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Arthur R asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 1 decade ago

Deleted question?

I asked a question here (well, in Travel / Air Travel) on March 28, and it was deleted sometime after I voted "No Best Answer".. I received no notification of the deletion, as far as I can tell. Any idea what happened?

Update:

Sorry. I should clarify details....

There was an answer which I requested removal as spam, and another answer which I considered non-responsive, giving it a thumbs down, but not reporting as inappropriate. The question closed, and went to voting. I clicked "No Best Answer", and then went on to do other things. Now, less than 2 weeks after I asked the question, it's been removed, according to the "My Questions" tab.

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  • Dad
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Good Evening, Arthur R

    If I am understanding correctly, you asked a question and were not satisfied with the answers gave. You then "Voted" no best answer.

    If I am correct, then yes. Voting for no best answer will have the question automatically deleted and you should suspect your 5 points return back to your account for asking the question.

    For more information about the Points System, please refer to link:

    (Points System)

    http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system.php;_...

    P.S. If the spammer was chosen as best answer by the Community, then that could also be the reason your question was removed, hence you reported the spammer for spamming.

    When a best answer is removed for violating the Answers property, the associated question is also removed. In this case, you won't be notified VIA Email of such removal.

    Take care.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Oh really? I didn't actually know that it was 3 months of the question not receiving a best answer and then it automatically deletes itself.

  • 1 decade ago

    your time is up and no one is allowed to answer. if no one uses the question in 3 months it automatically deletes.

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