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The usual rule that you should leave an edit reason when deleting an example must surely apply even if it's your own example?
Anyway, I think what's going on is that somebody isn't satisfied with an example they added, try to improve it, but give up and decide it's unsalvageable (or the wrong trope).
Edited by GnomeTitan

Perhaps this is entirely unimportant and harmless, but I have occasionally seen tropers who add an example in one edit, then tweak it in one or two edits, and then delete it. In nearly every case, they don't explain why they remove it. Is it because they feel the example doesn't fit the trope? Is it because they found no way to better describe it and thus zapped it altogether? Should I send an Edit Reason Issue Helper to them for this?
Whenever I remove an example I myself added in the past, I explain why (usually starting with "On a second thought, [reason for removal]"). But these tropers remove the examples in such a short time since the addition that I doubt the casual reader will even get to read it.
Here is an example.