Where do deleted questions go?

Hello,

If I delete a question, it becomes immediately invisible from lists. But its permalink can be used to view it again.

What is the expected way of deleting questions? As an admin, how would I observe what moderators are deleting and possibly undo that?

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asked 2012-07-27 04:18:42 -0500
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Oh, that's interesting; even though the question is deleted, you can still link to it if you know the URL?

todofixthis's avatar todofixthis (2012-07-27 08:43:31 -0500) edit

@todofixthis, yes.

MehdiHKhan's avatar MehdiHKhan (2012-07-27 09:00:01 -0500) edit

Also we do get undelete option as well.

pajju's avatar pajju (2012-07-27 14:06:45 -0500) edit

If we open that link, we do get undelete option as well. The search finds deleted entries too.

pajju's avatar pajju (2012-07-27 14:09:09 -0500) edit
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Probably it's a bug. The deleted question should not be visible to most people even via permalink.

Evgeny's avatar Evgeny (2012-07-27 14:54:50 -0500) edit

@Evgeny, I do hope this is a bug. Also, can OP delete his own question? Wouldn't that hold back participants to engage in future? It should be a moderator task.

MehdiHKhan's avatar MehdiHKhan (2012-07-27 15:05:39 -0500) edit

Users can delete own questions, never heard of this being the problem.

Evgeny's avatar Evgeny (2012-07-27 15:10:41 -0500) edit
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@Evgeny, If you follow stackoverflow model, a user will not be able to delete his question if that: - has an upvoted answer or, - has multiple answers (even if there are no upvotes), or - has been closed less than 48 hours ago (to allow for possible reopening) http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/5221/#5222

Time is precious. When you are helping someone with your time, you normally won't like to see it wasted. That's what I'm saying.

MehdiHKhan's avatar MehdiHKhan (2012-07-27 15:26:41 -0500) edit
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