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"comment and delete" ability - do you mean, as in Allow diamond moderators to comment on deleted or locked items feature request?
– gnat
Commented Mar 26, 2013 at 8:03
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@gnat No, I guess Robert meant posting a comment explaining what's wrong ("This question is aweful. Deleting it.") and then hitting delete. With the OP seeing what the issue was and what happened since they can still view deleted questions.
– slhck
Commented Mar 26, 2013 at 13:49
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@slhck you mean, somehow making mod comments reach / notify the targeted user? (as of now, comment notification gets abducted by aliens if commented post is deleted)
– gnat
Commented Mar 26, 2013 at 13:55
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@gnat Yes, that'd be a solution for this problem, if the user can see the deleted post.
– slhck
Commented Mar 26, 2013 at 14:02
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Unfortunately, it appears that users still don't get notified when their questions are closed. I think we should at least give users a notification so that they will have a chance to improve their questions before they are deleted.
– Anderson Green
Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 17:24

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