Q:

Why was my comment deleted?

This question is meant to gather a list of general reasons why a comment would be deleted.
So I made the following comment in a question regarding, What are the main arguments against White Nationalism? 

No sources, opinion, so leaving as comment. Typically Whites are seen as more powerful in western society and Western society is typically viewed as "White society" by those that are sympathetic or with less power. As such the notion of White Nationalism tends to be viewed more a racial cleansing as opposed to Black Nationalism or Asian Nationalism that is viewed typically as an equality movement because they do not view these groups as in charge or powerful. I'd recommend reading up on Marx's ideas of class struggles to understand it a bit more

The mod told me I was trying to leave an answer, which reading the comment is false as opinions are typically not given weight as answers. I was also told that it was due to edits to the question, but the comment was deleted prior to the edits.
So my question is what are the general factors that will lead to comment deletion on Politics Exchange?

A:

According to the help center, the purpose of comments is:

•Request clarification from the author;
•Leave constructive criticism
that guides the author in improving the post;
•Add relevant but minor
or transient information to a post (e.g. a link to a related question,
or an alert to the author that the question has been updated).

(emphasis present in source)
Any comments which do not or no longer fulfill these three purposes are subject to deletion. All users are encouraged to flag such comments as "no longer needed".
The same article also provides a list of situations when Comments should not be posted:

Comments are not recommended for any of the following:
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•Compliments which do not add new information ("+1, great answer!");
instead, up-vote it and pay it forward;
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The points 2 and 5 are relevant in this case.
Comments are not meant to answer questions. That's what answers are for. If you would like to answer the question, please post a real answer which adheres to our quality standards. One reason for this rule is that some users (I don't want to accuse the author of this meta-question to be one of them) abuse the fact that comments can be upvoted but not downvoted. That allows them to post bad answers as comments without fear of reprisal. We generally don't want any bad content on this website, no matter in what form it is posted.
Also, comments are not meant to post opinions about the subject matter of the question. We are a question&answer website, not a discussion forum. We don't want opinionated political discussions to distract from our content. So please don't use comments for posting your personal opinions and/or engaging in political debates. (Note that if you would like to engage in debates with other community members, you can use our chatrooms).

