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<p dir="auto">For info, another example of this can be seen at <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user_blocks/15138" rel="nofollow">https://www.openstreetmap.org/user_blocks/15138</a>  .  They had a previous user with the same name which was blocked a number of times (for essentially fantasy mapping) up to <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user_blocks/5638" rel="nofollow">https://www.openstreetmap.org/user_blocks/5638</a> but then "deleted and recreated their account with the same name" and continued on regardless.</p>
<p dir="auto">Two reasons for not closing this loophole were given above, for <a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/4018#issuecomment-1518812097" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/4018/hovercard">privacy</a> and <a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/4018#issuecomment-1576811268" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/4018/hovercard">workload</a> reasons.  Both of these can be addressed:</p>
<p dir="auto">With regard to the first, would it help if I discussed potential privacy issues with the LWG (with a DWG hat on if it helps) to understand whether there are any privacy blockers here?  I'd be surprised if there were since we're not saying that users should not be able to have their accounts deleted, just that those who are currently blocked should not be able to do it via self-service?</p>
<p dir="auto">With regard to the workload issue I'm sure that that could also be addressed - "requests for account self-deletion" could be reviewed by a wider pool of people, perhaps including from the DWG (who are likely the people who blocked them in the first place).</p>

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