotes deleted? [duplicate]
The question at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55481074/azure-app-service-plan-what-does-minutes-day-mean was deleted despite having 11 upvotes and an answer with 23 upvotes. The deletion reason ...
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Do we still need to delete acceptable content so quickly? [closed]
I notice that my question (which is probably not the worst question on SO!):
Where to install an .exe tool if it needs to write other files in its own folder?
has been deleted very quickly / roomba'd.
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Comments on deleted questions [duplicate]
Yesterday I left a comment on this question. The asker later responded to my comment, but has now deleted the question.
When I log in to day, I see an alert in my inbox, but when I click there I can ...
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What should I have done differently to avoid closure of my question for "needs debugging details" when it has everything required?
My question https://stackoverflow.com/q/79508525/correct-regex-to-parse-a-command-line was downvoted, closed and then deleted.
The reason for closing does not lineup with my view of the information in ...
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Why was my question closed? Reason is incorrect, I think
How to generate a random array from the values of another array, the sum of whose values are within a pre-determined range?
This question is seeking recommendations for software libraries, tutorials, ...
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I would like to answer a question of mine which got auto-deleted
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79382328/crash-in-stdmake-exception-ptr-on-aix
Basically, I just want to add the following as an answer:
It seems to indeed have been XLClang's implementation of ...
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Don't show deleted spam posts on the 'Recently viewed posts' section of the home page
When viewing the homepage, I can see a spam post under Recently viewed posts. Admittedly, it was recently viewed, but considering I don't have 10k, it's not very useful to include it (well, yes, using ...
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Request to undelete edited question
I have a question about my Stack Overflow post: R mice code for delta sensitivity analysis for a binary variable : apparently not working
After it was closed, I edited the question to give it more ...
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Staging ground question left in a half-deleted state
There was recently a run-of-the-mill AI generated / potential spam seed question in the Staging Ground, Mouse Polling Rate. It was deleted by Machavity, but it was somehow left in a strange half-...
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"No migration allowed after 60 days so we delete instead" policy
It was requested that migration of questions to other StackExchange sites be forbidden after 60 days due to some issues it causes with regard to points/reputation, and it appears that this was then ...
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Comments on deleted Staging Ground posts appear undeleted to 10k+ users
When a post on the Staging Ground is deleted, the background coloring suggests that the comments underneath have not been deleted. This is unexpected and curious, but also, in the case of some recent ...
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Why was the question deleted if it didn't ask for recommendations?
I have a question about my Stack Overflow post: Are Qt and wxWidgets suitable for mobile and desktop game-development?
Screenshot for <10k users:
Why was the question deleted if it didn't ask for ...
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Can my C++ question be undeleted & reopened?
Here is a link to my question.
There are a couple of other questions on the same topic as mine, but they don't answer my question. My question was an attempt to understand how to read a std::optional ...
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When is reputation actually regained from deleting a downvoted answer/question?
According to many posts here (like this accepted answer) you will regain reputation when you delete your downvoted answer to a question.
I just deleted a downvoted answer to test and the score I have ...
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