I made a post to give an answer about a topic I was working on lately.
Adventures in Installing a C#/WPF Application (WiX)
I made a vague answer and started editing it right away after posting realizing that it looked extremely bad without any other info.
When I posted the edit I saw a comment demanding exactly that, so I didn't take any further action, just stated so on a comment
Just started edit right after posting. TY.
Planning to delete it when commenter's downvote would disappear.
2 minutes after, the answer was deleted by a different moderator than the comment one, without any further information.
The deletion by a moderator locks the post status and no further action can be done by myself on the post.
I edited my last comment to state the misunderstanding but I assume such edits would not be noticed to the moderator:
Just started edit right after posting. TY. Was deleting really necessary? It answers exactly what the OP was asking on the last phrase
Furthermore I edited the answer to add a message to the edit hoping the moderator would read it:
I edited the post 2 minutes after posting. May the moderator not see the edit and delete it right away?
Even thought, the initial answer provides an easy to use path for exactly what OP was asking for:
All I want is a simple installer that copies over the EXE and associated DLLs. Why is this so difficult? Can WiX do what I need? Or do I need a different installer toolkit?
The edit made amends what another user asked for on the comment even before I read it as I saw the issue as soon as I posted the answer.
I can imagine 2 possible causes for the deletion after the edit:
- The edit didn't reach the moderator, who locked the answer with the old content.
- The moderator saw the final post result and found it wasn't providing a good answer based solely on the recent comment which was referencing the old content.
In my opinion, both cases fall out of what it's generally expected from moderators:
- Are patient and fair
- Lead by example
- Show respect for their fellow community members in their actions and words
Awaiting, at least for few minutes, would be a great opportunity to provide a leady by example about how this community has been built to be moderated through the interaction of its own users. Being patient and ultimately giving a fair comment (words) stating that the answer have not been fixed in an acceptable amount of time would have been a great input for any other moderator viewing such action.
I would like to request the post being undeleted.
