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c4757p:
The account deletion request is probably gone because I cancelled it today, partially to ask about it being ignored since this is usually the most reliable way to contact you ;)
If it's a PITA don't do it, fine.
EEVblog:
Ok, users can no longer request an account deletion, except for zero posters.
I can of course edit someones account to remove any person identifying information if requested (not that's it public anyway)
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: c4757p on April 05, 2016, 01:02:36 am ---The account deletion request is probably gone because I cancelled it today, partially to ask about it being ignored since this is usually the most reliable way to contact you ;)
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Direct email is the only sure fire way of contacting me.
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: timb on April 05, 2016, 12:52:50 am ---I believe removing an account will also remove all posts associated with it. That's how it works on some forums, at least. (If the account is gone, the posts wouldn't be displayed since the user ID no longer exists; though they would still exist in the database.)
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SMF will keep the posts, but display "Guest" as the user name. That's good it keeps stuff, but also very annoying.
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: wilfred on April 05, 2016, 01:15:10 am ---Dave, can I infer from this that you have shifted your position in deleting people (and posts). I had formed the view, if you didn't actually say it, that you are quite willing to grant requests for people to vanish. I imagine it is an infrequent issue. Has that changed also?
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Yes, my position on this has changed some time back, and the forum rules were updated:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/forum-rules-please-read/
It ruins the look and feel of the forum if people delete all their posts and accounts get deleted and they become "guest" posts.
People are still free to manually delete every one of their posts if they so desire.
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