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Two actions (edit + delete) by seemingly the same user attributed to different users

Consider these two timelines (a user cross-posted the same question, then defaced both copies): https://superuser.com/posts/1730319/timeline (screenshot) https://stackoverflow.com/posts/72891625/...
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Questions voluntarily deleted by their authors, who later delete their accounts show to <10k users as "removed for reasons for moderation"

This question was voluntarily removed by its author. The author then deleted their account. Generally, when the author deletes their own question, the "not found" error message shown to <10k users ...
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Is there any way to read deleted users' questions? [duplicate]

I was trying to access via Chrome's favourites links to an old question but when I try to do it, it says that the question is unavailable. Seems that the user who asked it has deleted his/her account ...
Santa Cloud's user avatar
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Don't delete negatively-scored posts by a deleted user on META [duplicate]

When a user's account is deleted (for any reason), all their negatively-scored posts are automatically deleted by the Community bot. From this post: The system will automatically delete any ...
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In 10k tools, show posts that are automatically deleted when a user's account is deleted

According to point 11 of How does deleting work? negatively voted posts are automatically deleted when a user's account is deleted: The system will automatically delete any question (and its ...
Nathaniel is protesting's user avatar
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Deletion banner by underage deleted user displays the original username [duplicate]

On this deleted Arqade question (10k only, of course), the user self-deleted the question, then their account was deleted for being underage. The account name displays as "user106595" in the question ...
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Don't auto-delete questions from deleted users if there are positive score answers [duplicate]

Recently, when a user deleted his account on Lifehacks, his questions with negative scores and no accepted answers were deleted, including this feature request. However, some users thought that this ...
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When an account is deleted, don't auto delete its negatively scored posts on the meta site

Meta is different. Negatively scored questions are not always bad questions, and sometimes they have merit and draw good answers, especially discussions. When an account (in the main site) is deleted,...
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will the protected question be deleted if the user gets deleted [duplicate]

I have one doubt. I know that if the user has delete his account all his voting will be reversed. I also assume that question and their answers will also be deleted. But what if there is a ...
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"Deleted by…" notice still shows the old unanonymized username [duplicate]

Here's a user who posted a question on Meta about deleting their account. Can you guess the old username? It's the same user who deleted the question. I believe this should be anonymized as well.
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Who is syntax.error and why is he deleting questions?

I noticed on this deleted question (10K+ only): Who is this mysterious (non)user named syntax.error? And why is he deleting questions? I presume this is because the user no longer exists, but in that ...
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A question should not be deleted by the user deletion algorithm if it has upvoted answers

As I found out earlier today, users who are deleted have their negatively-scored questions deleted, even if those questions have upvoted answers. This goes against established conventions, for two ...
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When does the community user delete a question? [duplicate]

I just noticed that Community ♦ deleted this question, probably the same time the asker deleted his account (I can see a User was removed for the same timestamp in my rep log). I've seen why does ...
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See Moderated Posts for Elections

It would help a lot if we could see moderated posts, specifically those deleted in moderation, during an election. Otherwise we're stuck with relatively unhelpful information like this: https://...
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