[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] User account self-deletion allows bad actors to delete and recreate the same account name to "lose" changeset discussion and block history (Issue #4018)

[AustrianMapper]

The topic of deleting accounts concerns me. I would therefore like to take a closer look at possible motives. Anyone who has been involved in OpenStreetMap for a long time is confronted with the fact that this project is constantly evolving. What was normal in OpenStreetMap a few years ago is completely different today. But edits are static, they stay. So if you don't want to come into conflict with your own past way of working, a new name makes sense. There can be different levels of development in OpenStreetMap for each region. A way of working that suits one region can cause conflict in another region. A good way to let go of old things and protect an old way of working from comments that are irrelevant today is to delete old accounts.

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