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Why does the "User was removed" link in the achievements popup link to me?

I had a moment of panic before I found out what this message means from other questions here on meta. Why does clicking on "User was removed" take me to my profile? I wasn't the one who was ...
StingyJack's user avatar
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15 votes
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Reinstate the prior prevention against users deleting their accounts immediately if they've cast multiple votes

To provide context (again): For a long while, there's been a feature where users who request deletion of their accounts and meet certain criteria for low activity (currently, not having posted on the ...
Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog's user avatar
9 votes
1 answer
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Are bounties given by deleted users maintained or deleted?

Indeed, there is a difference in the answers of the two moderators Grace Note and Nick Craver. I quote Grace Note in her comment on an answer to Bounties from deleted accounts should still be awarded;...
AndréC's user avatar
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5 votes
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Always preserve votes from users who are voluntarily removed

Refer here. Summarily invalidating all votes from a user who has asked for their account to be removed is both incredibly disruptive and unnecessary. If a user asks to be removed from the site, they ...
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Is there a limit for "user was deleted" being propagated as reputation being removed? [duplicate]

Today I saw the following: Clearly the removed user has voted a tremendous number of times on politics and it is plausible that this is related to voting irregularity. However, I remember that ...
Alexei's user avatar
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24 votes
4 answers
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Change the criteria for vote retention upon account removal

Earlier today some user deleted their profile and caused a lot of confusion because that user was an active voter, and that the reversal of their votes due to the removal of their accounts caused huge ...
iBug says Reinstate Monica's user avatar
4 votes
1 answer
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Why do I get -2 point of reputation from "user was removed", apparently for an accepted answer?

Recently, I got -2 of reputation from a removed user. I was able to track it down to the fact, that I have accepted an answer from a removed user. The green checkmark is still there and I see no ...
Sir Cornflakes's user avatar
-7 votes
2 answers
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Differentiating why votes are removed on user deletion

According to Shog9's post, there are two and only two reasons why votes are removed when an account is deleted: Some thresholds relating to vote count and number of people affected are not breached. ...
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-12 votes
2 answers
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'User was deleted' removed too much of my reputation [duplicate]

I will get straight to the point: I lost 155 reputation because a user was removed. Now, my question isn't about why the user was deleted, it's actually about how to contact the administration to get ...
user avatar
8 votes
1 answer
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How many reputation points exactly should a deleted user have to prevent vote invalidation?

Yes, I know, we have this question: How can I delete my account? But it's not clear. Old SOru discussion: Когда аккаунт удаляется с сохранением голосов?. A user with high reputation score was ...
Suvitruf - Andrei Apanasik's user avatar
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1 answer
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Multiple events in the achivements when user was removed

According to the help page, e.g. on Stack Oveflow (emphasis is mine): All the reputation changes from a single user's deletion are rolled into a single event in the reputation page labelled "User ...
αλεχολυτ's user avatar
4 votes
1 answer
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When users are deleted do you get reputation back from their downvotes? [duplicate]

I've noticed that I've lost some reputation when users are removed, since that's specifically called out in the inbox messages. However, I am curious if lost reputation from downvotes the user gave ...
Berin Loritsch's user avatar
3 votes
0 answers
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Deleting an account retains reputation and badges for linked chat accounts

I deleted my account on codegolf.stackexchange.com some time ago. The vast majority of my network reputation was derived from that site (I had approximately 20k rep when I deleted the account). ...
ais523's user avatar
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2 votes
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Is this reputation rollback because of a removed user correct? [duplicate]

I saw I lost some reputation over on Parenting due to a removed user. Nothing unusual there. Until I saw the details. Now I know that reputation gain for approved edits can be rolled back when the ...
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26 votes
1 answer
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Don't revert reputation from suggested edits when reviewer's account is deleted

I noticed something strange in the reputation of one of my accounts today: Never saw "reverted" event before, so went to one of the suggested edits and realized what happened: the user who ...
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