# 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: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/obfuscate-the-quote-author-when-a-user-is-deleted/387199/7 "2025-10-31T17:28:55Z")

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The proposal here is to obfuscate the username in discussions not delete the users posts entirely. I think this is a good idea and brings it in line with the anonymizing feature, which does obfuscate the username as explained in the op.

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