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Trying to improve a tag wiki while blocked causes incorrect 'This post has been deleted'

Possible duplicate questions: To avoid creating a duplicate question, I searched for misleading message wiki. … My Questions: It appears to me that this message is at least misleading, if not wrong. No? …
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When tag wiki excerpt does not exist, but tag wiki does, some messages/activities are mislea...

Here you can see it on the tag packaging: It seems the message "tag has no wiki summary" is subordinated at the tag wiki excerpt existence. … Also, when clicking the "learn more button" the following message appears: There is no tag wiki for this tag … yet!... This is not true either. Proposal. …
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Suggested tag wiki edit lost edit reason once approved?

Also, just a side-note: why are we not allowed to add some message when creating a tag wiki? The "adding # characters in body" message is kind of ambiguous and a tad misleading. … Could it not at least say "created tag wiki with # characters" or something more descriptive? My friend was actually confused by that message since he's not as experienced in SO's workings. …
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Tag that does not exist should lead to a "404 Tag Not Found" page

I propose removing the Go to Wiki button altogether. Filters Once again, this tag has no questions. These filter buttons are not needed. I propose we remove them. … Either could be interpreted as "The tag exists but has no questions," which is misleading. Both of these messages should be removed. What does this page get right? …
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Make clearer what kind of feedback there is for flags

If you search the help pages for "flag", your best hit is https://meta.stackoverflow.com/help/flagging, which contains the misleading statement "Anything consistently flagged by our community members will … [link or directions]" In a dialog box that comes up upon submitting a flag (probably best in the thanks-for-flagging box, but possibly in a dedicated one just for the first few flags), show the message
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Why no mention of SOPA/PIPA anywhere on the SE Network (apart from Web Apps)?

So comparing the number of people who didn't like the banner (~300) to the total number of Stack Overflow users is a little bit misleading. … This is right, about 90% of users come from Google which is already displaying an anti-SOPA message. …
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Firing mods and forced relicensing: is Stack Exchange still interested in cooperating with t...

This post is community wiki, feel free to edit. In site alphabetical order (with MSE at the top) and then in chronological order. … Remove misleading statements from the blog and the tour pages An open letter on the state of curation and moderation ✭ ⚑ It's time to go on strike (screenshot) A very recent post asking people to go "on …
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Wrong reason given to close question

And because the majority reason is a custom close reason, it is not shown in the banner message, but instead in the comments. … NOTE: This question, I don't think qualifies since it close reason, while not accurate, is not dangerously misleading. …
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Awarding for useful comments

Comments fundamentally aren't suitable for answering because of: the length limit of 600 characters, preventing all but the most brief of messages the lack of wiki-editing from other users to improve … This also works the other way currently, unfortunately, that there are no repercussions if you post something incorrect or misleading in a comment, whereas answers have the features to correct it via editing …
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