Questions tagged [deleted-comments]
For questions about comments that were deleted, deleted comments in general, or the comment deletion process
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When a moderator deletes a comment, can it be recovered by another mod? [duplicate]
When a mod deletes a comment, can it be recovered by another mod?
Or can a moderator erase comments and shred them forever?
What privilege do you have to have to view deleted comments?
Can you view ...
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Moderators cannot delete comments anymore from the review queues
When a ♦ moderator hovers over a comment, two links appear: Edit and Delete. Just like on your own comments (though the Edit link appears only the first few minutes after posting the comment). The ...
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If a deleted comment is later undeleted, make it ineligible to be automatically deleted after receiving one or more community flags (stop wheel wars)
Today, there was a case where a user was repeatedly flagging the same comments that contained a keyword that would cause it to be automatically deleted after a single flag. Even as a moderator was ...
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My comment keeps disappearing
I posted a comment regarding a dupe flag on my own post a little while ago it keeps getting removed - like seconds after I post it. Have I triggered some auto-removal bot or is this just a very fast ...
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Why aren't comments on Stack Exchange automatically removed after a while, since comments are deemed temporary on Stack Exchange?
I keep reading that comments on Stack Exchange are temporary/ephemeral/disposable/etc., e.g. when comments are arbitrarily removed. Why aren't comments on Stack Exchange automatically removed after a ...
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Give me a link in my profile when my comment was moved to chat
In many cases I've added a comment to a question or answer and then later on looked at the "All actions" of my profile and realized that the comment has disappeared from there. So if I have ...
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Getting "Comments on locked questions not eligible for voting" when deleting comment [duplicate]
If I click delete and then OK on a comment I made on a now deleted question, I get a strange message not related to the action I try to perform.
The usecase is this: I suggested a poster to visit help ...
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How can I contact support?
I'm new here and haven't found a way to contact support.
Since I can't participate in the chat yet this is my only option.
So please could you tell me how I can contact the support here?
A moderator ...
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If a comment URL is pasted to chat will the message be retained if the underlying comment is deleted?
Let's say I paste a comment URL such as:
https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/100303/what-are-christian-responses-to-graham-oppys-argument-for-atheism-from-naturali#comment284517_100303
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Why did all the comments under my answer disappear? [closed]
I have an answer to one of the questions (link) and many comments were there. Now every comment disappeared while the comments under the other responses are still there.
What might have happened? Is ...
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For moderators, please add the "undelete" button to all deleted comments
Well, we're not exactly on the same page as a team on undeletions.
In dealing with the comments on this post, I noticed that a comment (with broader context) containing some trigger keyword was ...
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Moderators can delete comments on any post but not undelete them prior to signing the moderator agreement
Is it expected behavior that an elected (but before accepting the agreement) moderator can delete any comment on the post, but unable to undelete them? Even for my own comments I got the error:
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I was notified of and viewed a comment, but the notification disappeared from my global inbox, and it isn't in the site's comment responses list [duplicate]
I commented on Session cookies seem to get lost and then, later while on another site, I was notified about Aaron Bertrand's comment reply. After responding several minutes later and, because I ...
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Make short "saved my <time>" comments single-flag-deletable
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The vast majority of short-length comments containing the substring "save" and certain units of time (hour, day, week, life) are useless (see "When shouldn't I comment" and ...
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"Show X more comments" link appears even when there is nothing to be shown [duplicate]
My flag "It's no longer needed" was accepted for four comments under this question: Safeness of changing proto field number
After deletion, when I revisited the post, it showed "Show 2 ...
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