# Suggestion: flag-clearing by author edit-to-zero i.e. delete post

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-flag-clearing-by-author-edit-to-zero-i-e-delete-post/88690>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [May 29, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-flag-clearing-by-author-edit-to-zero-i-e-delete-post/88690 "2018-05-29T20:09:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![wolftune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/wolftune/32/103569_2.png) [@wolftune](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wolftune)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-flag-clearing-by-author-edit-to-zero-i-e-delete-post/88690/3 "2018-05-30T00:06:54Z")

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Yeah, that’s a fine enough workaround.

This came up when thinking about describing to flagged users what to do and my concerns about the messaging.

I realized that “you can just leave it hidden or delete it” wasn’t _quite_ a just-fine option, even though it could certainly make sense in many cases. I don’t know the portion, but it’s gotta be a decent amount (majority even?) of bad posts from good people are things that should just never have been posted (versus badly worded posts that have other valid points).

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