Give regular users a delete button. If they click it, their post will be revised to

say it was deleted.

config/locales/en.yml

@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ en:
       reply_as_new_topic: "Reply as new Topic"
       continue_discussion: "Continuing the discussion from {{postLink}}:"
       follow_quote: "go to the quoted post"
+      deleted_by_author: "Post deleted by author."
 
       has_replies_below:
         one: "Reply Below"

config/routes.rb

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ Discourse::Application.routes.draw do
     get 'versions'
     put 'bookmark'
     get 'replies'
+    put 'recover'
     collection do
       delete 'destroy_many'
     end