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- Thread starter Brian W
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Hi Brian. I put their account on moderation and soon after that they asked to be deleted. So because the account is now deleted, they are no longer a member/user, and that is probably why their posts can't be ignored. Sorry, but there's not a lot we can do about it.
We still may or may not end up moving or removing some of their posts, but that will require some time & effort.
We still may or may not end up moving or removing some of their posts, but that will require some time & effort.
OP
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Well don't worry about it for my sake. As long as they can't post anything else I'll live with it. Thank you.
beforewisdom
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Can someone create an account with the same name as a deleted account?
If so, you may want to refuse to delete accounts, and only delete posts.
If so, you may want to refuse to delete accounts, and only delete posts.
Yes, they can. But they won't "inherit" the posts from the deleted account. So I don't really see a problem with it - care to explain? Do you think it will be confusing?
beforewisdom
Forum Legend
On other boards I've seen people recycle deleted account names to go trolling "in that person's name".
I see. Well, I think I'll just try to address the issue if/when it happens here. Obviously, someone who chooses the same username as some infamous deleted user will unavoidably raise eyebrows amongst the moderators and be put under more scrutiny than a regular newbie.
There is a setting in XF2.x that sets a time on when a username can be reused. It's under the setup, options, user registration, at re very bottom of the page. On the site I run, it is set to 180 days. I don't know if that is something the original owner set it to, it if that is the default but basically you can prevent the recycling of usernames if you want to (and may already be doing so without realising?)
Thank you, that's super helpful. We had it set to 100 days, but I've increased it to 180 now.
