I thought this was a clear abuse of authority (or I can't read straight).

This question: <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10204862/write-a-program-to-multiple-a-matrix-of-size-nm-in-java> was closed as "not being a real question". The StackOverflow official text states: "It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form."

If there was any violation of policy (and I think there wasn't), it was in my answering it because SO members *SHOULD* not give direct answers. I doubt if even that is grounds for deleting an answer or question.

But that is definitely not grounds to close the question. Just the URL tells exactly what's being sought. It is an extremely precise question. Are we a rule-based community, or caprice-based where we apply an arbitrary rule because we are pissed-off?