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Allow the user to view a deleted post if it has a pending flag [duplicate]

Currently, if you have a pending flag on a deleted post and you are <10k, you can't retract it anymore (at least not via UI), so it's basically stuck until someone reviews it. This happens mainly ...
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1 answer
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Answer that was deleted by a moderator was undeleted by normal users; why was it allowed and can it be fixed?

Since 2011, normal users have been prevented from voting to undelete posts that were deleted by moderators. However, today, this answer was undeleted by votes from normal users after having been ...
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-27 votes
3 answers
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Let answerers keep their rep for deleted questions that they had invested time and effort in

In the last month or so, an abnormally and extremely large number of my answers got deleted. There was no reason for deletion, it happened just because the question(s) with which my answer(s) were ...
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Flagging deleted post or clicking on inbox item fails and brings up an error 500 on browser console

I mistakenly told a new user that their post was not supposed to be here. I messed up. The user self deleted, which while in their credit, is because I made a mistake. This isn't fair I'd like to make ...
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-10 votes
2 answers
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Why is a user's reputation re-calculated when one of their posts is deleted?

When a user's question or answer gets deleted, their reputation gets re-calculated. Like if my answer gets an upvote, and then gets deleted, I lose my ten rep that I gained from the upvote. I guess I ...
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48 votes
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Are Mods on all sites aware of and able to handle the mass defacing/deletion attempts by users unhappy with the OpenAI announcement?

Phrasing it in the form of a question, since I really don't know the answer, but there's a pretty big issue going on right now with users (at least 20 so far that I've seen) defacing and/or deleting ...
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How do I remove my contributions from Stack Exchange, in the event of a license violation?

Stack Exchange is now partnering with OpenAI. While the company has received a commitment from OpenAI that attribution will be maintained, and the company has not relicensed our contributions (as of ...
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Being able to easily see how many deleted versus non-deleted posts I acted on

I am often curious how many total questions I have closed/reopened/edited/etc regardless which ones were later deleted. You can view these statistics on your profile, and selecting the desired tab, to ...
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As a moderator, "Delete" in the review queues clears custom flags that you may not have seen

Outside of the queue, it makes sense that a moderator deletion would clear any custom flags, since the wafflebar is at the bottom showing all the pending flags and a flag count for all flags. In ...
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Why can I not see my approved suggested edits on posts that have been deleted?

I recently noticed that I lost 2 points of reputation. I clicked on the reputation tab to see why and I came to the conclusion it was connected with a post that I had edited (as a <2K user on SO) ...
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