The discussion revolves around whether deleted posts are logged to users’ profiles. one1 is planning to delete posts in a category and wonders if this will affect the users’ delete count. awesomerobot confirms that deleted posts will increase the count, but notes that it’s not a reliable indicator of a user’s behavior. awesomerobot also mentions that clicking on the count allows for further investigation. supermathie and one1 discuss how the use of red for deleted posts may imply something negative, with one1 suggesting that green might be a more suitable color to indicate cleanup. Richie shares a similar experience with many deleted posts due to cleanup efforts.
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.
The users whose posts are getting deleted have done nothing wrong. We are simply doing some cleanup and deleting a private category that is no longer needed.
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 deleted posts through various cleanup efforts
… 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.
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!”
