I'm tempted to suggest that, instead of a direct link to the deleted node, the substitute node should just list a node ID and force the overly curious to hand-type a URL. (:

But I guess that would just result in twice-monthly requests to "fix" that bug. So as long as you can't vote for nor reply to the deleted node, I guess that works pretty well.

All other aspects of the proposal rock. Thanks, vroom!

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")