# READ: THIS DOES NOT WORK. It has been broken by improvements in privilege enforcement. Sorry! # The only reason I haven't deleted this post is that it would be particularly cruel for people seeking a way to view deleted posts to be met with another inexplicably deleted question. --- The original post is included below only for reference. <!-- excerpt: A user script allowing users with 500+ rep to view deleted questions, if they have a link to them. --> <!-- tag: script --> <!-- tags: script deleted-questions coffeescript javascript --> <!-- version: 1.3 --> <!-- thumbnail: https://i.sstatic.net/zFJeI.png --> <!-- url: http://stackapps.com/q/2505/1114 --> > ## Screenshot > > ![][screenshot] > > ## About > > *Stack Exchange Deleted Question Viewer* is a user script which allows any users with at least 500 reputation to see most deleted posts, if > they have a link to them. It will display the post's title, content, > vote counts and comments. If the post has been edited at least once, > it will also display the author and editor. > > You can try this out with [a deleted question and answer of mine on > meta.stackoverflow.com][example], then consider taking a look at the > [Popular Deleted Questions list][popular] on meta. > > ### Caveats > > You will only be able to see answers when you use their permalink, or > you voted on them answer before they were deleted. This will fail for > locked questions, but should work for all others. > > This script relies on certain bugs and design features that are likely > to be changed at some point. I'll accommodate these changes if it's > possible, but it may not be. > > ### License > > Released under the [MIT Open Source License][mit]. > > ### Installation > > [**Click here**][install] to install *Stack Exchange Deleted Question > Viewer*. > > ### Platforms > > - Google Chrome > - Mozilla Firefox + [Greasemonkey][gm] > > ## Contact > > *Stack Exchange Deleted Question Viewer* was written me, Jeremy Banks. You can just leave feedback in the comments, but if you would like to > email me my address is in my profile. > > ## Code > > *Stack Exchange Deleted Question Viewer* was written in [CoffeeScript](http://coffeescript.org/). The source file is available > [here][source]. > ## Oh, and... > > ...if any Stack Exchange folks would prefer that this be deleted, I won't object. [screenshot]: https://i.sstatic.net/XCdr3.png [example]: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/111998 [popular]: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/73455/popular-deleted-questions-list [mit]: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php [install]: https://gist.github.com/raw/1361876/a2935b5bf0c5b447a8939ce8afbbea95c6b31c74/deleted.user.js [source]: https://raw.github.com/gist/1361876/b7bd0e2228439217d3b8e882b1f8eb9a117587ef/deleted.user.coffee [gm]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/