Remove the ability for mods to approve a deleted link. This prevents the deleted

then approved link from becoming visible.

r2/r2/controllers/api.py

@@ -1400,6 +1400,7 @@ class ApiController(RedditController):
                 thing = VByName('id'))
     def POST_approve(self, why, thing):
         if not thing: return
+        if thing._deleted: return
 
         end_trial(thing, why + "-approved")
         admintools.unspam(thing, c.user.name)

r2/r2/lib/pages/things.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class PrintableButtons(Styled):
                        (thing.reveal_trial_info and not thing.show_spam))
         approval_checkmark = getattr(thing, "approval_checkmark", None)
         show_approve = (thing.show_spam or show_ignore or
-                        (is_link and approval_checkmark is None))
+                        (is_link and approval_checkmark is None)) and not thing._deleted
 
         Styled.__init__(self, style = style,
                         thing = thing,