Timeline for Why am I unable to delete my answers, despite Stack Overflow rules allowing it?
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| Feb 11, 2020 at 22:48 | comment | added | user91988 | If this is true, shouldn't the Help section be updated to explain what you've explained? Currently, this answer does not align with what the Help section says, so I have to downvote. | |
| Feb 11, 2020 at 4:04 | comment | added | Nat | This seems a bit off. It'd seem like SE's licensing would mean that it's not a copyright violation to refuse an author the ability to delete their own, non-accepted answer. However, if SE has written that they grant authors the ability to delete their non-accepted answers at any time, then wouldn't denying that ability still be a violation of their written guarantees even if it's not a copyright violation? In other words, I get that this doesn't sound like a copyright violation, but if SE has granted authors the right to delete, it's not clear to me how a copyright agreement would matter. | |
| Jan 31, 2020 at 7:12 | comment | added | Chris H | " If you don't want them to have that right any more you need to contact them directly and sort it out that way, most likely by having the content disassociated from your account." how would that help? Disassociating content does nothing other than disassociate it - it remains visible, you just don't see who wrote it any more. That's not even almost what OP wants. | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 15:26 | comment | added | rath | There are times when your right to delete content clashes with SE's right to distribute said content. Those circumstances are clearly outlined in the help section as well as the Meta post linked by OP + Mr Positive. | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 15:14 | history | edited | ChrisF | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 30, 2020 at 15:12 | comment | added | ChrisF | @GregoryCurrie they're not wrong. The MSE posts describes the mechanics and the fundamental rules that you are allowed to delete your content. However, in this answer I was trying to explain some nuances that overlay that. | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 15:08 | comment | added | Gregory Currie | So are the two links I posted just wrong then? | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 14:58 | history | answered | ChrisF | CC BY-SA 4.0 |