Why do some questions and answers been deleted?Is this the democracy you claim? .?
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http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines.php\n\nClick that link, it might give you some idea.
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I have not noticed that answers that bash the president are removed.\nHow would I find a cummulative list of these deletions of censures.\nIn order to propose a valid answer I will need imperical evidence, which I find scarce to support this claim.\nHave you any better advise?  Jose
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I think it's silly that I lose two points whether anyone answers or not.  I only gain them back when I pick a best answer.  I cannot do this if no one answers.  i believe, in that case, the points should be restored when the question is deleted or expires.
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If your question was removed it was because someone reported it as abuse. It cannot be denied that some people are using the abuse system to suppress ideas and opinions they don't like, but I do not think it is a system bias and it appears to be happening related to all sides pretty equally. If you want to make the case that Yahoo does not really research abuse claims I would say that is correct. Often times it seems they are just removing anything reported no matter whether it is a violation or not.
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Your Q&A page showed that you had asked a question just before this one, so that was the one question (3%) that was showing as open. With this question also, it's now at 6%.\n\nAs for the deleted question, the way the system is set up now, the number of deleted questions you have will always be indicated on the chart. Unfortunately, it doesn't differentiate how a question was deleted, but you can send in your suggestions via the "Tell us what you think" link at the bottom of the page or by posting on the user forum linked in the upper right corner.
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Are you referring to your own or the ones in Yahoo!Answers.  I agree, they should archive them and start fresh.  If you mean your own, there is a remove question option.
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They are BORED! Its their way of fun, and yeah, they are becoming WAY too strict, they are deleting that shouldn't be deleted while questions that SHOULD HAVE BEEN deleted didn't, whats up with that?! Answer: Yahoo is get weirder...
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Dear Pointsreaper, I am completely shocked at the apparent complete injustice that has been done to you. It looks like somebody had a vendetta against you and reported everything you ever posted. That really isn't fair and this whole site is being taken way too seriously. I don't know what to say except keep fighting. BTW, I guess every Q I have asked falls under the 'polling'or 'chatting' category. Kick ME off too Yahoo! Buncha crap!
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I think they are deleted the moment they turn 60 days old.\n\nWhen I arrange the questions by date, see a lot of questions that fall under 2 months, and a few that go under 3 months. But the ones that are 3 month old aren't accessable. When I try to access them, it tells me that they've been deleted.
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I think that Yahoo does limit our speech a lot. Most posts that get deleted have a certain bias, either by using certain words, having an honest opinion/comment that disagrees with yahoo/the poster, or even protesting our currrent president. Nevertheless, it's kind of allowed, because yahoo must monitor what goes on. We have freedom of speech and expression, but our modes are limited.
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Not all questions are removed by Yahoo! Answers Support; many of them are removed by the questioners themselves.\n\nSome people remove their own questions either because a) they screwed them up and don't want them posted anymore or b) they have received a satisfactory answer and don't want the question to stay available.
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The real question, is why won't Yahoo implement a rational policy to restrain them? Or why won't they even follow a reasonable interpretation of their own rules and guidelines when they delete posts and suspend accounts?\n\nI suggest you add your voice over on the "forum" (click on the upper right link). Part of the problem is that good, informational posts and questions are still being deleted along with the tripe, and this encourages the spread and growth of what you call drama, and what I call an infection.
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From the Answers blog,\n\n"Lots of updates today! [Deep breath...] here goes:\n\nSelf-voting: Back by popular demand! The people spoke, and we listened--we've put back the ability to vote for your own answers. The arguments were thorough and far-ranging, from "but you can vote for yourself in political elections" to "sometimes it's the only way I can resolve a question". Thanks to everyone for their input.\n\nImproved layout (see Fig. 1): We moved the search box up to the green bar, and the "My Q&A" link to the right side of the bar. This makes it easier to find both elements, and cleans up the clutter. The points widget was moved to the left side, above the category list, and now shows your avatar when you're logged in!\n\nStats on My Q&A page (see Fig. 2): It's now much easier to see how you're doing, graphically. The new module on your My Q&A page shows the stats of your questions and answers--the questions tab shows the number and percentage of your open, voting, resolved, and deleted questions, and the answers tab shows the number and percentage of your best answers.\n\nNo limit on number of answers: We've removed the limit on the number of answers a question can receive (it used to be 100), so everybody gets a chance to answer the really popular questions. Questions with more than 30 answers will have paging to make them easier to browse and read.\n\nSpelling suggestion on search results page: To give you extra help in finding what you're looking for, we added spelling suggestions on the search results pages. When you type in a misspelled word or phrase, the results page will show the header "Did you mean:", followed by the suggested spelling. Clicking on the suggested spelling will generate another search based on the correction.\n\nLinks to international Yahoo! Answers sites: In the footer of every page, you'll now see links to the five English-language Answers sites.\n\n"Show me another" bug fixed: Now, when you click on the "Show me another" link after taking an action like rate or vote, you will be shown a different question. Previously, you were shown the same question."\n\n\nhttp://blog.360.yahoo.com/y_answrs_team?p=3348
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YAHOO SEEMS TO BE DELETING THE ACCOUNTS OF THOSE THAT ARE OPPOSED TO THE DEMOCRATIC AND LIBERAL VIEWS. WHY HASN'T JIM W BEEN DELETED THAT GUY SAYS SOME PRETTY CRAZY STUFF YET HE IS A STAUNCH DEMOCRAT. BUT IF YOU AS MUSH AS OPPOSE A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRATIC VIEW YOU GET A VIOLATION NOTICE. THEN YOU GET DELETED. IT IS BECOMING A JOKE. THE POLITICAL FORUM IS ONE SIDED.
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What makes you think it's not being censored now? Somethings are deleted now. However, given time more things will be deleted and who knows how much or how far this will go.
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Glad you are back.\n\n     I challenged it and started over. If you are deleted and it was for false violations they are pretty good about giving you back your account. It just takes patience.
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Questions usually get deleted because of an abuse report from another user.  I realize that it may have been a legitimate question to you, but for many users here it's the kind of question that has caused Yahoo! Answers to charge you 2 points to ask.\n\nI know how frustrating it can be to have that happen.  I hope you'll understand why.