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How does deleting work? What can cause a post to be deleted, and what does that actually mean? What are the criteria for deletion?

What circumstances can cause a question or answer to be deleted, and what does that actually mean? How can a post be deleted? When can't I delete my own post? Can I still see my post even after it's ...
44 votes
5 answers
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Please allow me to wear my hat upside down

I want to wear my hat upside down but the rotate control seems to be fixed so I can't. Please remove this terrible restriction so that I can use hats as they weren't intended! :-) See also the ...
George Duckett's user avatar
56 votes
2 answers
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Let us view our deleted comments

If moderators can view and undelete comments, can we see comments we've deleted? We can see our deleted answers, but why not our deleted comments?
Cole Tobin's user avatar
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20 votes
2 answers
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Do 10k users get to read deleted comments?

Do 10k (and moderator) users have the ability to read deleted comments (are comments deleted forever, or never really deleted like questions and answers)?
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37 votes
1 answer
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Can *too* upvote comments under an election nomination

Apparently, we're not supposed to be able to upvote comments in moderator elections any more. Only, it turns out that you can, if you just know how: Basically, it's yet another back-end validation ...
Ilmari Karonen's user avatar
7 votes
1 answer
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Does Stack Exchange or its subsidiaries keep any records on how often a user has been banned or warned by a moderator?

About 5 years ago I was banned once from Stack Overflow for trolling in the comments of a question. I can remember that my ban was automatically lifted after some of my own questions had received some ...
Maurice's user avatar
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17 votes
1 answer
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New Vote Types in latest data dump?

As I was looking through the latest StackExchange data dump, I noticed that in the StackOverflow dump there are a few new VoteTypeIds: 19,29,30,31,32,33 There is no mention of them in SEDE: https://...
Maxwell175's user avatar
13 votes
0 answers
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Why was one Informed badge awarded here on Meta? [duplicate]

I've gathered from other questions that the Informed badge is not awarded here on the Big Meta. But one user does have this badge. Why did this one user get the badge when the rest of us can't?
Jeffrey Bosboom's user avatar
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1 answer
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Reputation Spectrum Difference between users with high reputation and moderators?

I read the following lines here At the high end of this reputation spectrum there is little difference between users with high reputation and ♦ moderators. That is intentional. We don’t run ...
Trikaldarshiii's user avatar
4 votes
0 answers
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Why can only mods see deleted comments? [duplicate]

Only mods can see deleted comments Allow moderators to see deleted comments Are my deleted comments visible to others? Do 10k users get to read deleted comments? Why can only mods see deleted ...
Paul Draper's user avatar