I know a person who would like to read one of my deleted post (more precisely, the comments on it), unfortunately he has no access to it.
Question: How can I share my deleted post with this person?
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You could just make a screenshot?– Martijn PietersCommented Sep 3, 2014 at 10:11
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@MartijnPieters: yes sure it's possible, but not very convenient, because the post and the comments are very very lengthy. I would like to allow to this person an access to it, as I can see it myself.– Sebastien PalcouxCommented Sep 3, 2014 at 10:14
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There is no such option. You can see it because you gained the 10k+ Access To Moderator Tools privilege. Until that other user gains the same privilege, they cannot see the post for themselves.– Martijn PietersCommented Sep 3, 2014 at 10:28
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The copy of a deleted post could be on some of the scraper sites. See the discussion of somewhat related question here.– MartinCommented Sep 3, 2014 at 10:35
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If a post is deleted, and the other user doesn't have the 10k+ reputation to see deleted posts, your options are:
find a cached copy. If it was deleted recently, Google may still have a copy; put the full URL into the google search box with the term
cache:prefixed to it. Or you can search the Internet archive for a copy. If such copies exist, they may have archived a version that doesn't have the latest revisions and comments, of course.if the post was deleted after the most recent data dump to the Stack Exchange Data Explorer you can query for the post and its comments there. The data dump is updated once a week, on Sundays.
Effectively, this is another temporary cache, and can be just as outdated. Changes made or comments added after the most recent dump are naturally not included.
manually copy and paste the text elsewhere.
take a screenshot of the post.
answered Sep 3, 2014 at 10:21
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1@SébastienPalcoux: that falls under the heading 'manually copy and paste' in my book. Commented Sep 3, 2014 at 11:16