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This revision log doesn't make sense to me:
https://stackoverflow.com/posts/6497098/revisions
As I understand it: The OP asked question, then OP found a solution by himself and edited the question, adding the solution (which wasn't smart, I agree).
Then the moderator deleted the solution (which is OK) but instead of adding it as an answer, he closed the question. Now the solution will be very hard to find.
That doesn't make sense to me.
The question at issue here was posted a long time ago, and the poster of it has not been here since September of last year. There had been attempts to ask the user to post their solution as an answer, but they did not respond to those, despite having been here since.
I could have posted an answer, but considering the question, I did not. The question was basically a requirement and a very vague description of what did not work, and the answer was mostly just a code dump.
The final result appeared to count for being closed for the reason I did. I'm not at all against it being reopened by the community and answered then, though.
Also, incidentally; my actions were taken in the course of handling flags for moderator attention.
The question shouldn't contain the solution. The moderator acted correctly in removing the solution. The OP should have placed their solution in an answer. It seems to me that the moderator then made a judgment call to close the question as too broad. Alternatively, the moderator could have asked the OP to place their solution in an answer if it wasn't too broad of a question.
