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Is this kind of retaliatory behavior allowed? Is allowing it, in effect, discouraging questions?
I do not consider this answer acceptable because it violates be nice, in particular:
Be welcoming, be patient, and assume good intentions.
Don't be a jerk. These are just a few examples. If you ...
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My answer on “Writing ads to attract female PhD candidates” was deleted; why?
"Don't bother trying" is a valid answer to "How do I [do thing]"
In general, I agree with you. An answer that questions the premise of the question is a valid answer.
But that’s not what your answer ...
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a moderator deleted my answer under false pretence: offensive/spam
Your answer is full of arguments that take an argument that is typically made by the side which you claim to oppose and present it as an argument for the other side.
Moreover you are throwing clichéic,...
WrzlprmftMod
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a moderator deleted my answer under false pretence: offensive/spam
Your original answer was flagged by two users as rude/offensive. This brought it to my attention. Upon looking at the answer it seemed unrelated to the question and designed to produce discussion. ...
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Is this kind of retaliatory behavior allowed? Is allowing it, in effect, discouraging questions?
The threats were inappropriate and definitely a violation of our be nice policy. I have deleted the answer. If a 10k+ user thinks they can salvage the answer, please edit and flag for attention so it ...
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How much slang is acceptable in a question or answer?
I didn't like the tone of the answer and it felt more like an experiment to fit as much idiomatic language in as possible rather than answering the question, so I downvoted it.
It's not appropriate to ...
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Mass downvoting of a well referenced pertinent answer: Why is an answer that is a complement to others considered so bad?
Your answer seems well-supported (though I haven't gone through the references in detail) and you make a good point: some crazy ideas today may well be accepted science tomorrow.
The question, however,...
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How is this offensive?
A comment left on this answer stated:
This seems to be more of a snarky comment than a good-faith answer.
I agree with this:
This is not an honest attempt to answer the question, but instead it ...
WrzlprmftMod
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My answer on “Writing ads to attract female PhD candidates” was deleted; why?
The way the SE system works is we like to have our discussions about moderation in public so everyone can participate since we are really a community moderated site and so there is a level of ...
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How to answer two questions where the same answer is appropriate, but the questions themselves aren't duplicates?
tl;dr: Since your answer was duplicate text and a lot of it didn't directly address the question that was asked, it gives the impression of someone who hears a few key words ("gender" "STEM" "...
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My answer on “Writing ads to attract female PhD candidates” was deleted; why?
If I understand correctly, the question had +11 votes, as such it seems that the "community" valued this answer. In addition, even if that was not the case, as @jpmc26 said, "I'm not really ...
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How is this offensive?
I think the answer deserved to be deleted because it didn't make much sense, and could be considered spam.
It's completely possible that it was a well-intentioned post. It's also possible it's based ...
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How to answer two questions where the same answer is appropriate, but the questions themselves aren't duplicates?
What exactly is it that I do wrong?
Your behavior was generally fine in that you did not violate the golden be nice rule. What you did wrong was post identical answers to different questions. Our ...
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Why was my answer deleted?
I deleted your answer, in response to a flag raised by a user. (It was flagged as "rude or abusive"; I did not agree that it was "rude or abusive" but I deleted it for another reason, see below.)
On ...
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How is this offensive?
I think your answer was removed for the wrong reason. I agree that it requires quite a stretch to claim it's offensive, but - it's true that "this seems to be more of a ... comment than a ... ...
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