# User icon remains in latest list after post is deleted

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-icon-remains-in-latest-list-after-post-is-deleted/45962
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [17 يونيو 2016، 5:16م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-icon-remains-in-latest-list-after-post-is-deleted/45962 "2016-06-17T17:16:39Z")
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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [21 يونيو 2016، 5:07م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-icon-remains-in-latest-list-after-post-is-deleted/45962/6 "2016-06-21T17:07:10Z")

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Took me a while to figure this one out. Our job to ensure data was consistent wasn’t taking into account the situation where a value would be set to nothing (like a deletion). This would only happen on short topics like the one you found. Thanks for letting me know:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/94a4af6af77b3d6366f4c7c685d9edd2b7e9be43](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/94a4af6af77b3d6366f4c7c685d9edd2b7e9be43)

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