[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11348: Archive Page Should be 404.php When !have_posts()

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#11348: Archive Page Should be 404.php When !have_posts()
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 Reporter:  miqrogroove   |        Owner:  ryan    
     Type:  defect (bug)  |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |    Milestone:  2.9     
Component:  Query         |      Version:  2.8.4   
 Severity:  normal        |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:                |  
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Comment(by miqrogroove):

 > How do you figure?

 When there are posts, it shows the posts.  Where there are no posts, it
 says there are no posts found.  That's all it does by default.  That's all
 it does.  Why are you quoting all this code?

 > would you consider an author's page non-existent just because she hadn't
 yet written any posts?

 Absolutely, yes.  This is the entire content shown on a default author
 page:

 "Sorry, but there aren't any posts by user1 yet."

 I'd be grateful for the ability to 404 that page as well.

 > they're obviously not the same

 I never said they were the same.

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