Deleted accepted answer pinned as top answer

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On this question, the accepted answer (with 23 votes) is deleted. But it is still pinned to the top.
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By the looks of it, the answer was deleted from the "low quality posts" review queue. But it never got unpinned when upon deletion.

Though certainly reasonable, it's not obvious to me that deletion should outweigh acceptance and votes for sorting pruposes. Are you sure this isn't by design? — blahdiblah, Commented Sep 26, 2012 at 22:52
Deleted answers are always below the undeleted ones regardless of votes (even deleted accepted answers). This is the first time I've seen it the other way. — Mysticial, Commented Sep 26, 2012 at 22:53
@kiamlaluno Yep. And if I view it while logged out, the answer disappears as usual. So it doesn't appear to break anything for sub-10ks. — Mysticial, Commented Sep 26, 2012 at 23:06

Shog9 · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-26 23:55:35Z

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It appears there was a time when deleting an answer didn't remove that checkmark - and this answer was deleted then.

Undeleting it and re-deleting it causes it to sort correctly at the bottom, sans checkmark.

answered Sep 26, 2012 at 23:55

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I just realized that the deletion date was before the review-beta queues. So what deleted it?
– Mysticial
Commented Sep 26, 2012 at 23:56
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No idea. Lost in the mists of time, no doubt.
– Shog9 Mod
Commented Sep 27, 2012 at 0:00

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