If you soft delete a thread or other content then it will load a no permissions page with 403 No Permission status.
If you hard delete a thread or other content then it will be completely removed from the system and the url will become a 404 Not found.
It seems to me that both approach are...
Sure we can use ftp, but its 2026. It should be possible to edit robots.txt in admincp
The editor should have a validator check. I have had that in WordPress for ages.
There should also be a check that robots.txt, sitemap settings and guest permissions do not conflict.
We do not want to spend...