How do I delete a question?
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Having problems with this question, old edits get saved as copies of the question, even this one had to be edited twice, originally an old version of an edited question.
How do I DELETE a question I authored (like this one) I see no button for it.
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I'm afraid there is no way to delete them. You get to ask a question of SEOMoz staff each month however, so rather than post this, I would ask them the question of if they can add a delete button or delete a question for you.
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