# Parent message doesn't exist

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/parent-message-doesnt-exist/141746>\
**Category:** Migration\
**Created:** [February 16, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/parent-message-doesnt-exist/141746 "2020-02-16T15:59:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/parent-message-doesnt-exist/141746/12 "2020-02-19T20:58:41Z")

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> [@ruperty](#):
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> But, it had been deleted.

Why? By whom?

> [@ruperty](#):
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> It would’ve been good to get an error message saying the post had been deleted.

This isn’t something that happens in an import.

> [@ruperty](#):
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> Anyway, I think this happened as, during an early test, I had deleted the first(small) batch of imported posts. I thought I had restored to before that point, but clearly not.

Sounds right. And deleting posts doesn’t delete them, but **marks them as deleted**.

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