Questions tagged [deleted-accounts]
For questions about user accounts that have been deleted, or the general process of account deletion.
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How can I destroy my profile? ("destroy", not "delete")
I read this post: 2023: a year in moderation. At the end of the array there is "Users destroyed".
I was curious to see in the settings but I only found "Delete profile", where is ...
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I have a reputation of about 1000 on MSE but I can't comment in CURED chatroom
I was trying to post/comment in CURED chatroom but I was unable to do so because when I entered the CURED Chatroom(https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/2165/cured) , it leaves that I must have atleast ...
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Possible bug? User name not displaying in an old question as last one to edit, though user still active
For reasons too boring to get into I visited this old answer of mine. The screen shows an edit, and identifies the editing user as "user242" with no picture or link, typical of someone who ...
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User deletes their account and questions several times after receiving comments/answers
I have noticed a certain activity which strikes me as odd and somehow suspicious. A few weeks ago, a user posted a question; after two answers were posted to this question, the user deleted their ...
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Question on the Retaining or Forfeiture of Bounty Points When the Awarding User is Removed
My question is: If User A awards User B a bounty, say 500 points, and later on, User A either requests to be removed or is removed (i.e., ``User was removed''), does User B retain those 500 bounty ...
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"User was removed" statistics
I periodically lose points because a "user was removed." I've often thought, "Wait...what? The questions I answered recently were all benign, and there's no way that the OP would have ...
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Is it possible to search past answers of a deleted account?
I've recently come across a couple of answers that I've found really useful. Usually I'd like to view other answers by the same user. However this account has been deleted, which makes it difficult.
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What can we do about answered questions with no accepted answers if user has left the site
Today I ran into this question which has an upvoted answer and judging from the comment by the asker, it helped them and answered the question.
Unfortunately the answer wasn't accepted and the user ...
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Are more users deleting their accounts now than in the past?
In the last week and a half, I've had three reputation decreases of 10 points each due to "User was removed." I understand why this happened; in three cases, users deleted their accounts (or were ...
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Extending the grace period for account deletion
In this recent post, one user suggested to extend the grace period for account deletion, given that they felt those points were valuable or could be used in some way.
Although the user has now ...
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Avoiding the lost of a user and the lost of more than 20k points [closed]
Using this query get post list of a deleted user or answers of a deleted user and estimated reputation of a deleted user I could realize that an specific no longer user had 722 answers and ...
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Is it possible to know the name of a user with account deleted?
As you know, when an account is deleted, the name of the user is set to their id, say user123.
Can we know the name(s) of this user when was an active account?
I did check data.SE but found nothing ...
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My complete account content got deleted from the site!!
I haven't logged in for a while now into my account, perhaps around a year, only to discover that I was greeted with the following screen:
I continued to "Confirm my account", even though I have ...
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Is it possible to know the questions and answers by a no longer user?
When a user decides to delete their own account or when for some reason the account is deleted, then you can't see any information about the user, you can't click on the id "name" of the user.
Is it ...
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Finding the identity of a deleted user
My reputation has been increased several times when a (down-voting) user was suspended or deleted from a StackExchange site. How can I find the (former) identity of the suspended user? This will ...
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