<p>Further information </p>

<p>The question lifecycle <a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/the-stack-overflow-question-lifecycle/">http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/the-stack-overflow-question-lifecycle/</a></p>

<p>and votes required to delete more popular questions</p>

<p><a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/50523/should-delete-votes-be-limited-like-close-votes">http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/50523/should-delete-votes-be-limited-like-close-votes</a> </p>