# Editing a deleted topic is broken

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-deleted-topic-is-broken/26811>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [Mars 26, 2015, 10:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-deleted-topic-is-broken/26811 "2015-03-26T10:11:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [Mars 27, 2015, 12:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-deleted-topic-is-broken/26811/4 "2015-03-27T00:05:34Z")

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I can not imagine a use case for ever wanting to edit a deleted post.

And if I ever did want to for some reason, wouldn’t it be reasonable to expect that I would undelete it before editing it?

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