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What's the proper process for "fixing" a Mod-or-community-deleted answer?
Must it be flagged by the user for a Mod to review? If so, does the user (usually a new user) know this?
Yes, since mod-deleted posts cannot be undeleted by anyone else other than the mods, and one ...
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A user deletes their answer and posts the same question as a new post and self answers
Flag it - linking the other post, ideally.
It's unfair to the user who posted the answer to the original post - and it's probably worth a mod taking a look.
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A user deletes their answer and posts the same question as a new post and self answers
First, I would assume this is an extremely rare scenario.
Second, if the answering user reposts another users question without any modification, this would be considered blatant plagiarism.
However, ...
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What's the proper process for "fixing" a Mod-or-community-deleted answer?
Well - as the OP, you do the necessary changes, make sure its good enough and flag for undeletion.
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible
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