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.
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Save an activity log
What about a feature that lets you save the activity log in a csv file? That would allow saving my activity log before I delete a user profile or have something to check and search offline to get my ...
7 votes
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I'm seeing double"/> - how deleted users are displayed to moderators
On any site where I'm a moderator, on any post that was made by a user whose account has since been deleted (example), the deleted username appears twice, also with some codey-looking punctuation ...
18 votes
1 answer
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Deleted user links are duplicated when viewed by moderators
On the site where I am a moderator, if I view the author box for a deleted user, the 'deleted user name' is repeated twice, showing as user12345user12345 instead of just user12345. I suspect this has ...
6 votes
1 answer
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How to deal with repeated post/account deletion?
Three closely related problems have come up on multiple different sites lately, which I am not entirely sure how to deal with: Particular users repeatedly deleting their old account after making one ...
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1 answer
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How can I see how many questions would be become eligible for automatic deletion (Roomba) if a user is deleted?
Based on a recent user deletion that caused "more than 42,000 votes on MSE alone" to be removed, I wonder the following: How can I see how many questions would be become eligible for ...
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1 answer
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How do I delete my account in this ecosystem? [duplicate]
I'm writing this post after having received this deletion confirmation email. I truly feel stuck right know I just want to delete my account from the Stack Exchange Overflow whatever platform.
2 votes
1 answer
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How to see the question of my deleted Academia Stackexchange account whose username I have noted [duplicate]
Due to some unfortunate reasons( chronic illness) I deleted my earlier academia stackexchange account.At the end of the process I was given the user account number which was like this: user( some six ...
1 vote
1 answer
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My account got deleted automatically?
I am a stack exchange user and today my account automatically got signed out.... I logged in again[my account is linked to Google account] and then surprisingly my profile picture got deleted and all ...
19 votes
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What can be done to prevent accidentally removing legitimate users' profiles during massive account removals?
Earlier today, when moderating a large spam wave on Server Fault, a moderator mistakenly removed a legitimate user's profile. This is a relatively easy mistake to make, and statistically probable when ...
28 votes
3 answers
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Posts from deleted users are missing from Data Explorer and Data Dump
I wanted to query for answers where the user account has been deleted, but the answer is still up. According to this link (https://stackoverflow.com/help/deleting-account), deleting your account will ...
3 votes
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How much it takes to an account to be deleted using "data request"?
I already asked deletion a month ago and my account is still alive.
8 votes
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Help center suggests requesting disassociation of content prior to deleting your account
I was perusing the help center articles and found How do I delete all my contributions? I found this line: However, we can offer one option instead: you may contact us and request that we ...
3 votes
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Can people still answer my questions if I delete my account?
I know if I delete my account, my question still remains. Can people still answer my questions if I delete my account?
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Server error when trying to view an old deleted user as a mod
When I try to visit a specific deleted user stub, it tries to load for a while and then gives an error. At least it was, and now it's just taking about 3 seconds to load, which seems unusually long. I ...
6 votes
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Can I search the posts of a deleted user for specific keywords like I can do with posts from extant users?
I remember reading a very good answer on a site from a particular user who unfortunately has deleted their account and left SE. But of course all the posts are still available as part of the archival ...