# Akismet flagging deletions again?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-flagging-deletions-again/35978>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** akismet\
**Created:** [2015年十一月24日 10:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-flagging-deletions-again/35978 "2015-11-24T10:45:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [2015年十一月24日 10:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-flagging-deletions-again/35978/1 "2015-11-24T10:45:25Z")

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Do we have a regression of [this issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-flagging-withdrawn-posts/32533)?

Noticing deletions are being picked up again by Akismet.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2015年十一月24日 11:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-flagging-deletions-again/35978/2 "2015-11-24T11:53:31Z")

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I have seen that a bit too, not sure – can you check @eviltrout?

I’ve seen a fair bit of “(post removed by author)” in akismet.

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**Author:** ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\
**Post date:** [2015年十一月27日 21:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-flagging-deletions-again/35978/3 "2015-11-27T21:46:53Z")

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I reviewed the code and found a code path for finding posts to check that was missing the condition. I’ve added it. I also added a sanity check beyond that point, just in case:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse-akismet/commit/4800a2a7b5ac97b49af894ae7e077dbfee9d357c](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-akismet/commit/4800a2a7b5ac97b49af894ae7e077dbfee9d357c)

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2015年十一月27日 21:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-flagging-deletions-again/35978/4 "2015-11-27T21:53:37Z")

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