Obfuscate the quote author when a user is deleted

[Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin)]

When a user is anonymized, their mentions and quotes are modified to show the new username (anonymousXXXX).

I find it weird that when we delete a user account, the same process is not applied.
The user and all their posts are deleted, but their name remains in quotes, which could still identify them.

It would be more logical (and respectful of the user when the deletion is requested by them) for quoted usernames to be obfuscated as well.

Of course, admins can anonymize before deleting the account, but automating this step would make things simpler on their end.

I admit I find it strange that the subject hasn’t come up before, but the search and ask.discourse.org didn’t return any topic about this specifically.

[RGJ (Richard - Communiteq)]

@Canapin

but automating this step would make things simpler on their end.

But it also doesn’t leave the option to keep the name - and removing it will make the forum harder to read. So I don’t think that that is desired behavior.

[Moin]

Maybe it could be optional, for example, a checkbox in the modal where you confirm the deletion that offers anonymization prior to deletion.