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Deleting an item should always delete an item #789
Description
Core has this weird pattern where you can pass force = true when deleting a post or comment. However, force = false can produce this behavior:
- Post isn't yet trashed => Post is marked as "trash", but not deleted.
- Post is already trashed => Post is permanently deleted.
This behavior is inconsistent, and an idiosyncrasy of core internals.
In the API, DELETE <id> should always delete the item. To trash an item, clients should be expected to PUT <id> status=trash, just like any other status.
Related #618.