# This doesn't work anymore. It relied on a quirk of the site's permissions system which has been removed.

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> <!-- excerpt: A user script allowing users to view deleted questions if they have a link to them. -->
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> ## Screenshot
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> ![][1]
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> ## About
> 
> Have you ever followed a link to an old question only to find it deleted? I have, and it very disappointing. Thanks to [the way deleted posts can be edited](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/99593/how-is-the-editing-of-deleted-posts-supposed-to-behave), you can now be a little bit less disappointed!
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> The *Stack Exchange Deleted Question Viewer* is a user script that will activate when you visit a deleted question. It will attempt to retrieve the question's content for you, as well as the author and most recent editor if possible. (It does **not retrieve answers**, just the original question.)
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> This will fail for locked questions, because the edit page this relies on is unavailable for them.
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> You can test this with [a deleted question of mine on meta.stackoverflow.com][2], then consider taking a look at the [Popular Deleted Questions list][3] on meta.
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> ### License
> 
> Released under the [MIT Open Source License][4].
> 
> ### Installation
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> [**Click here**][5] to install the the *Stack Exchange Deleted Question Viewer*.
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> ### Platform
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> The script will run on Chrome or on Firefox with with the [Greasemonkey](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/) plugin.
> 
> ## Contact
> 
> The *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
> 
> The *Stack Exchange Deleted Question Viewer* was written in [CoffeeScript](http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/). The source file is available [here][6]. Be warned that it's a bit of a mess.


  [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/0JQIH.png
  [2]: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/99629/how-do-i-know-if-this-question-is-a-test
  [3]: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/73455/popular-deleted-questions-list
  [4]: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
  [5]: https://raw.github.com/gist/9e1773d770e96d7338c8/b66d21ba129f11c3d1a47439328da84c8fd8c8cd/deleted.user.js
  [6]: https://raw.github.com/gist/9e1773d770e96d7338c8/5bedbc25452d84462a0cba63224293377032bda8/deleted.user.coffee