knorby, my main point wasn't about who holds copyright here, but it was to say that when he deleted a question, he was also deleting answers that other people had written. You really do need a good reason to do that.
Why is that the author's problem rather than a problem of StackOverflow's? I'm not going to suggest I know a better way, but it is up to them to figure out. If you build a site around user-generated content, these are problems that can't be dismissed.
Anyway, I would say a user has a stronger right to delete content than other users' have to keep their connected content up.
Anyway, I would say a user has a stronger right to delete content than other users' have to keep their connected content up.