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04-28-2007, 11:58 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 55 Location: EU  | Forum members me to delete his account Hi, One of our forum members has asked me via PM to delete his account. I don't want to do this for a number of reason. The question is who owns that member's forum posts and does he have the right to have his account deleted?
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04-28-2007, 12:24 PM
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Title: www.Centicero.com
Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,017 Location: Devon, United Kingdom     
| You are the forum owner. As long as you have/had a disclaimer saying all content belongs to you, then the posts belong to you also. If this user wants their account deleted, just tell them not to log in anymore. If they keep pestering you - delete the account but not the posts. If you haven't done so already, put a disclaimer somewhere. Here's the one I use: Quote:
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04-28-2007, 01:08 PM
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Title: Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 752 Location: England
| I agree with Ashley. I have this written into my forum rules so the members know where they stand with regards to deleting their accounts... Quote:
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04-28-2007, 01:15 PM
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Title: Gas: $3.55
Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,980 Location: back in TX 
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04-28-2007, 07:36 PM
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Title: Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 585 Location: New Delhi, India | Don't delete it! | ||||
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04-29-2007, 02:00 AM
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Title: Administrator
Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10,246 Location: Athens, GA | I'm like Ashley...Best case scenario is that you don't delete it at all. Next best case scenario is that you rename the account and remove all personal information (this is for the people who are worried about being "traced"). Worst case scenario is that you delete the account but not the posts. Don't delete the posts 
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04-29-2007, 02:20 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,034 Location: Michigan, US Recent Blog: Action figures and comics in SW:TOR?s future?
| I agree with Ryan. Definitely don't delete the posts, and depending on their reason for wanting it deleted is how you should decide whether to delete it or not. I think the idea of renaming it and removing all the info is a good compromise for the user.
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04-29-2007, 08:55 PM
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| Title: Rookie
Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 18 Location: San Francisco
| I would first explain the policy to the member in question and then ban his account. Then, change the default usertitle for the "Banned Users" usergroup to Account Terminated and before you know it, his account's gone. | ||||
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05-02-2007, 04:29 PM
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Title: Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 585 Location: HOTLANTA
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05-02-2007, 05:30 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 709 Location: Romania | If you didn't cover this in the rules yet, then you might try to delete so that you won't have any issues with this member. And that means you'll put it in the rules from now on that you don't delete accounts and just redirect the members who want this to the rules they agreed on prior to registering 
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