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If a moderator deletes a post, but forgets to lock it, then the owner can simply undelete it.

Shouldn't posts that are deleted by a moderator be locked by default?

(A spam answer on Super User was deleted by a moderator, but undeleted by its fake author a day later. After that, it eventually was flagged again and got deleted and locked by Community. But I don't know if this is rare?)

If a moderator deletes a post, but forgets to lock it, then the owner can simply undelete it.

Shouldn't posts that are deleted by a moderator be locked by default?

(A spam answer on Super User was deleted by a moderator, but undeleted by its fake author a day later. After that, it eventually was flagged again and got deleted and locked by Community. But I don't know if this is rare?)

If a moderator deletes a post, but forgets to lock it, then the owner can simply undelete it.

Shouldn't posts that are deleted by a moderator be locked by default?

(A spam answer on Super User was deleted by a moderator, but undeleted by its fake author a day later. After that, it eventually was flagged again and got deleted and locked by Community. But I don't know if this is rare?)

If a moderator deletes a post, but forgets to lock it, then the owner can simply undelete it.

Shouldn't posts that are deleted by a moderator be locked by default?

(A spam answer on Super User was deleted by a moderator, but undeleted by its fake author a day later. After that, it eventually was flagged again and got deleted and locked by Community. But I don't know if this is rare?)