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Meta Policy Poll: "Did you try Googling"?

A certain question has twice now been hit by the dreaded "You can find this information by Google" I've noticed this has occurred quite frequently, especially link-only answers which I delete as a...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Lundin‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Moshi‭ · 2022-04-07T12:52:30Z (over 2 years ago)
Policy Poll: "Did you try Googling"? 
[A certain question](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/285647) has twice now been hit by the dreaded "You can find this information by Google"

I've noticed this has occurred quite frequently, especially link-only answers which I delete as a "this should be a comment" policy. 

I am leaning towards deleting pure copy paste answers along the same lines, but deletion may be somewhat overkill since they do technically answer the question (even if in a passive-aggressive way).

However, I would like to hear the community's thoughts on the matter. How should we treat these kinds of answers?