What are your views on people who delete their questions once they get an answer?
553799
I haven't encountered that yet and I don't see why anyone would do that.  I love giving good answers and feeling like I might have actually helped someone, or made someone laugh, at least.  That's why I really try to think it through when I choose a best answer and give it to the most deserving person.\n\nInteresting topic to bring up though.  Have a great day! :-)
48031
the person that asked the question must delete the question.
76272
That's a good question.  I've answered questions that seemed perfectly serious and more or less a call for information that later end up deleted.  Then again, there's never a shortage of questions with fairly crass subject matter that never goes away.  I think that because the mods are human, whether a question stays or goes depends on who reviews it.
239714
You cannot delete an unwanted answer, however you can delete an unwanted question - providing you are the one who posted it.
1100611
yes click the link... and where it shows your answers and questions theres a delete option either under your name for answers or up right kinda by your name for the questions
889659
i think they do it to make themselves look better. the only time I give a thumbs down is if the person is just being rude or otherwise obnoxious in their answer. Personally I think it's pretty dumb to do.
954672
I'd like to know what "reason" they gave you for the deletion. All it takes is one person to not like your answer and boom....you get violated. I tried writing to the YA "power people"....surprise, surprise it doesn't help. Never heard from them.
575529
After you answer, you can edit or delete your question if you need to. But you can't do this to anyone else's.
1000364
same goes for people who ask questions? do they realize they corner answerers to answer a rhetorical question shamefully, or do they actually want an opinion.
758571
Some people on this site need to let things go and "get over" themselves. I have been reported unfairly too. It is a shame that people cant seem to handle the truth about things and them reporting your Friend, me and anybody gives them a sense of control, they can delete your questions, however they cannot erase real life and so what if its chatty I have seen things on this site that would make a longshoreman blush and nothing is said.\nLike I stated before some  people REALLY need to get over themselves.
724077
The only time I had a violation is when I answered someones question who wrote so poorly that I couldn't exactly understand what he was asking; so I asked if he could clarify.  My answer was removed.  A day or two later, his question was gone, also.\n\nI have to agree with the first answerer.  [It seems] that once a few bad "marks" are given to a question, it's gone.  I've heard complaints for people before who either ask very interesting questions, or give very intelligent answers, and receive a violation notice later that day.\n\nIn fact, there is a person on the Yahoo! Answers Help Forum who has this repeatedly happen to her.  So she posted all of her well-though out answers in a thread until Yahoo! gave all of her points back.  Yet these stupid/insulting question are still on here, as well as the hate-filled answers that fill them.  I have NO idea how this site is being run, but it's being run poorly.\n\nTo correct this, Yahoo! should transfer monitoring of Answers back to the Answers Dept, instead of Customer Care.  CC is trained to help you when your email is not working, or your auctioned item has disappeared; they are obviously not trained to run an extremely large interactive site like Answers.  The answers Dept was better at this, and the mistaken deleted questions/answers were few and far between.
981518
How can you tell if they haven't posted an answer? I find thumbs down to my posts irritating, but I guess that's the point of this place to get a mix of opinions and see who agrees with what... I'm certain, however that there are some little kids out there who go around sabotaging posts - not to mention posting insulting questions... \n\nI suppose that's the flip side of an online service - you never know who you're dealing with. But for sure, don't take it personally, it happens to everyone (and in some cases I'm sure you feel like putting a thumbs down to an answer - see any of the bashing Qs) ;)
199656
If someone removes their question they may just get the answer they want and then just remove the question. Or maybe they remove it because they are getting a bunch of ridiculous answers. Or maybe Yahoo removes it because someone has reported it as an abusive question.
801598
I agree I have asked simple questions that got deleted just because someone didn't like that I didn't agree with their point-of views
341527
the answers crew will delete it after a certain amount of time goes by. They leave it up for awhile so people can look at it in case they have the same question.
575610
You can REPORT ABUSE subject to the terms of posting questions and answers and if justified the posting will be deleted.\n\nA poster can edit or delete their own questions or answers but not delete others, only the poster or Yahoo can.
990154
Yahoo, does not seem to have a very good position on what can be ask, I am a Bush basher, ( I have my own reasons) I have had questions removed for what I felt was no reason. I have seen Bush supporters get the same treatment, but maybe because this whole thing is fairly new. I think if somebody reports a question or an answer it is automatically removed. It is like I wrote to them, just because someone does not agree with your answer should not be reason to remove it. Unless it is profane or truly objectionable they should leave it alone. All I get for an answer is a link to their policy. So I don't know. You should have had every right to ask that question freely and I should have the same right to answer it.