Deleted Yahoo Questions?

Question by Tyler: Deleted Yahoo Questions?
Early I added a question in good taste about yahoo answers always giving thumbs downs. It got a pretty good response, but to my dismay, before I could pick a best answer, it was deleted. It even says it on the question status. I just started using Yahoo answers, (I’ve had an account forever but now I actually use it every day in school) and I don’t understand. Does yahoo just have their panties up their rear and doesn’t like anything derogatory (not that I thought it was) about its users? Why did it get deleted???
Ha..I’m not really the ranting type I don’t think…I just wanted to see what others thought about giving sarcastic answers (to non serious questions like one I saw earlier [I can piss in the air six feet without getting wet, is that a talent]) But I guess thats ranting. Man this site is strict.

Best answer:

Answer by Full Moon
It got deleted because your question wasn’t a question, you were ranting and that is in violation of the community guidelines.

http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines

Answer by Yahzmin (US)
The site has Community Moderation – and some pretty strict users. Also, an awful lot of rules. You may have got hit with a ‘chatting’ violation, if you got one. Check your email, including your SPAM folder, to see if you got notice of a violation. You can always appeal if you think you really did not break the rules. Without full details of your question, it is hard to try and explain to you whether you did or not, but chatting is such an easy rule to break, that would be your most likely suspect.

On the other hand, there are things that will cause a question to be deleted even without being a violation. Those are:

? No answer in 4 days
? Answered, voters choose “No Best Answer” (select a Best Answer within 4 days to avoid this)
? Best Answer reported for violation

None of these are your ‘fault’, simply the way the site works.