why was my answer reported and removed?

It is a violation to give a link to an illegal site. Others do it, but it's still against the rules. Be careful about doing it in the future, because that is a ToS(terms of service) violation, which can lead to an instant suspension.

also, they might have mistook you as a spammer and reported you out of error that way

If it was a link to a site which allows users to watch or download movies for free illegally, such as a bit-torrent, your answer would have been reported as violating copyright law. One of the things you're aren't allowed to do here is to tell people how to break the law, and doing so can lose you all your Yahoo accounts (like email) as well as Answers.

It's true that not all violations are reported (altho most are eventually), but that doesn't mean it's ok, it's just that nobody's caught up to them yet.

Better luck in the future.

in case you weren't in violation of the ToS constantly, constantly, constantly charm. i've got an extremely sturdy success fee with appeals. whilst somebody removes a Q or A that become no longer in violation of the ToS they actually do lose effect in the community and that's greater durable for them to do away with something returned. There are some which could get dissimilar human beings to additionally record (and in many situations have different money owed to facilitate this) using fact they are so untrustworthy of their reporting and there are others who're so nicely depended on they could delete with a single click - a privilege they could lose in the event that they record incorrectly. in case you weren't in violation, charm and relax safeguard in the understanding which you have dealt yet yet another physique blow to the hordes of record monkeys that have been these days infesting Y!A.

As Jay said, you violated the Community Guidelines. You can send an appeal.

-There is a link to an appeal form in the email in which you received

Possibly reported as illegal which would be a violation. In most cases you can add links as long as they aren't spam There are however trolls out there who often report what they disagree with, if you feel you have been wronged you should appeal it.

Go below. Just follow the prompts.

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

Well according to Yahoo Answers, you violated the terms of service. If you don't believe your question violated any rules, you can repeal to them but I can't guarantee they'll repost it. Technically, you're not supposed to link to websites in your answers/questions unless you're giving it as a source. Otherwise they'll think you're spamming.

I'm not sure on this one...

Have you tries contacting admin?

Generally they are the best ones to answer this as they are the ones who removed it.

Who Knows ? It happens to Me on Occasion, and it's one of the "Mysteries of the Online Universe"- to which there is No explanation... :( All One can do is Sigh, Deal with it, & move on to the next Question. -Like THIS.............. ..... . ! :)

2 or more users reported you. Your question did not seek knowledge or advice.

Everybody else does it is unacceptable in the real world. Read the guidelines