Questions tagged [deleted-questions]
For asking about questions deleted from Stack Exchange sites. You can also use this tag along with [specific-question] and [meta] to ask why a specific question on Meta Stack Exchange was deleted.
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If a question was removed by the Roomba, please state that in the public 404 page shown to <10k users
When a question is removed by the Roomba script, the message shown to users who don't have the privilege to view deleted posts states (screenshot):
Page not found. This question was removed from [...
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What happens to a user whose post is flagged and deleted as spam? [duplicate]
If a post is flagged as spam and is then deleted based on that flag, what consequences does the user face?
like a user get receive a warning, automatic suspension, or ban?
also are spam flags visible ...
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How do I view the markdown of a self-deleted question?
I recently posted a question before realizing it needed some revision. I deleted the post intending to edit and undelete later before learning you cannot edit self-deleted questions.
Normally I would ...
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Can I dispute deleting my answer or closing my question? [duplicate]
Somebody deleted my answer. There is a button "undelete," but this will start an edit war without proper respectful discussion. I spent much time and effort writing that answer. I still ...
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Is it intentional that ParentId is present only if the question is not deleted?
The Database schema documentation for the public data dump and SEDE lists ParentId among the things which are present in the PostsWithDeleted table.
However, if you check the deleted answers, the ...
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Should "Page not found" be changed to "This question has been deleted" for <10k rep users on deleted questions?
As a <10k rep user, when I check a deleted question's link, I arrive on a page such as this one:
This page says:
"This question was removed", which confirms that it does point to a ...
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How did I, having never been a moderator, single-handedly delete someone else's question?
According to the post history of this question, I single-handedly deleted it 2 months ago.
Except...I'm not a mod, so it should take at least 3 votes (for this question it would actually be 4) to ...
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Aren't users supposed to be able to edit their own deleted questions?
A user on Stack Overflow meta recently complained about having a question deleted by community vote, initially seemingly unaware that our deletion system is generally "soft" and still allows ...
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How to deal with repeated post/account deletion?
Three closely related problems have come up on multiple different sites lately, which I am not entirely sure how to deal with:
Particular users repeatedly deleting their old account after making one ...
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Site claims deleted question can not be edited [duplicate]
I edited a deleted question (my question, deleted by the Community bot) and after a while a banner popped up on the top of the page, saying "This post has been deleted — no more edits are allowed&...
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The Overflow #266 newsletter links to a deleted question
ISSUE #266 links to https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/67931/what-would-happen-if-you-stuck-your-hand-into-the-beam-of-an-ion-thruster but the question has been removed even though the ...
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Deleted question lists are missing page numbers beyond 1
Bug: deleted question lists are missing page numbers beyond 1. Example from https://superuser.com/users/deleted-questions/116475 (only viewable by some):
(I have more than one page worth of deleted ...
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Is there a reason not to include deleted posts in my up/down votes tab even if I have 10k+ tools?
I have noted that if you have 10k+ tools, then close/reopen/delete/undelete votes on deleted posts are shown in your votes tab with a red background, but not up/down votes. Without 10k+ tools, no ...
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Flag dialog is greyed out along with the rest of a recently deleted question
I found a spam post, clicked on the post to report it as spam as one does. As the whole user appeared to exist solely to promote spam, I intended to flag for moderator attention, given that there is ...
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Ηow much reasoning should a moderator give for deleting and suspending? (What ought to be the due process)
Why this question is not a duplicate (beyond the questions being different why the answers don't cover the same issues)
The answers on the "duplicate" question (the top three posts with the ...
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