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Timeline for When I should vote to delete posts?

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Mar 20, 2017 at 10:32 history edited CommunityBot
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Fixup of bad MSO links to MSE links migration
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Migration of MSO links to MSE links
Mar 16, 2014 at 15:01 comment added terdon @Braiam I know, I referred to both. As you well know, my point is that deletion is a last resort. If something has been closed wrongly, fix that don't delete posts unnecessarily. Deletion is not a solution.
Mar 16, 2014 at 14:59 comment added Braiam I'm not referring to "tags" here, but duplicates which unregistered users (and google) just get redirected to the duplicated.
Mar 16, 2014 at 14:53 comment added terdon @Braiam since you've let this comment stay, no, if the're incorrectly closed flag for mod attention, they can close them correctly, again don't delete. If they're incorrectly tagged, fix the tagging, don't delete. There is never anything gained by deleting information. Only harmful/garbage should be deleted. Other things should just be closed. There are exception, but very few.
Mar 16, 2014 at 0:13 history edited terdon CC BY-SA 3.0
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Mar 16, 2014 at 0:11 comment added Braiam Aha! Got you ;). The key word here is "should" which they aren't. They can and are potentially harmful since it directs traffic to us that should get somewhere else..
Mar 16, 2014 at 0:08 comment added terdon @Braiam those would be closed as too broad, not dupes. Or at least, they should be.
Mar 16, 2014 at 0:07 comment added Braiam Yeah, but a Q about "how to repair my system" linked to "how to report bugs" seems kinda pointless duplicated
Mar 16, 2014 at 0:06 history answered terdon CC BY-SA 3.0