Questions tagged [deleting]
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Please don't upvote non-answers above a score of -1
I understand that many users of TeX.SE are scrimpy with their downvotes, but please don't upvote non-answers (e.g. comments erroneously posted as an answer) above a score of -1.
As you can (not) see ...
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Is there a way to completely delete posts?
I regularly delete answers if other answers to the same question are better. Sometimes I delete answers because I'm not sure whether they are "good" (e.g. expandable, or conflicting with ...
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Should the mapping tag be burninated?
The mapping tag on TeX.SX has absolutely no definition or guidance. The questions about it are a grab-bag asking about everything from graphing a conformal mapping to the Mapping= feature of fontspec ...
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Should we really delete low quality answers?
Whenever looking at answers in the Low Quality Posts review queue that are real answers (i.e. should not actually be a comment, edit or new question), just bad ones, I'm a bit conflicted about ...
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Is there a fast way for a user to delete all of their content?
Let's assume that a user wishes to move away from TeX.SE and intends to delete all of the content they created up to the legally possible limit. Deleting tons of comments, unaccepted answers and ...
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How can I see the reason that is selected on deleting my post?
When someone is answering a question... the community (at least some members with a minimum amount of points -I suppose-)... can "flag" our post for deletion (through the button "delete"\footnotemark[:...
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What was wrong with my question?
Today I noticed that one of my questions
("How to check which command was used to load a .sty file?")
was deleted. As the two consecutive downvotes, after nearly two months,
without any explanation ...
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Why was my comment deleted?
Yesterday I down-voted the answer
https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/343572/177954
because the websites where the images are from are not disclosed. I left a comment explaining this.
Today I noticed ...
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When I delete/annul my own posting/answer, how to ensure that reputation increase due to upvotes is also annulled?
I'm in an embarrassing situation:
I wrote an answer to a question. I got many upvotes and reputation for that answer. But that answer is flawed in a subtle way. Obviously those who upvoted did not ...
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Can a post that was put on hold and looks to be closed be preserved for its historical, humorous or other merit, rather than disappear?
This question came to mind when looking at a recent post swirling hexagon now on hold. It seemed to me that this post, while likely to be closed and thereafter disappear, represents a precious ...
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Answer reveals problem is package bug: Delete question?
I asked this question to find out if an error I encountered after updating TeXLive was a bug. Even if it was a bug, I needed a short-term solution to continue my work until the package was fixed.
@...
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Deleting own question when I "lost interest"
I asked a question, it has no answers and I don't consider it useful anymore. I have a feeling that it would be a waste of time if someone tried hard to make a solution now. Should I better delete it ...
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When ought a question be deleted?
I recently asked the question Problem with Compiling .pdf. Clearly, it has been put on hold, and reasonably so given the close reason at the time it was closed. Now, there is a new answer that renders ...
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When should I remove an answer I posted?
Yesterday I posted an answer to What causes the following gaps?. Later @egreg posted an answer, which in my opinion is far superior to mine. Much to my bafflement, people are still upvoting my ...
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Should I always delete an answer which is not accepted?
If I provide an answer which is not useful for the person who asked the question, should I delete it?
Obviously, when the answer is off topic (due to a misunderstanding for example), it should not ...
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Deleting questions marked as 'too localized' or 'not a real question'
There have been a few questions flagged recently for deletion (for example pgfplots: I do not know the key '/tikz/nodes near coords' error, https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/44051/cross-...
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Deleting duplicate questions
In this question, Joseph writes "In general, we've agreed not to delete or merge duplicate questions."
Why is that, when was this agreement reached, and do we still follow that?
As a side question, ...
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Deleting a question that's likely to be unimportant very soon
I asked a question about a possible bug in hyperref. Looks like this bug is likely to disappear in a few days, rendering this question pretty worthless except for the few people who installed TeX Live ...
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