# Obfuscate the quote author when a user is deleted

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/obfuscate-the-quote-author-when-a-user-is-deleted/387199>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [October 30, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/obfuscate-the-quote-author-when-a-user-is-deleted/387199 "2025-10-30T17:18:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/obfuscate-the-quote-author-when-a-user-is-deleted/387199/15 "2025-11-06T16:24:53Z")

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I don’t understand the connection between your thoughts on anonymization when a user requests it and this feature request, which suggests that when a user is deleted, the user’s data should also be anonymized (optionally) so that, for example, quotes no longer contain the name.

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