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I strongly agree that being able to add a new answer after a question has been deleted doesn't make sense, and that most people also shouldn't be able to add comments. (Moderators should be able t...
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#2: Post edited
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Monica Cellio
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2020-08-28T15:56:31Z (over 3 years ago)
updating to address edits to the question
I strongly agree with almost all of this -- in particular, being able to add a new answer after a question has been deleted doesn't make sense.I think the author should be able to edit a deleted post toward the goal of getting it undeleted. We don't want people to just create new ones, particularly answers (where the dead bodies of deleted answers pile up for people who can see them). And if we allow the author to edit, we should probably allow edits from people who are able to edit directly. It might not make sense to support suggested edits, as relatively few people would see and be able to review them.
- I strongly agree that being able to add a new answer after a question has been deleted doesn't make sense, and that most people also shouldn't be able to add comments. (Moderators should be able to, and see the comments for another suggestion.)
- I think the author should be able to edit a deleted post toward the goal of getting it undeleted. We don't want people to just create new ones, particularly answers (where the dead bodies of deleted answers pile up for people who can see them).[^1] And if we allow the author to edit, we should probably allow edits from people who are able to edit directly. It might not make sense to support suggested edits, as relatively few people would see and be able to review them.
- [^1]: I recognize that this question is about deleted *questions*, but answers and articles can also be deleted and we should be consistent in how we handle deleted posts.
#1: Initial revision
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Monica Cellio
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2020-08-26T01:38:53Z (over 3 years ago)
I strongly agree with almost all of this -- in particular, being able to add a new answer after a question has been deleted doesn't make sense. I think the author should be able to edit a deleted post toward the goal of getting it undeleted. We don't want people to just create new ones, particularly answers (where the dead bodies of deleted answers pile up for people who can see them). And if we allow the author to edit, we should probably allow edits from people who are able to edit directly. It might not make sense to support suggested edits, as relatively few people would see and be able to review them.