What do you think when a question is deleted?
Say you have been working on your answer for 20-30 minutes because they want an edited poem or a lengthy answer. You are finally ready to post, click the submit button, and get this message:
"This question has been deleted."
What is your reaction?
It just happened to me, and I couldn't even get back to my answer. Sometimes I save them just in case the poet asks it again.
I'm frustrated and wonder why bother?
After 4 answers:
It wasn't really a request to edit. Just a question about whether it needed changes in order to be submitted to a school project. I mis-worded my question. It was not different than anyone else who wants help applying the finishing touches on their work.
We've all looked at our questions and answers thinking they were all right, only to be shocked by getting a message from Q & A.
I didn't see anything wrong with the question, but I guess someone else did.
I'm an editor; so when a question comes up like that, I edit.
Guess I will take more care in the future.
I'll copy my message to a draft email before I try to submit it in the future; about the only way to get through this glitch, I guess..
NOTE: 11/28/11
~I will open a second window to see if the poem is still there; if it too shows up as deleted, I refresh my screen, get the IP address from the first one, and check again. When it is gone, it has been deleted by someone.
~Usually, if it is a long answer, I will save it before I lose it, but I didn't on this particular one; couldn't email it to them.
~ I have stopzilla, microsoft security, and a registry cleaning program that repairs it. Also have a performance toolkit. All of these run every day, and the antiviral s/w stays active. I use my email as an edit for an answer, can save it as a draft, but do not always use it. If it is a long answer with many links, I go to Word. I have a simple editor, so that's not the problem.
Thanks all.
tori
The problem is when the back arrow won't take you to your answer. That is what happens at times too. Then, it's gone. The work and time are gone, but I've had practice with research and writing, which is always helpful.
Sometimes there is no email address. Because you can't get back to the question at all, there is no where to send it. I have a few of those in my draft folder. It makes me sad too, B.C. because I wanted them to know there was value in their words and time.
Alpha, it isn't a PC problem. Mine is incredibly clean because of the tools I use. I was going to download an update to Adobe, and as soon as it started, it stated there was a Trojan virus. I cleaned it up. It's a lack of planning, as I can see now from all the great answers. I never use Freeware! When I first became a student of Computer Science I went on a date with a writer/mathematician. I was told about people send viruses on disks, etc. One of my friends gave me a game, which crashed my system when installed;