Question: After asking the question *[Can we have a code only reason for deletion?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/312678/can-we-have-a-code-only-reason-for-deletion)*, it seems to be clear that code-only answers should not be deleted.

**Why** are code-only answers in the low quality review queue, if they should not be deleted?

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There are a lot of similar questions, but they are not asking the same thing.

For example, *[What to do with code-only answers in Low Quality Posts queue?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/300694/what-to-do-with-code-only-answers-in-low-quality-posts-queue)*.

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Because people flag them ;) Not everybody knows when to and when not to flag a post.

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> Someone must be approving the flags?
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When an answer is flagged as VLQ the answer goes into the LQ queue, the flag is not reviewed before it enters the queue (that is what the queue itself is for).

Some additional info: [flagging a post as VLQ is saying "this post is crap, "cannot be salvaged and it should be deleted right away".](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/306133/1843331)
Code-only answers is not a reason for deletion, but still a reason for improvement. They are in low quality queue because it is strongly suggested that they're should be improved with additional explanation.