An answer by Ubuntu was deleted, wrongly, in my opinion, as not being an answer.
He is offering an alternative answer which can be discussed as to how probable it is for Venus to be captured as is. He starts with a polite preamble but that is no reason to jump and delete the answer.
To those with < 10 k, https://i.sstatic.net/U3rLz.png
I think the way the answer was written has caused some confusion.
Indeed there is some answer in the text Ubuntu wrote, namely the innate spinning meteor theory. Most of the text however, especially the last sentence ("if you do not answer I will understand"), suggests that Ubuntu is rather asking a question. Or, really assuming the worst*, even hijack someone elses question for a question on his own theory.
So I can imagine that Qmechanic decided to delete it mainly based on the last part of the post, maybe without noticing the attempt at an answer in the first part.
*I am quite sure that he didn't mean to do that
Ups, yes, I read it pretty quickly, and mostly noticed what seemed like a question at the end. I have no time to deal with it, so I'm just going to undelete the answer for now, removing the question and the greeting.
Reading version 1 of the answer, my impression is that it was intended as a response to other answers (and comments). Sure, it includes something that could be construed as an answer to the question, but that answer is quite speculative, and not the kind of informed response we want to encourage. So I would also have deleted that answer.
