# Discussion disappeared **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 18, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/discussion-disappeared/81386 "2013-09-18T04:56:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JuniorMint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5fc32e/32.png) [@JuniorMint](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JuniorMint)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/discussion-disappeared/81386/1 "2013-09-18T04:56:21Z")
I started a thread the other day called “original plating”. it disappeared. the Google cache of it is here: [http://bit.ly/19a0OF8](http://bit.ly/19a0OF8) but all discussion is missing. this is the original link: [http://community.cartalk.com/discussion/2294430/original-plating](http://community.cartalk.com/discussion/2294430/original-plating) so where did this go? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/discussion-disappeared/81386/2 "2013-09-18T05:01:38Z")
@cdaquila - any ideas? My guess is the recent site problems swallowed it up. ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/discussion-disappeared/81386/3 "2013-09-18T21:39:14Z")
Since the OP did not pose this as a question…some eagle-eyed individual with the power to delete the post did just that. ---
**Author:** ![JuniorMint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5fc32e/32.png) [@JuniorMint](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JuniorMint)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/discussion-disappeared/81386/4 "2013-09-19T00:13:15Z")
missleman wrote: > the OP did not pose this as a question OP (me, JuniorMint) wrote at 5:40PM on Sep 15, 2013: > what this question boils down to is how to know, after cleaning the parts, if the original plating is showing through or if the plating has been worn off by either scrubbing or corrosion. how is that not a question? ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/discussion-disappeared/81386/5 "2013-09-19T03:36:13Z")
@JuniorMint, @texases - not sure what happened, but it was deleted for reasons unclear. I restored it, but let me know if you have further problems. Just saw your message from yesterday…sorry. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/discussion-disappeared/81386/6 "2013-09-19T04:24:32Z")
Must be hazing for a new member. ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/discussion-disappeared/81386/7 "2013-09-19T17:25:07Z")
@JuniorMint…when I clicked on your link to read your post…all that showed up was the last 4 lines of your original post. I had not read it before so I made my statement. If the post you have now was your original post then I’m sorry. If you have edited it in any way then my statement stands. ---
**Author:** ![JuniorMint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5fc32e/32.png) [@JuniorMint](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JuniorMint)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/discussion-disappeared/81386/8 "2013-09-20T00:55:36Z")
@jtsanders wrote > “hazing for a new member.” " I made a post as far back as 2010, even though I signed up earlier than that, so I suppose I’ll take that as a compliment. @missleman wrote: > “If the post you have now was your original post then I’m sorry. If you have edited it in any way then my statement stands.” I edit my posts like anyone else would (and should), and I don’t really pay attention to or keep difference copies to follow when I specifically edited it and what it said prior to or after any specific user’s comment. At this point I can’t even recall what this thread is about. If anything, I use ~~strikeouts~~. I’m not sure what else you are suggesting. It might not matter anymore though because [1] the original thread is back (thanks to @cdaquila ) and [2] interestingly, the Google cache link I had is now “404 - not found”. anyways, hopefully we can all get back to discussions about car repair and maintenance now. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/discussion-disappeared/81386/9 "2013-09-20T20:21:55Z")
@JuniorMint, more of a little joke. Very little, it seems. Welcome back and stop in often.