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in thread Deleting old users

Since my sole statement in the CB on this issue was "I agree.", I'm not sure how you divine what my "main problem" is.

I wouldn't want to delete any users who meet any of the following:

  1. lasthere > created + 1 week
  2. own any nodes or reapednodes besides homenode
  3. logged on in the last 3 months
  4. created in the last 1 month
Update: additional criteria:
  1. homenode doctext or location has content
  2. im2 has seen the username

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Re^3: Deleting old users
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Aug 09, 2004 at 23:04 UTC

    Those are reasonable criteria. If there's ever a concrete plan among the powers-that-be to delete unused accounts, I'd start there.

    There are many ways to participate besides posting and any deletion guides should take that into account.

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Re^3: Deleting old users/ My guidelines
by jacques (Priest) on Sep 03, 2004 at 21:58 UTC
    Here are my guidelines for deletion of registered users:

    1. Has not logged on in 2 years.
    2. Has not achieved sainthood.
    3. Deletion only occurs two weeks after an email is sent to the user's address.

    If the deleted user has any nodes (excluding reaped ones) then the homenode and username are permanently reserved.

    My reasoning is that if a person picks the same name, then the new person will not be associated with the postings of the old one.

    Along with any other present content, the homenode will contain a small message indicating that the user has been deleted on such-and-such a date.

    I also like LiveJournal's practice of crossing out (or striking out) a username belonging to a deleted account.

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