You ever had an article just... disappear?

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   poppyrposted 4 years ago

   Hi everyone. This has happened a few times now. Usually when articles are deleted they stay on the unpublished list, but I wrote a hub about a year ago about common types of scams (mainly tech support scams), how they work, and how to avoid getting duped. I distinctly remember publishing it and getting several comments praising it. Now it's nowhere to be seen on my article list, published or unpublished.
   
   It's a little annoying because I worked really hard on that article and now it's gone, no warning or message from HP or anything, just removed. Has this ever happened to you?

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      samanthacubbisonposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Hey! I just looked at your Hubs and found the one you are talking about. It has a status of "Purged." It looks like it was last modified on 2020-06-16. Ring any bells? Did you get any emails around that time? Normally we don't purge articles completely. I asked the mod team what they thought and the only thing they can think of is that you accidentally hit "Delete" instead of "Unpublish." Apparently, this happens a lot. If that is not the case, I'm not sure what else it could be.
      
      I'm sorry for the frustration—I wish I could help more!

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         eugbugposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         Can purged articles be recovered? In any case if Poppy hasn't a saved copy, it might be possible to view the article on the Wayback Machine.

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         poppyrposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you for getting back to me! I can't see the article at all. Is purged something a mod does? Is there a way of getting it back?

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            samanthacubbisonposted 4 years agoin reply to this

            I can only see purged articles from our end. A mod can purge an article, but won't unless it's a big deal. Which doesn't seem to be the case here. The mod team said there is no way to do so from our end, but you can use the Wayback Machine site online and maybe find a cached snapshot version.

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               poppyrposted 4 years agoin reply to this

               Thanks, I'll try that

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      chef-de-jourposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      No, never. I hope you can recover it in some way. Looks like Samantha can help you out?

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   Kenna McHughposted 4 years ago

   It never happened to me, but someone posted about it happening to them.

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   PaulGoodman67posted 4 years ago

   I've been here ten years, published hundreds of hubs and I can't say that it's ever happened to me (thank goodness!). I've had stuff kicked out of the niches, or unpublished, but not disappear.
   
   What does your sentence: "Usually when articles are deleted they stay on the unpublished list" mean? Something is either deleted or unpublished, in my experience. They are distinct categories of things. My deleted stuff normally disappears within a few days, unpublished remains but in the unpublished category?

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      samanthacubbisonposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      "Unpublish" vs. "Delete."
      
      
      
      

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