editing the deleted out of the post doesn't make it go away.. and each time you click on delete, it adds another *deleted* If there are children to that post, I do not know how to make it go away... removing it in phpmyadmin probably makes the children not show up anymore. You might consider moving the branch first, then deleting the post - which all of that is probably what dave already said
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If there are children to that post, I do not know how to make it go away... removing it in phpmyadmin probably makes the children not show up anymore. You might consider moving the branch first, then deleting the post - which all of that is probably what dave already said 
