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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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 have to side with [FirstOne](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/359888/page-for-editing-a-deleted-post-for-users-with-less-than-10k-reputation#comment535406_359888):

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> ...I'm not saying hey, let's build the most amazing page in the planet, I'm just saying that this doesn't look like a production-looking page and it could be enhanced. Production code should also handle 'places where people shouldn't be', as long as those places exist, imho.
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It's more a matter of good style than one of practicality, so the number of people who actually view this page isn't relevant.

The fix could be as trivial as redirecting to the page that already exists for viewing the deleted question itself: [example for <10k only](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47323246).

I think handling this edge case is good form, and could be taken care of with minimal effort.
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):

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> 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.