[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23022: Always set posts to draft status when untrashing

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#23022: Always set posts to draft status when untrashing
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 Reporter:  harrym                 |       Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new                    |   Priority:  normal
Milestone:  Awaiting Review        |  Component:  Administration
  Version:  trunk                  |   Severity:  normal
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion  |
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 In some situations it is bad when trashed posts immediately go live after
 being untrashed. Such as:

 * A published post is found to have libellous/wrong/other_bad content in
 it
 * Admin trashes the post
 * Admin wants to edit the post and republish it without the bad things
 * Admin cannot do this without republishing the bad things, which they
 cannot do.

 I appreciate that the user should have unpublished the post rather than
 trashing it but people don't always think clearly in these situations, and
 once you're in it, you can't get out -- your options are to republish,
 permanently delete, or leave the post in limbo.

 I did wonder if it would be better to make trashed posts viewable/editable
 in the admin but that felt like a pretty big move, and one that would make
 the status of a trashed post much less clear and rather ambiguous.

 So, the attached patch sets all untrashed posts to draft status, rather
 than restoring their original status, which was the only other thing I
 could think of.

 (Definitely happy to debate alternative solutions)

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