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Error message for 'Edit summary' action for deleted topic needs to be improved.
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Description

  1. Create a topic, perform some actions - e.g. rename the title, add summary, resolve.
  2. Delete the topic.
  3. Go to View history and click on the topic link in the actions that are done before deleting the topic: e.g. in the screenshot such link is in a red rectangle.

Note: Resolve topic action does not indicate that the topic was subsequently deleted - notice that there is no cross-out over the timestamp.

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  1. The topic permalink will be displayed and either 'Summarize' or 'Edit summary' option will be available.
  2. Click on 'Summarize' option and enter some text. When click on 'Update summary' - the error message appears:
An error occurred. The error message received was: vtspermissions

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The error message is misleading - there is no additional permission/rights require to post summary to deleted topics.

Compare to clear error message on deleted topics when the premalink was open (in different tab/window) but the topic was deleted or when a user attempt to post on a deleted topic:

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Screen Shot 2016-11-02 at 2.49.45 PM.png (343×960 px, 49 KB)