Why do people remove their question?

Question

I was wondering why people remove their question? I spend ages and ages typing out a long and knowledgeable answer, often googling something to help give them a better answer, and when I finally finish the question is gone?!

I was just wondering why.

Do you want to make me angry? Disappoint me? Do you really want me to come after you while you sleep? Why?

Answer 1

I think some people put out a question and on reading it or may be the first answers they have got back they realise they have made complete idiots of themselves by asking that question so remove it before too many people, in their belief, find out they are idiots. It seem too that sometimes Yahoo Administrators remove stupid questions rather than the Asker doing it themself because, in their wisdom., they do not consider it to be within the Guidelines. But I am told if you have answered a question before it gets removed you do not lose the points although of course you can't get any points for a Best answer when that happens...  

I hope you will not have removed this question before I get to pressing the "Submit" after this terrible work up answering you?

Answer 2

Sometimes the poster changes his/her/its mind about whether the Question was viable ie not likely to be removed by the infringement of the guidlelines. Other times as has happpened to me, a link they post doesn't work and so they delete it and resubmit it usually reworded, why they don't properly use the preview button gets me. And finally if after some time there are no answers they may get frustrated and pull the question before you answer, and  its never be seen again.

Answer 3

sometimes its a violation, especially when a 12 year old girl asks if I'm cute and post a picture of herself

Answer 4

It is their personality.  They are sadistic, and I have had that happen to me on occasion.  Word an answer in an almost poetic manner and attach a good link only to find the question deleted.

Such heart ache.

Answer 5

while I sleep....is it BIG???

U are making me horny..............

I

Answer 6

Life is such a risk isn't it?

You spend hours answering questions to no end.

I've spent a lifetime investing time and energy in men and all they do is let me down.

Life is a ***** isn't it?

Answer 7

Well, when I remove mine- it's usually temporary; like to correct some spelling or grammatical error- or edit a point.  Why OTHER people do it- your guess is as good as mine!