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Why was my question deleted?

I asked a question about Yahoo settings, and my question was deleted. It's difficult to find Yahoo how-to information, so I thought that Yahoo Answers might be a good place. It was a straight-forward question about changing settings to Celsius, but it was deleted for "violating community guidelines". Does anyone know where to find information on Yahoo settings? Or why a question on weather settings "violate community guidelines"?

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    We'd need a lot more information on *precisely* what you put in the post to say why it was deleted.

    A question about changing Yahoo! settings to Celsius would not be deleted on the basis of topic.

    Firstly, did you definitely get a violation notice? If not, there are a number of no-blame reasons for deletion: no answer after four days; "No Best Answer" chosen at voting; or the Best Answer being a violation, and deleted.

    However, there are various less obvious reasons a question might be deleted: for instance, the format being "chat" in some way (including using Additional Details to chat/argue with answerers); or if you requested users to contact you directly (a solicitation violation); or if the question contained an extended moan about some grievance (a rant violation).

    It's all in the detail, and the detail almost always explains apparently arbitrary deletions.

  • 8 years ago

    I've just opened an account on here to ask why news videos won't play on my computer, now i'm having a look around . . . is this right, you have violated community guidelines by asking to change from farenhiet to celsius ? . ..my god, what kind of community is this, if you get deleted for that enquiry then Hitler and the Nazi party look like good company for a fun day out . . . i can only assume there is not a human checking these questions and the machines have taken over . . good luck .:)

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  • 8 years ago

    according to the site rules, this question is going to be deleted as well... sorry

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