Question: When a user with less than 10k reputation\* tries to directly access the edit page of a post that's been removed, this message appears: 

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> This post is deleted and cannot be edited.
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> 
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And it looks like this:

[![error message for edit page](https://i.stack.imgur.com/055qM.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/055qM.png)

*Update: Same page is shown for unregistered users.*

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Should this be changed to something else? Maybe at least add a link to the home?

It feels like this page is not up to the level of SO and very non-production looking.

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\* I assume that's only for <10k since 10k+ users can see deleted posts.

Answer: 
I donno, I kinda like that page. It's got a lot going for it:

* the message is unambiguous and to the point - there's no confusion as to *why* you're not getting the editor that you expected.
* it loads quickly, saving precious data on my capped mobile connection.
* it respects my browser's zoom settings and doesn't override the default font size that I've specified.
* there are no ads, background images or superfluous chrome to distract me from the precious content of the page.

Honestly, I'd like to see more pages adopt this styling.
I would have to agree with [meagar's comment](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/359888/page-for-editing-a-deleted-post-for-users-with-less-than-10k-reputation?cb=1#comment535378_359888):

> 
> This page is unstyled because nobody should ever see it. If you can't
>  edit a post, you also can't see the edit link for a post, so there's
>  very little value in making this experience any nicer. The only people
>  seeing this are those editing URLs to land on pages they shouldn't.
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> 

As a normal unaffiliated user of SO, I think that unstyled page is just fine for an event that is almost impossible to happen anyways. It would take some extraordinary circumstances to see that message: Either the post gets deleted within milliseconds after someone clicks the link, or someone bookmarks the edit page for some reason, which is unlikely.

I think that time is better spent on other areas of SO.