# Editing a deleted topic is broken **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug\ **Created:** [26. März 2015 um 10:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-deleted-topic-is-broken/26811 "2015-03-26T10:11:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**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:** [26. März 2015 um 23:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-deleted-topic-is-broken/26811/3 "2015-03-26T23:49:45Z")
We looked at this before and you, @sam, said it was incredibly hard to fix (allowing deleted post edits) as deleted posts have too many unusual states around them. Still, maybe the flow could be improved, but editing deleted posts does not seem to be in the cards, though I think it would be useful in a few contexts… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-deleted-topic-is-broken/26811)._