Why is this answer not deleted yet?

Question

This is the answer i'm talking about.

The answer does not even remotely addresses the question.

And,in any case, when Tezz has precisely answered the question there was not any real need for adding another answer unless the same (that Sadashiva creates the trinities) has been mentioned in some other chapters of the Padma Purana.

So,needless,to say,that the answer does not answer the question.So should have been deleted by now.

Because as said by Keshav Srinivasan,one of the moderators,under comments in this post:

Not answering the question is indeed reason enough for deletion on this site. 

The moderator has shown a lot proactiveness while deleting one of my recent answers and this answer by citing "not answering the question" as reasons but the answer in question here is spared although it can be classified both as spam and as not answering the question.

Answer 1

This is an old post and problem had already been solved. So, there's no need for an answer now for this meta question. I will mention the reason how it doesn't answer the question for the records.

Question clearly asks "Where does PadmaPurana Declares SadShiva to be originator of Brahma Vishnu and Maheshwar "?, which means it is asking for reference in Padma Purana, preferably quotes from Padma Purana. Authenticity of statement "SadaShiva to be originator of Brahma Vishnu and Maheshwara" is not in scope of question. Answers should contain in which chapters of Padma Purana such statements are present.

Answer (which was deleted) doesn't contain any such statements rather than it refutes the statement ""SadaShiva is originator of Brahma Vishnu and Maheshwara". So, that post doesn't answer the question. If question was "Does the Padma Purana declare SadaShiva to be the originator of Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswara? ", then answer would be a proper answer.

Some users post answers refuting the question (maybe out of Bhakti for their Ista Devas) and in haste they don't check whether it really answers the question or not. Since it doesn't answer the question it needs to deleted (and it was deleted).

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Other answer given is bit misleading and issue has been diverted to Philosophical differences. For example, this answer tries to prove Shiva is Supreme but it doesn't answer the question and it was deleted by me . We should also check whether answer really address the question not just references or sources.

So, this answer doesn't answer the question and it should be in deleted state which it remains now, unless OP edits it to make it an answer.

Answer 2

Update: Since this is an old post, I would recommended to go through the deleted answer first, which I have edited to make it more objective.
I followed below post (low quality but not 1 liner):
Please stop flagging (instantly) questions/answers as low quality if they are one-liners

Update 2: Original answerer is inactive for more than a year. It seems that my edits which are helpful - are getting rolled back again & again. Probably a Mod doesn't want to undelete it for philosophical differences.

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"Why is this answer not deleted yet?"

After re-reading the answer carefully, I am not sure, if the answer should be really deleted. The question is about:

Where does the Padma Purana declares SadaShiva to be the originator of Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswara?

The premises of the Qn implies the superiority of SadAshiva & that's already answered by Tezz. Now let's see some part of the other answer:

And the Padma Purana also states: ... Shiva replied,"Those Persons who,deluded by ignorance,describe any other deity being superior to Vishnu, The Lord of the world, are said to be Pasandis.

Which means, the answerer is probably challenging the premises of the question itself by showing apparent contradiction. Means, if "Vishnu" is the supreme then there is no question of "SadAshiva" creating him.
[Note: Personally I am not bothered, who is supreme. May be all are supreme.]

If I were a moderator, then I will let the answer remain, because it cites scriptures & relates to the question. Yes, the formatting is bad and needs improvement. May be I will downvote it & ask the user to reduce the length and remove irrelevant parts.

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Since the answer is already deleted by moderator, I would generalise your question. According to our site criteria, we delete the answers which are without [proper] scripture sources. For example, the answer discussed in this meta post.

So the Qn can be: Why the answers listed in below query are not deleted yet!
SearchQuery: cite sources.

Typical reason given is: "those answers are not flagged yet". But that reason is Not substantial. Because,

• Such excuse is presented as of all flags are always accepted! :-)
• Flag provides help to identify the link to the problem. In above query, all the links are readily available. Why to wait for flag?

This idea was already proposed in the discussion of above linked meta post. Mods only can answer it.

"And,in any case, when Tezz has precisely answered the question there was not any real need for adding another answer"

Not so right.
In technical SO, where one plus one is two, people come up with different ideas. Then in philosophical websites, it's more important to present different POVs. If it's wrong then downvote it or comment it. Even if a question is answered very perfectly, a new person should be encouraged to answer with his/her thoughts.

For example, in below post, multiple answers are giving same contents with different POVs:
What is the duration (Timeline) of the four "Yugas"?

Or in below post, the accepted answer stands wrong, from other scripture POV. But all answers should be retained because we don't who is right & who is wrong:
What was the age of all Pandavas during the Mahabharata war?