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<h3 dir="auto">Problem</h3>
<p dir="auto">This was already mentioned by me <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="1679596528" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/4018" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/4018/hovercard?comment_id=1594707209&comment_type=issue_comment" href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/4018#issuecomment-1594707209">#4018 (comment)</a> but i think its better to have seperate issues for separate problems.</p>
<p dir="auto">We have a user in austria that found out he can delete his user and he has done so. Currently we are at somewhat 30-70 Accounts i think. The problem with the self-deleted users is - its not possible to look at the edit-history of them.</p>
<h3 dir="auto">Description</h3>
<p dir="auto">One solution could be (i have seen other communities doing this): change the username to a random string like <code class="notranslate">deleted_234234</code> and remove the profile-content. This way the profile itself remains clickable and the history and comments can be found and traced but the user-data itself is gone.</p>
<p dir="auto">This would allow to still be able to follow what one user did before they deleted themself.</p>
<h3 dir="auto">Screenshots</h3>
<p dir="auto"><em>No response</em></p>

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