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re. this: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/vivillon-gp-1-2.3570900/#post-6782255
if you delete your placeholders, can you remember to tag the writers in your checks? alerts are tied to the oldest unread post (in this case, your placeholder), and if you delete that post, the writers don't get an alert. and tagging them in the check circumvents that.