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I posted a question (link is valid only to 10krep user) on meta yesterday but couple of hour later I deleted it - I was not sure my idea was described well and wanted to collect more data before re-posting.

However, I just noticed that someone edited my deleted post, as can be seen here:

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How is it possible? Can other users still see my deleted post and react to it?

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Users with over 10,000 reputation can see deleted answers and, if they have a link to them, deleted questions. And yes, deleted posts can be edited while deleted.

As far as 'reacting to it', I'm assuming you mean voting, in which case no, no one can vote up or down on deleted content. Users with 20,000 reputation or more can vote to undelete deleted answers (except when deleted by moderators), and users with 10,000 reputation or more can vote to undelete deleted questions.

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    Not relevant in this case, but note that you cannot edit your own questions while they're deleted. This seem to be the only exception.
    – Jeremy
    Jul 22, 2019 at 22:01
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    @JeremyBanks That's ...weird. Is that from your own test just now?
    – TylerH
    Jul 22, 2019 at 22:04
  • Yes, I just took that screenshot a few minutes ago. (I knew there was some case I'd run into before, but couldn't remember where it was, so I tested a few of my deleted posts to confirm.)
    – Jeremy
    Jul 22, 2019 at 22:06
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    Here's the relevant meta post: Why am I allowed to edit my deleted answer but not question?
    – Davy M
    Jul 22, 2019 at 22:07
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    @JeremyBanks Note that that only applies to self-deleted questions. If the community deletes the question, then the user doesn't have the option to undelete their own question and so that error does not appear and they can edit it.
    – Davy M
    Jul 22, 2019 at 22:08
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    One might still ask why Peter feels the need to bring his "Active Reading" (read: making an edit; yes we know that's what you're doing!) obsession to deleted meta posts now too Jul 23, 2019 at 15:20
  • @LightnessRacesinOrbit One might, but that's a subject for a different Meta question.
    – TylerH
    Jul 23, 2019 at 15:29

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