Why did they close my riddle?

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So I came up with this -at least what I thought to be a- great riddle and posted it on this site.

Within minutes, it was closed by the community. It said:

This looks like a puzzle you found somewhere. For the content you did not create proper attribution is required..... and so on.

It upset me. I am scrambling to find out why. Here was my riddle: A simple cipher.

$\begingroup$ Of course it hit HNQ $\endgroup$
– htmlcoderexe
Commented Feb 18, 2021 at 14:10 — htmlcoderexe, Commented Feb 18, 2021 at 14:10
$\begingroup$ The Stack Exchange version of click bait! $\endgroup$
– jcaron
Commented Feb 19, 2021 at 11:52 — jcaron, Commented Feb 19, 2021 at 11:52

Stiv · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-17 13:36:15Z

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To solve this puzzle, note the key word in the text:

scrambling - this is a nod towards using anagrams.

If we employ this on each of the three parts of the puzzle text, we can get the following:

YEA → AYE (a homophone for 'I')

UNDO SHIFT → FOUND THIS

1/10 = ONE TENTH → ON THE NET

So the reason your puzzle was closed is because it seems like you were telling us:

I FOUND THIS ON THE NET!

So please provide suitable attribution!! ;-)

answered Feb 17, 2021 at 13:36

Stiv

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$\begingroup$ Perfectly done once again @Stiv. You even picked up on Scrambling. $\endgroup$
– DrD
Commented Feb 17, 2021 at 13:44
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$\begingroup$ I really thought this was more suited for meta, before I realised it was an actual puzzle. ;) Creative! +1 for you $\endgroup$
– Anonymus 25
Commented Feb 17, 2021 at 14:48
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$\begingroup$ @riskymysteries Here's another awsome similar-looking puzzle in case you haven't seen it before (check the first comment there too). $\endgroup$
– 41686d6564
Commented Feb 19, 2021 at 4:08

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