Questions tagged [specific-answer]
Use this tag for questions on Meta that relate to a specific answer on Stack Overflow.
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What makes this answer "spam or rude or abusive"? Is it that one use of a swear word?
This answer (10K+ link) was marked as spam or rude or abusive, screenshot for those with less than 10K rep:
I can totally see why it would be deleted as NAA (not an answer), but spam or rude or ...
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Why was this upvoted answer deleted once, and deleted again when reposted? [closed]
Why does my JavaScript code receive a "No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource" error, while Postman does not?
I posted an answer to this ...
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Declined flag on an 'answer' that appears to be a sandbox post
I don't believe there was any malicious intent here. The user copied some text from the question posted it in an 'answer', and also tried out posting it as a comment.
We do have a sandbox. I myself ...
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Are all the links to non-English language papers here providing benefit?
I recently raised a flag on the below answer, as being a link only answer, which was disputed. I can understand why this was disputed, as the answer does include additional detail (though I think it ...
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The verified answer to the phpPgAdmin question was removed. Why? [duplicate]
I have a question about my Stack Overflow post: phpPgAdmin - Login Fail - Virtual Class--cannot instantiate
I won't insist too much, I just hoped that the solution that helped me would help other ...
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What should I do if the answer I needed is contained in one of the answers but mixed up with counterproductive advice?
After posting a question, I obtained the information I needed mostly by reading the comments. One person posted an answer that basically contains all the information I needed to solve the issue, but ...
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What detections were at play causing a declined flag?
I've flagged an answer as rude/abusive (R/A), because I'm a reasonable flower and I find
You may wana do breast detection using depth camera.
inappropriate for respectful discourse, specially if the ...
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Should I update an answer with more context around the general topic?
My by far highest voted contribution to the SE universe is my answer to How to use Android quantity strings (plurals)?. I am glad to see it helps a lot of people.
Nevertheless I'm not really happy ...
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Why did a moderator delete my answer which I moved from a different question?
Note, this is not a duplicate question. I did NOT plagiarise my deleted answer in question.
This question is also not a duplicate of 'When to flag an answer as "not an answer"' because a mod ...
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Why was my good explained (IMO) answer downvoted, as well as all other answers? [closed]
I today answered this question, along with some other people - most of the other answers work too, but they do not contain any explanation why the OP is getting this behaviour. Mine does. It was ...
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Critique of Question Facts as an Answer
I was going through the Late Answers review queue when I saw this answer - it is now deleted.
I think that 6107310094082 it is not a valid South African id number. Checksum is only 1 digit and the ...
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Why was my answer with 12 upvotes deleted?
I answered this question and my answer had 12 upvotes on it but now I can't find it. Can someone tell me why?
Also, everything on my profile was edited like I never answered the question or earned 120 ...
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What is the cause of my post being deleted?
A few moments ago I realized that my answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/67302912/6622587 was deleted by the moderator Jean-François Fabre. And so far I have not received information about the cause ...
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Why was this answer to "numpy-like-package-for-node" deleted?
About a month ago, I posted an answer to this question:
I created my own library here:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/lynx-js
Usage:
var lynx = require("lynx-js")
var arr = new lynx.NdArray([...
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Why was an answer about avoiding asking duplicated questions deleted?
So I had this answer (screenshot for <10K) deleted by a moderator.
I raised a flag to try and get some clarification on why it was deleted, but no soap. I checked the timeline and the only comment ...
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