I've noticed questions, even those with a lot of responses just suddenly disappearing. What's up with that?

I've noticed questions, even those with a lot of responses just suddenly disappearing. What's up with that?
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If a question does not meet the ask-public Guidelines and members flag it a moderator will possibly pull the question so that the asker can edit it to meet the guidelines I did not see the question you refer to so I am not certain if this happened to it or if it is just hiding.
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