Questions tagged [deleted-accounts]
For questions about user accounts that have been deleted ("user was removed" in your reputation history) or the process of that deletion.
412
questions
9
votes
0
answers
201
views
Bounties and deletion feature abuse [duplicate]
I have a potential exploit for the association bonus awarded and the bounty system. Primarily, it deals with reputation-inflation.
Initiation and motivation:
Most of us at least have 200 reputation ...
- 1,098
12
votes
0
answers
100
views
Deleted users who created a synonym are listed as "anon" in the tag synonyms list
While browsing the list of tag synonyms on Mathematics Meta I came across the synonym [vote-to-close] -> [closing] in which the creator is listed as "anon" — the username is not ...
user313042
16
votes
1
answer
194
views
Question bookmarks are not removed if my account is deleted
I can add an indefinite number of bookmarks to a question by bookmarking the question, deleting my account, and repeating. Bookmarks are not removed on account deletion. Is this behavior intentional? ...
19
votes
1
answer
486
views
What happens when a moderator candidate schedules their profile for deletion while the election is going on?
What happens when a moderator candidate schedules their profile for deletion while the election is going on?
Just curious. What will happen to the votes that they had already gained?
- 1,087
2
votes
2
answers
88
views
Orphaned questions asked by deleted users
When a user gets deleted/destroyed, and their questions that don't yet have an accepted answer gets orphaned, they can no longer have an accepted answer.
What's the general guidelines for dealing with ...
- 232
-14
votes
1
answer
335
views
Arqade have reset my reputation. What shall I do? [closed]
I've lost my reputation on Arqade Stack Exchange. When I went onto another Stack Exchange, it worked but when I went back, everything disappeared: the reputation, the badges, the questions and the ...
- 15
6
votes
1
answer
244
views
All my Stack accounts got mysteriously deleted
I was Aaron Liu, user572982 on this site, and all my accounts got mysteriously deleted May 1st, 2020 at 10 AM UTC under mysterious circumstances.
I have just asked a question on this very site, and ...
user761964
7
votes
0
answers
90
views
Having an account on meta but not on the main site and vice versa? [duplicate]
Under what circumstances can a user have an account only on (site).meta.stackexchange.com and not on (site).stackexchange.com?
And vice versa.
The thing is that I saw a user account on math.meta ...
- 380
5
votes
1
answer
238
views
Moderators' role in profile deletion
When a user requests the deletion of their own profile, are moderators automatically informed about their request?
user455318
0
votes
1
answer
155
views
Is a user deleted in one Stack Exchange deleted in all of them? [duplicate]
I'm considering deleting my profile on one site, but want to know something before I proceed. Is a user deleted in one Stack Exchange site deleted in all of them? Can I delete only the one profile?
8
votes
1
answer
123
views
Question deleted under RemoveDeadQuestions does not show negative score at deletion time
A question deleted under RemoveDeadQuestions does not show negative vote at deletion time. From the question timeline (link needs mod access on Earth Science SE):
At score 0, it should be removed ...
- 9,370
-11
votes
4
answers
207
views
Who controls 'accepting of answers' for questions of deleted users [duplicate]
I find several questions like mentioned here: Question of deleted user shown The question OP is not clickable (and often has a name like user123456) and is probably not existing anymore.
These ...
- 6,533
15
votes
4
answers
606
views
Change the way deleted users are shown in the Community Moderator Elections page
In the Community Moderator Elections page, when there is a former moderator who since deleted their account on the site, it's showing an image saying "Departed" instead of their flair. Example:
...
- 173k
2
votes
0
answers
191
views
Under the circumstances (holiday, overworked SE employees), when can I expect my profile to be deleted for SE Meta? [duplicate]
I requested deletion of my profile on SE Meta on 12/23/19. My profile states
This account is scheduled to be deleted Dec 24 at 14:38.
That is 96 hours ago. I realize that this is a holiday week ...
user540056
16
votes
3
answers
673
views
Has Stack Overflow removed any accounts or content linked to Russian influence?
Today the BBC broke a story stating that
A network of social media accounts... has also spread false news stories online...
The accounts, which have been linked to Russia, used ... other open-access ...
- 21.2k