# Why are posts withdrawn instead of being deleted immediately?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-posts-withdrawn-instead-of-being-deleted-immediately/75985>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [13.Декабрь.2017 19:10:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-posts-withdrawn-instead-of-being-deleted-immediately/75985 "2017-12-13T19:10:17Z")\
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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**Post date:** [15.Декабрь.2017 01:21:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-posts-withdrawn-instead-of-being-deleted-immediately/75985/7 "2017-12-15T01:21:52Z")

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For what it’s worth, IMHO, this could likely be a Staff and OP only feature few non-Staff would even notice missing. Anybody think of a reason for other than those two?

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