# Undelete request, Question 67384

An answer to Source and context of $\frac{22}{7} - \pi = \int_0^1 (x-x^2)^4 dx/(1+x^2)$? posted on 9 June 2011 gained 31 upvotes before being deleted by its author on 23 August 2012. Would those who can do so please vote to undelete this valuable answer?

I've undeleted this answer. (And also edited the link in the comment.)

I'm a little confused by what happened. It looks like perhaps that user simply deleted their account, and all their answers were deleted as a consequence. Perhaps somebody should just re-post that answer under their own name as a community-wiki answer?

• This is fine as it goes, but I think undeleting the original answer is even better. – Andrés E. Caicedo Aug 26 '13 at 0:38
• I think it is more appropriate to have someone re-post an essentially equivalent answer. Presumably the user wanted to delete their account for a reason, we might as well respect that. I think such actions can help build trust among those suspicious of how we might use their contributions. – Ryan Budney Aug 26 '13 at 1:07
• An anonymous user, so no, I do not see that. – Andrés E. Caicedo Aug 26 '13 at 1:15
• Anyway, once you post on the site, the content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribute-ShareAlike license, so I am not quite in favor of one-sided deletion that actually decreases the usefulness of the site, or of tip-toeing about it and posting the content again as CW or somesuch. (But I may well be in the minority here, it is not something I plan to argue, in case quid shows up.) – Andrés E. Caicedo Aug 26 '13 at 1:20
• There's a big gap between doing what is legally required of yourself and in being considerate, nice and/or doing the right thing. Anyhow I'm not trying to make a big point here either. – Ryan Budney Aug 26 '13 at 1:26
• +1 and echoing @RyanBudney's last comment, word for word. – Yemon Choi Aug 26 '13 at 1:42
• @Ryan: No, the user deleted their content before deleting their account. – François G. Dorais Aug 26 '13 at 3:37
• We've been through this, very recently. At the time, I re-posted an exactly equivalent answer (I simply did a cut'n'paste), and was advised by a moderator that it was better to vote for undeletion if I had that privilege, otherwise start a thread here on meta. See meta.mathoverflow.net/questions/665/… – Gerry Myerson Aug 26 '13 at 4:30
• To avoid a potential misconception, I will add that the post was deleted about a year before the account was deleted. Deletion of this post and of the account seem unrelated. – user9072 Aug 26 '13 at 7:50