I just tried to find a recent answer I wrote (or comment, can't remember), but I couldn't. I assume the question was deleted. Can the `deleted:1` [operator][1] be enabled to 10k users? We can see deleted posts, so why can't we at least target them in search?

I understand that allowing us to search for all deleted posts from someone else can be problematic. Quoting Yannis Rizoss comments:

> if `deleted:1` becomes available to 10K+ users there should be a restriction on coupling it with a user id (except perhaps when you are searching for your own deleted posts).

So, `user:<userID> deleted:1` would be disallowed (except for your own user id), but something like `[tag] deleted:1` would be allowed.

 [1]:http://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/134047/167534