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What happens to posts by an underage user whose account was deleted?

If an underage user's account is deleted, will their posts still be there? I know that if a normal account is deleted by the owner, their posts remain. But, is it the same for underage users?
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What should I do about a user who wants to delete his account but doesn't know how?

Apparently, this user and this user both want to delete their accounts, but don't know how to do that. I would like to help them out in some way, but I'm not sure how I should help them. Should I ...
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Should it be possible to repeatedly create and remove a user

This question is related to "rage quitting". Example: for some time a user participated constructively on SO, but when he did not receive the desired attention for his own posts he deleted his account ...
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"User was removed" Rules

I was wondering if there are some rules of removing a user from a Stack Exchange website? Can user be removed only due to violating the network's Terms of Service or are there any other reasons of ...
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Why is it not possible to have more information about "User was removed"?

I recently read some meta questions about the famous "User was removed". Although, it appears more clear to me, I still have some question: What user was removed? On which answer/question ...
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Don't throw away all votes when a user is deleted

Currently, when a moderator deletes a user all of the user's votes are removed along with the user themselves. I was pretty surprised at this behaviour when I first heard about it, and I don't think ...
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My accounts were not deleted. What happened?

Because of personal reasons, 10 days ago I requested that all my accounts be deleted. I followed the guidelines from this question but it didn't generate any result; all my accounts are still active. ...
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When an account is deleted how much of personal data is retained about the account?

When an account is deleted does it retain any personal information about the user so that a later recovery be possible (some sort of logic delete like for deleted answers) or is it a physical (...
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How does Stack Overflow manage users?

How does SO manage users? I see many new users every day who ask their questions, and after getting answers, never look back to SO until they get new problems. They also create new users every time ...
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