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Martin Sleziak
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Q: I want to respond to a comment on my answer which I want to Delete?

PremLet us say, I answer a Question. One user comes along to Point out that my answer is wrong. I want to Delete that wrong answer. All okay till now. Still, I want to respond to that user who left a useful comment (1) to thank & acknowledge as a courtesy (2) to add more Details about that situation....

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I might simply add a new "headline" to the (wrong) answer: Caveat reader. The answer below is wrong as per the comment from user xxxx. Will delete after completing a dialogue with them. Or some such. If a passer-by sees at a glance what happened, and what will happen in the near future, I doubt they are gonna bother. — Jyrki Lahtonen Aug 2 at 5:43
That was my Option (3) , which did not work ! @JyrkiLahtonen , In fact , I removed all the content and left only that line ! — Prem Aug 2 at 5:46
Why delete the old content? Keeping it serves the purpose of showing that there was a genuine (even if misguided) attempt to answer. That makes a difference in my opinion. — Jyrki Lahtonen Aug 2 at 5:48
The other possibility, and the only reasonable one in this system, is to use chat. Ask them to join you in one of the generalist public rooms, then delete the answer when they have done so. Or accept that maybe they're not going to respond anyway, and delete the answer, presumably their intended goal. — Nij Aug 2 at 5:48
(1) I had to Delete the old content which was totally wrong ! (2) The commenter did in fact come back to respond ! [[ math.stackexchange.com/questions/4504180/… for the curious ]] (3) I am looking for some solution other than Chat which requires both Parties to be available at the same time , but in that case the comment itself can be read instantly !! — Prem Aug 2 at 5:56
"If I do respond (comment) and then Delete my Answer , then that user can not see my response (it becomes invisible) and it will not work out." If the user has enough points to see deleted material, the user will be able to see your answer and your comment. — Gerry Myerson Aug 2 at 13:51
Yes , but "most users" can not see "hidden content" , @GerryMyerson , this will not be a general workaround. Especially when a newbie comments, I want to respond & make it known that I did read ! I would not want that newbie to think that I was brushing off that newbie comment ! — Prem Aug 2 at 15:00
I have experienced this but I thought that it was too boring to worry about leaving a wrong answer floating about, so I wrote the comment then deleted it. It's very easy to get mathematics wrong so this problem might be specific to the mathematics site. — Suzu Hirose Aug 3 at 3:31
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A: I want to respond to a comment on my answer which I want to Delete?

Martin SleziakAs mentioned in the comments, a chatroom might be an option. To illustrate this with an example, let us say that I would like to respond to some comments to this question. I can either create a new room or use an existing room, if there is a suitable one. (Keep in mind that you need at least 100...

I actually do not want to respond to the comments mentioned above - but I wanted to have an example showing how something like this actually might work.
 

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