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what question was removed by a trusted user?
Once again my response was removed but Yahoo will not identify which one. I'm told I can appeal, but how do I know if I did make a mistake or not without knowing what question it was. Were do I find it?
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- Yahzmin ♥♥ 4everLv 76 years agoFavorite Answer
If you are talking about your ANSWER having been removed - and you can't tell whether you should appeal it or not because you don't know what the QUESTION was that you answered - you have a problem. Every answer you give should be structured in such a way that you can deduce from it what the question must have been, or at least was likely to be. That's why you should make pointed reference to the question within the answer.
That said, a quick look at your answers shows at least one place where you might not fully understand the rules and therefore end up with violations. Answers MUST at least attempt to provide a useful, helpful answer to the question being asked. Therefore, when a person asks: "Urgent question about tattoo!", an answer of "Show us the tattoo" is NOT a valid answer; it is a comment or non-answer and is therefore deemed a violation. If a person doesn't post their question in a way that makes it answerable, either report it or ignore it. Don't comment on it, even IF you think you are just trying to help them.
- ?Lv 66 years ago
So in other words not only am I penalized for who knows what but I sent on a treasure hunt to find out if the person who pulled my answer has any idea what the question I answered was.
The answer may well be in the same context as the question but the arbitrary removal actually has no appeal.
No appeal has ever been answered let alone explained. And no version of an explanation will be accepted if I do happen to find it.
I find every type of smut and advertising, raging attacks and **** statements that I can't do anything about. But it seems if they don't like my answer anyone can pull it.
I don't want trouble from anyone all I want is fair treatment. I don't say things to hurt people I try to help.
Perhaps the "trusted responders" should take a class on equal treatment. Sorry I bothered you.
- ?Lv 76 years ago
When you look at the notice there is an appeal link Click that link and it shows what the question was.
You can then appeal or shut the page down until you are ready to appeal in the next 7 days.
- RayLv 66 years ago
If you got a notification e-mail, the question ID is in the appeal link in the e-mail.
There's a section in the link that looks like this "qid=20150417014626AAbGAd9" (for instance, this example 20150417014626AAbGAd9 is the ID of this question).
Googling that ID will often find the question - for instance https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=20150417014626AA... - or you can copy that ID into the standard address for a Y!A question (the one you see in the address bar in your desktop web browser).