I've found [this question](https://superuser.com/questions/1273062) and voted to close it.

For those who can't see deleted questions, here is the original text:

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> Which One is Best News Paper App?
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> Because there are so many newspaper apps available in the world. so,
>  which one is best for reading newspapers
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Although very low quality (software recommendation, too broad, opinion based ...) it seemed to me to be a honest question, which we generally close and not remove from the site by deleting it.

So I've written a comment to explain the issues and redirect OP to the help center. Just a few seconds after I've posted the comment, the question was deleted and locked by "Community" (according to my understanding, removed by a moderator).

Why was this question removed, instead of closed? How can I identify those in the future?

I've to note I agree with the deletion of this question. The purpose of my question is to better understand how low quality questions are managed and help preventing to waste my time writing useless comments.