I can only speak for myself, but I would prefer if, in situations like this one, the original post was left alone rather than deleted. Deleting it doesn’t actually delete anything, but it does make the existing content and comments much more inaccessible.
Linking to this post from the new one may be a workable compromise—yes, it can be linked to even if it’s been ‘deleted’ - but that may or may not have the desired effect overall, depending on what the desired effect is.
I agree with your perspective on deletion and if not for the technical problem I ran into, I would have simply moved this post to the Discussion area. I only deleted the post after trying several approaches to gaining edit access.
When I pick this topic up on Discussion I’ll certainly link to the deleted post, not ideal, but as you say, it is a compromise.
I know that. Still, given the choice between deleting it and creating a similar post elsewhere without the original post’s comments, or leaving the original post alone, I’d’ve preferred to see the latter.
I can only speak for myself, but I would prefer if, in situations like this one, the original post was left alone rather than deleted. Deleting it doesn’t actually delete anything, but it does make the existing content and comments much more inaccessible.
Linking to this post from the new one may be a workable compromise—yes, it can be linked to even if it’s been ‘deleted’ - but that may or may not have the desired effect overall, depending on what the desired effect is.
I agree with your perspective on deletion and if not for the technical problem I ran into, I would have simply moved this post to the Discussion area. I only deleted the post after trying several approaches to gaining edit access.
When I pick this topic up on Discussion I’ll certainly link to the deleted post, not ideal, but as you say, it is a compromise.
I know that. Still, given the choice between deleting it and creating a similar post elsewhere without the original post’s comments, or leaving the original post alone, I’d’ve preferred to see the latter.