Timeline for Why was this beginner's answer deleted ?
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| Dec 15, 2013 at 19:25 | comment | added | David Z Mod | @annav It's fine to contrast to other answers, sure, as long as you are answering the question. This is not an issue of how to handle a newcomer vs. how to handle an experienced member. It's not an issue of welcoming people; that is not the purpose of the site. The purpose of the site is to let people ask questions and answer them. Anything that does not answer a question should not be posted as an answer to the question, simple as that. And I do not think the post was intended as an answer. | |
| Dec 15, 2013 at 19:02 | comment | added | unsym | With combination of greeting, opinion and questions together, it is obviously that the user think it is a forum. Forwarding the user to ask a question and deleting redundancy part is enough. Even it is a new user, the answer is not spam, offensive and trolling, I see no urge to delete it immediately. | |
| Dec 15, 2013 at 18:43 | comment | added | anna v | I think David you are being overly strict to a new comer, who seems to be diffident and unsure of his/her welcome. I think the editing Qmecanic did is fine . I also think it is fine to contrast to other answers as it is fine to refer to them and add some extra info, no? | |
| Dec 15, 2013 at 18:39 | history | answered | David ZMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |