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User destroyed without explanations or obvious reasons
When an account is destroyed (e.g., by a moderator), the posts are labeled as "deleted by the Community user". The label is not a claim that some computer program made the decision to ...
S. CarnahanMod
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What happened to the dear user "quid" (9072), they appear deleted?
quid has outlined his reasons for leaving in this answer (See Footnote 1), in relation to his nomination for a mod position on math.SE.
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What happened to the dear user "quid" (9072), they appear deleted?
A recent discussion in comments under Alon Amit's answer prompts me to offer some reflections on quid's publicly stated feelings and judgments about MO and the differences between MO and Math.SE. I ...
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Is it possible to know the list of removed users?
Let me first say that I'll try to answer your question generally, not to concentrate on the specific user you're looking for. So I understand the question as: "Is it possible to find user account ...
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Do we have a privacy problem when people try and leave the mathoverflow community?
On Meta Stack Exchange there is a rather detailed faq post explaining (among other things) what happens if an account on a Stack Exchange site is deleted: How can I delete my account?
In this specific ...
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To moderators: is my account deleted?
The drop down to 1 reputation was due to the fact that you were suspended, independent of any discussion of deletion (suspended accounts automatically go down to 1 reputation; I think this was an old ...
Ben WebsterMod
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Why suspend a user for 100 years instead of deleting his/her account?
People can recreate their account after deletion. But a suspension transfers to the new account. It is a violation of the terms of service to try to avoid a suspension by creating what amounts to a ...
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Looking for an answer (written by Thurston = user9062)
In fact the post was not deleted - I simply failed to find it among Thurston's (many) interesting answers! To prevent future users from suffering my fate, the right way to look for a single answer ...
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Finding previously highly active deleted users
It is rather difficult to calculate the reputation exactly from SEDE1, but the total score (i.e., the sum of the scores of all user's posts) can serve as a reasonable proxy.
Here is a query which ...
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Account not deleted
Mark, I've sent Community Management a message. I trust they can sort out what is going on with your account.
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What happened to the dear user "quid" (9072), they appear deleted?
There is some concern that quid's contributions have disappeared. I can verify that they are still here. For example, this question was answered by quid, and the comments are still preserved. It ...
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To moderators: is my account deleted?
There are alternatives to deletion. In particular, I still have accounts on other stacks that I don't use anymore, but can return to if needed. You might consider editing your profile to indicate you ...
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Is there a way to check all questions/answers posted from a deleted account
From this comment is seems that you were interested also in some additional information:
That was user no in MSE. I am just checking if there are any posts in MO. user number will be same for both ...
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