# Return something else than a 404 for deleted subjects

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/return-something-else-than-a-404-for-deleted-subjects/32677>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [29. August 2015 um 10:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/return-something-else-than-a-404-for-deleted-subjects/32677 "2015-08-29T10:06:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![CamilleRoux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/camilleroux/32/119575_2.png) [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)\
**Post date:** [29. August 2015 um 10:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/return-something-else-than-a-404-for-deleted-subjects/32677/1 "2015-08-29T10:06:11Z")

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Hi,

What do you think about returning something else than a 404 for the deleted subjects ?  
I’ve regularly some errors in Google Webmaster Tools when I delete some subjects. Could you send an other error code to indicate the page has been removed?

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