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did you delete the comments on my answer? why?

mikeserv
– mikeserv

2016-01-13 16:49:49 +00:00
Commented Jan 13, 2016 at 16:49
@mikeserv because most of them were irrelevant and the 2 that were relevant were made obsolete once the OP had edited their post.

terdon
– terdon ♦

2016-01-13 17:10:12 +00:00
Commented Jan 13, 2016 at 17:10
they weren't hurting anybody. the worst that can have happened is some curious reader might at some point have had their curiosity satisfied when reading them. don't destroy information for no reason, please?

mikeserv
– mikeserv

2016-01-13 18:09:20 +00:00
Commented Jan 13, 2016 at 18:09

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