I need to delete all posts in a category and was going to follow the instructions in Bulk delete all topics in a category . I’m wondering if those deleted posts will be tallied under each user’s delete count on their profile, e.g. [image] The users whose posts are getting deleted have done nothin…

Yes, whether it’s a bulk deletion or using the delete button directly that number will increase. The deleted posts count isn’t the best indicator of “good” or “bad” — more of a hint to investigate further (if you click the count you can see the deleted posts) Here on Meta for example, I have many …

[Bild] awesomerobot: The deleted posts count isn’t the best indicator of “good” or “bad” … perhaps this is our fault because we’ve used the green/yellow/red stoplight colours and using red for deleted posts imply that it’s bad.

[Bild] awesomerobot: Here on Meta for example, I have many deleted posts through various cleanup efforts Same here :innocent: [Screenshot 2025-04-15 at 16.01.59]

[Bild] supermathie: and using red for deleted posts imply that it’s bad. I’d say that (at least in Western culture) red is inescapably bad. If you used green I’d be inclined to think, “Look at all the unnecessary things cleared away!”

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Richie (Richie Rich) 15. April 2025 um 15:02 5

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Admin and System users have 1 Deleted Posts warning? Support	2	560	3. Mai 2019
Deleting user and posts Support	4	4415	23. November 2018
Deleted posts easy to miss in a user's profile -> activity UX	14	2136	4. Dezember 2015
Bulk delete topics/content from select users Support	13	1751	8. April 2020
What be happen to post or topic when we delete it? Support	2	1348	2. September 2020

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