Quote from: jackg on April 13, 2018, 10:28:35 PM

I think it's intentional yes.

Thinking about this, random people checking merits aren't going to know what the thread is where a post got merited, but you will/may know the exact part of the thread you got the merit from. If not, going to an archive site that archives this forum regularly and checking the link there will give you waht it was merited for (providing it was archived after the merit was given).

It doesn't hurt if random people know which deleted thread I got merits from. In any case, by clicking on the link they can find out the topic number. So if it indeed is saved on an archive site, anybody can go to the website and check out the exact post.

Quote from: motienvolam on April 14, 2018, 05:02:18 AM

With current forum rule and its mechanisms, threads can be deleted, in contrast to merits (undeletable). Consequently, someone's threads can be deleted, but their merits related to those deleted threads will be here, never gone.

That is factually correct, but it has no connection with why I can see the subject of the deleted threads where I have been awarded merit, while third-parties only see an error message link (Deleted/Off-limits/Ignored)