Today, I found an edit suggestion in my review queue where the question that was to be edited had already been deleted. It looks like a moot point to keep such items in the review queue.
Is this a bug, or was this still somehow intended behavior?
1 Answer
It sounds like intended behavior. From Reject or approve suggested edits on deleted post?:
Our reviewing FAQ on handling suggested edits outlines why you would approve or reject a suggested edit and, you may notice, that it makes no mention of deleted posts - because it just isn't a consideration treat them the same.
There's another MSE post on the topic, which isn't Answered by staff: What happens to a pending suggested edit when a post is deleted? which says, in part:
It sits in the queue for the next reviewer
- 2Thanks, I wasn't aware of the MSE post. Sounds ok to me! Do you want to add
status-bydesignto the question?AdminBee– AdminBee2021-10-22 13:46:18 +00:00Commented Oct 22, 2021 at 13:46 - 1Maybe. Sounded like there were intentions to change the behavior at some point, so I'm not sure what the "design" is at this point :)2021-10-23 00:43:30 +00:00Commented Oct 23, 2021 at 0:43
- 1meta.stackexchange.com/q/363151/703623 then meta.stackexchange.com/q/306875/703623αғsнιη– αғsнιη2021-10-23 19:06:52 +00:00Commented Oct 23, 2021 at 19:06