It turns out the the [recent question](http://serverfault.com/questions/769357/recovering-from-a-rm-rf) regarding the misuse of `rm -rf` in Ansible was actually just a [hoax](http://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/2016/04/15/news/cancella_l_azienda_per_sbaglio_la_disavventura_tecnologica_di_marco_marsala-137693154/?ref=twhr&timestamp=1460722285000&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter) ([English](http://www.snopes.com/man-deletes-company-code/)) in some kind of viral marketing effort. It become quite famous on various media and gathered a large number of views. 

Since I don't think we should allow ServerFault to be abused in such way, I deleted the question once I learned about the hoax. However, this will rob the kind people that took the time to answer him of the rep points they earned for this, in particular the [Journeyman Geek](http://serverfault.com/users/33193/journeyman-geek) with 185 upvotes. 

So, how should we deal with this question? Vote below. 

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There is a clear majority towards merging the question into [this one][1]. I'll do this now. 


  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/587102/monday-morning-mistake-sudo-rm-rf-no-preserve-root