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Can I at least have a backup of my deleted question?

Since this forum is witch hunting broad hardware recommendation questions (making this forum useless for apparently 99% of the users), and deleting the question without a single warning, can you at ...
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When a question does not have a hardware recommendation, should the answers be removed or the question itself?

So I recently answered this question. Answer ArtofCode deleted my answer, saying that I didn't recommend a specific piece of hardware. I'm okay with this, he's correct I didn't. My only gripe about ...
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Pricing - Low or Some Other Metric

Since we are to make specific hardware recommendations, pricing will oftentimes be a component of any given recommendation, whether because the asker specifically requests a certain price point as ...
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Is it a Good Idea for Beta Moderators to Delete Bad Answers Instead of Using the Vote System?

In recent discussion with moderator ArtOfCode of Hardware Recommendations, I was informed that ...this site has overridden [letting votes decide good or bad answers] on Meta, and dictated that ...
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Good Sites for GPU Reference?

Just like my question about CPU specifications - what does this community think would make a useful reference for retrieving GPU specifications quickly and easily? Of course you can go to manufacturer ...
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Would it be appropriate to ask a Meta question about favorite HR sites for information?

As we well know, making a good hardware recommendation basically involves a skilled search of a very large problem space with plenty of uncertainty for everyone save the eidetically-gifted. I was ...
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Why is this community not allowed to decide its scope?

The general rule I've seen around Stack Exchange is that a community is sovereign in deciding its scope¹, as long as it makes a modicum of sense. Stack Exchange employees may enforce quality ...
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