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Meta Should I delete my trivial, lack-of-research question?

I asked this trivial question recently: DocuSign eSignature API SDK: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError errors. It turns out, my problem was because I did not do enough research before asking a quest...

3 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Vanity Slug ❤️‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Wicket‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Vanity Slug ❤️‭ · 2023-06-16T13:15:22Z (over 1 year ago)
Should I delete my trivial, lack-of-research question?
I asked this trivial question recently:

[DocuSign eSignature API SDK: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError errors.](https://software.codidact.com/posts/288438)

It turns out, my problem was because I did not do enough research before asking a question. I was new to Maven and did not know that I have to click "Update Project" to install dependencies.

I answered my own question and added "maven" tag, but now I am not sure if I should just delete this question because it is trivial - now that I know the answer - and I am not sure if it's particularly useful to the people of the future. 

I saw this post [Questions easily answered by studying a beginner-level book](https://software.codidact.com/posts/284979), but I still wanted to ask community's opinion about this.