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Keeping a spam question that has well received answers

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The question Should the presence of AI-generated writing be considered a problem in writing? started off looking like a genuine question, but was later edited by its author to include a spam link, at which point it became evident that the author was also a spam user (due to the username being the same as the company being advertised).

Since the question has attracted 2 well received answers before revealing itself as a source of spam, should the question be preserved (with the spam edit reverted) rather than being deleted and losing the answers?

Would this be a case where it makes sense to delete the user but keep the question?

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I endorse trichoplax's hypothetical approach: Revert the edit, delete the user, keep the question and its answers.

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