On Thu, Jun 06 2013, Ted Zlatanov wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:19:51 +0100 David Edmondson <dme@dme.org> wrote: 
>
> DE> Having lived with this change for a while, it feels wrong.
>
> DE> I have \Deleted articles that I haven't read, and that distinction is
> DE> currently lost.
>
> DE> I would like to know that I deleted an article, not just assume that I
> DE> had read it somewhere else.
>
> I think the majority of users prefer not to have that distinction.
> Deleting an article to most people means they don't care about it.  Is
> this assumption wrong?

It seems valid. I would be happy not to see the \Deleted messages at
all, I think.

> If not, can we accommodate your need without changing the fundamental
> behavior?

Currently \Deleted messages appear as read. I'm fine with them appearing
as read, but would like something more as well (expired seems ideal, but
anything that I can use to avoid them showing up in groups where
"(display . all)" is the norm).