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Scott Carnahan comments on "How is delete supposed to work?" (10851)

Scott Carnahan — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:42:51 -0800

@Harald: They did not show up before June. I haven't checked since then.

Harald Hanche-Olsen comments on "How is delete supposed to work?" (10843)

Harald Hanche-Olsen — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:16:35 -0800

Do deleted posts also end up in the monthly dumps?

Alex Bartel comments on "How is delete supposed to work?" (10841)

Alex Bartel — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:30:45 -0800

Dear Matthew, thanks for clarifying!

Emerton comments on "How is delete supposed to work?" (10840)

Emerton — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:24:30 -0800

Dear Alex,

Those with 10k reputation (and I imagine moderators too) see deleted posts (with their pink background).

Regards,

Matthew

Alex Bartel comments on "How is delete supposed to work?" (10839)

Alex Bartel — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:21:16 -0800

Do not even moderators see the deleted post? I always thought that moderators and users with at least 10k reputation points can see deleted posts.

Gerry Myerson comments on "How is delete supposed to work?" (10838)

Gerry Myerson — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:08:52 -0800

Does it stay pink forever? or does it eventually just go away? Feel free to direct me to the faq list if it's in there and I've missed it.

Scott Morrison comments on "How is delete supposed to work?" (80)

Scott Morrison — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:02:14 -0700

You can log out and have a look to double check.

Anton Geraschenko comments on "How is delete supposed to work?" (76)

Anton Geraschenko — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:43:03 -0700

When you delete a post, it's always a soft delete (still in the database, but out of sight) in case it needs to be undone for some reason. You can see your own deleted posts, but nobody else can. The pink background is to remind you that nobody else can see the post.

David Speyer comments on "How is delete supposed to work?" (75)

David Speyer — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:33:08 -0700

On http://mathoverflow.net/questions/3204/does-any-method-of-summing-divergent-series-work-on-the-harmonic-series , I gave an answer (the one that begins "In the comments to my other answer..."). Shortly thereafter, I decided that this was really more a discussion than an answer and deleted it, by clicking the "delete" option that comes up when I mouseover my answer. But I still see that answer displayed, with a pink background! Is this is a bug, or do I misunderstand what delete is supposed to do?