TIL you can edit deleted posts
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If you delete a post, then the "edit" option is still active on the post, and you can edit it just fine and it saves, but the post remains deleted. Restoring the post works too, and the latest revision shows up.
Is it a bug? It certainly looks like one to me, but dunno, maybe there are valid uses and it was intentional. Nevertheless, posting here instead of bugs.
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It seems odd, but not incorrect.
Maybe you accidentally posted something sensitive, deleted it immediately to hide it from view, took time to edit and redact it, then restored it.
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@error said in TIL you can edit deleted posts:
Maybe you accidentally posted something sensitive, deleted it immediately to hide it from view, took time to edit and redact it, the restored it.
It won't save you from @anotherusername, though!
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@Gąska I usually edit them to ... after deleting
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@sockpuppet7 you realize this achieves nothing?
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@Gąska It makes them harder to read for me and @boomzilla
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@sockpuppet7 I'd say "..." is easier to read than what you write normally.
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@Gąska said in TIL you can edit deleted posts:
Is it a bug?
It's a blakeybug. Really, the delete action isn't really a delete, since obviously it's still there. It's more of a "flag that makes it say it's deleted to normies."
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@Tsaukpaetra said in TIL you can edit deleted posts:
@Gąska said in TIL you can edit deleted posts:
Is it a bug?
It's a blakeybug.
I can agree with that. I'd expect it to be put in read-only mode or something.
I wonder what happens if you edit post exactly when the deletion timer runs out...
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@error said in TIL you can edit deleted posts:
It seems odd, but not incorrect.
Maybe you accidentally posted something sensitive, deleted it immediately to hide it from view, took time to edit and redact it, then restored it.
This. I do that all the time. Except with stupidity instead of PII.
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This was recently reported to us as well, you were able to edit your post when a mod/admin deleted it. It is fixed in https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/667bc67f04b2a52163f2b763cab1052ccc30ded6.
You can still edit the post if you deleted it yourself.
