Why the Topic ID is changing when a report is handled?

[TheBeardedBaby]

As the subject says, I want to find out why the topic ID is changed when a report is handled.
This is quite misleading when I report something and I want to see if the ANN thread is trashed/locked i cannot open it anymore from the report page.

Normally if you have a link to post like this > https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5232564.msg54031907#msg54031907 and you remove the part in red or replace it with 0, you go to the topic.
See what is happening with the reports.



Same topic but unhandled report.

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[hosseinimr93]

The deleted post no longer exists in that topic. It belongs to a new topic (probably in trashcan) which is not shown to us. That's why the topic ID is changed.

As you see, that happens only when the reported post is deleted.
That doesn't happen when the report is marked as bad.

[LoyceV]

This is quite misleading when I report something and I want to see if the ANN thread is trashed

Easy solution: copy the title, paste it into your browser, and it will probably remember the topic link.

[hosseinimr93]

Easy solution: copy the title, paste it into your browser, and it will probably remember the topic link.

Another solution is to use your archived posts.
As the message ID remains as before, the post and its topic can be found easily.

[TheBeardedBaby]

The deleted post no longer exists in that topic. It belongs to a new topic (probably in trashcan) which is not shown to us. That's why the topic ID is changed.

As you see, that happens only when the reported post is deleted.
That doesn't happen when the report is marked as bad.

I suspected that but wasn't sure, as everything here is saved somewhere in the system even if it is deleted.

This is quite misleading when I report something and I want to see if the ANN thread is trashed

Easy solution: copy the title, paste it into your browser, and it will probably remember the topic link.

That won't work if you are using tor and you want to check some threads you have reported earlier. The only way is to seach by title.

Easy solution: copy the title, paste it into your browser, and it will probably remember the topic link.

Another solution is to use your archived posts.
As the message ID remains as before, the post and its topic can be found easily.

It is true, but again we talk about extra time and clicks... and am a lazy guy right now.

[hd49728]

How about using Wayback machine? We can use it without Tor, and it can help, I guess so. Did you test it with Wayback machine?

Sometimes, I am curious on merited posts, then click on links and the message I got is "The post is off-limit or deleted". hosminir is right, they are still exisiting but in trash cans, and only forum moderators can see them.

[hosseinimr93]

How about using Wayback machine? We can use it without Tor, and it can help, I guess so. Did you test it with Wayback machine?

Web Archiving sites only have pages that have  been saved before. So, it won't help. It is very unlikely that someone would have saved that page before the post was deleted.
Even if an archiving website has the page, you still need the topic ID to find it.
The problem is not that the page doesn't exist in bitcointalk. It does exist. As iasenko said, the problem is that the topic ID changes after the post is deleted.

[TheBeardedBaby]

No, no need for so complicated solutions. The only thing was to ba able to open the thread from the link fo the report, that's all.
If it is not possible, then I'll keep doing the same, copy the ANN subject and paste it into the search engine.