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why do some questions get deleted?

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    There are several reasons for question/answers being removed from this site.The reasons are as follows:-

    1 ► The № 1 reason for question being removed is because yahoo community determines that your question breaks the rule of Yahoo! Answers Community Guidelines or yahoo! Terms of Service which you agreed abide during posted contents on this site.As a result, your content(s) has been deleted.(Chat or rant, adult content, spam, insulting other members,Solicitation,etc..)

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    ●"Chat" →http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers/abuse/gui...

    ●"Adult content" →http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers/abuse/gui...

    ●"Spam" →http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers/abuse/gui...

    ●"Insulting other members" →http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers/abuse/gui...

    ●"Solicitation" →http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers/abuse/gui...

    2 ► The best answer of your question was reported by one or more reliable users which unfortunately also deletes your question.

    3 ► You didn't receive any single answer during the time limit period(4 days).As a result of which your question expired and automatically gets deleted.

    4 ► Your question went to community vote and the voters didn't think that any of the answers deserved as the best answers.So he voted for "No best answer".As a result, your question automatically gets deleted.

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    ►Please review the Yahoo! Answers Community Guidelines here:

    http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines

    ►Please review the Yahoo! Community Guidelines here:

    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/guidelines/community.ht...

    ►Please review the Yahoo! Terms of service here:

    http://in.docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

    ►Please review the Knowledge Partner Guidelines here:

    http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers/partnersp...

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    Yahoo! Answers is a community moderated site,Community moderation empowers reliable Answers users(Normal users like you and me) to help remove inappropriate questions & answers. Members of the community who reliably identify and report questions and answers will have more influence than others. If a question or answer is reported by one or more reliable users, it will be removed.

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    If you feel that you did not violate the Yahoo! Answers Community Guidelines or Terms of Service, you must appeal against the question deletion and it is successful.

    To appeal you can use the appeal form below.

    http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers/first_app...

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    1: keep it very brief, and very polite

    2: keep to the facts - mention why you believe your content was NOT a violation.

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    3: talk about how other content left up is worse than yours

    4: talk about how upset/angry/sad/disgusted you are

    5: accuse Yahoo of bias or censorship

    6: make threats to Yahoo or their staff

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Content on Yahoo! Answers may be deleted for several reasons:

    Yahoo! determines that your content is in violation of the Yahoo! Answers Community Guidelines or the Yahoo! Terms of Service

    The community determines that your content is in violation of the Yahoo! Answers Community Guidelines or the Yahoo! Terms of Service, Email is sent in this situation.

    Your question expired with no answers, No Email is sent in this situation.

    Your question went to voting and the community decided there were no best answers, No Email is sent in this situation.5 Points returned

    You deleted the question or answer yourself

    The best answer to your question was removed by Yahoo! or the community, when a best answer is removed, the associated question is automatically removed No Email is sent in this situation.

    When a question is deleted, all associated answers, including the best answer, are deleted as well.

    Yahoo! reserves the right to remove content that we determine to be inappropriate and/or in violation of the Yahoo! Answers Community Guidelines or the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Check your activity tab on your profile page. If there is nothing about a violation there and you didn't receive an email, then the Q was removed for one of the other reasons. (Activity tab is located on your profile page.

  • 1 decade ago

    Sometimes people ask questions that go against Yahoo Answers Community guidelines and they get reported by other trustworthy users in the community. The reported asker can get booted out of his account by asking prohibited questions. You can even unknowingly ask the prohibited question and still get deleted or "suspended".

    Read all the rules from Yahoo Answers before you violate one of them and still get booted. Hope this helps!

    Source(s): Boyfriend's experience.
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Because of the arbitrary and capricious nature of the Yahoo police's interpretation of the TOS

    Source(s): See answer below.
  • 1 decade ago

    It could of been reported

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    1: u get reported

    2: rules

    3:community giud lines

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    The thing is becuase it was reported.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    ummm

    u get reported

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