X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org/rails.git/blobdiff_plain/6c51b3cc0ad7e193c7dae3794502088faab37c7b..07976676decf321bffb3e1f3cb6782a15dae5ade:/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb

diff --git a/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb b/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb
index a297748bd..333597a72 100644
--- a/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ class NotesController < ApplicationController
     # Find the note and check it is valid
     @note = Note.find_by_id(id)
     raise OSM::APINotFoundError unless @note
-    raise OSM::APIAlreadyDeletedError.new("note", @note.id) unless @note.visible?
-    raise OSM::APINoteAlreadyOpenError.new(@note) unless @note.closed?
+    raise OSM::APIAlreadyDeletedError.new("note", @note.id) unless @note.visible? or @user.moderator?
+    raise OSM::APINoteAlreadyOpenError.new(@note) unless @note.closed? or not @note.visible?
 
     # Reopen the note and add a comment
     Note.transaction do