The worst part is that you can't delete your account

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The worst part is that you can't delete your account

Post by ylevental » Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:30 am

Every other social media site allows account deletion, but not Wikipedia.

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Re: The worst part is that you can't delete your account

Post by Bbb23sucks » Wed Jan 25, 2023 5:32 am

Actually they can, they just pretend that they can't.
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Re: The worst part is that you can't delete your account

Post by Cody85 » Wed Jan 25, 2023 1:41 pm

Hello,

And how do you actually remove it?

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Re: The worst part is that you can't delete your account

Post by Bbb23sucks » Thu Jan 26, 2023 3:24 am

Cody85 wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 1:41 pm
Hello,

And how do you actually remove it?
Two ways:
1) using the steward action hideuser and globally locking the account effectively deletes an account, but they only do this when they don't like your username.
2) using the UserMerge extension and merging the account into an account shared by all deleted users. Unfortunately they don't use this extension.
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Re: The worst part is that you can't delete your account

Post by Bbb23sucks » Thu Jan 26, 2023 6:17 pm

It's part of the addiction cycle, you think you've left, but you'll eventually come back. And there's nothing you can do about it. (well other than dns blocking)
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