Here's what occurred to me: In the spirit of [forbidding 20k users to even search for *just the number* of deleted posts][1], I think it's funny that you can still get a list of deleted posts by looking at badges.

The difference to posts shown in the flag queue is that you (as the flagging user) *need* some visual representation of a post that due to a flag – in most cases – ended up being deleted.


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For these badges however, it would actually be more consistent to 

- remove badges awarded for deleted posts entirely, *or …*
- not show the deleted posts at all (or, show them only for ≥10k)

In fact, this already happens with the badge that by design is only awarded for deleted posts, namely [*Disciplined*][2]:

> ![enter image description here][3]


  [1]: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/107715/159624
  [2]: http://superuser.com/badges/35/disciplined
  [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/XQqS7.png