user27357: On the front page, it showed a particular user was the last one to modify part of a question:



But when I looked at the edit history, that user wasn’t there, and they hadn’t supplied an answer:



What’s going on? Did they provide an answer and then delete it?

user5144: No, this "answer" was deleted by the moderators, as it didn't answer the question but repeated parts of the question.
If you have enough reputation (10.000 to access the moderators tools), you can see these deleted answers.

27357: <p>On the front page, it showed a particular user was the last one to modify part of a question:</p>
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<p>But when I looked at the edit history, that user wasn’t there, and they hadn’t supplied an answer:</p>
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<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/OTuge.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/OTuge.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
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<p>What’s going on? Did they provide an answer and then delete it?</p>
 5144: <p>No, this &quot;answer&quot; was deleted by the moderators, as it didn't answer the question but repeated parts of the question.</p>
<p>If you have enough <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/help/privileges">reputation</a> (10.000 to access the moderators tools), you can see these deleted answers.</p>
