Policy Account Deletion Policy

[~ True Legend ~]

This thread explains exactly why I NEVER delete inactive accounts and never will. A member has just returned after a long time..(not sure exactly) and thanked me for not deleting their account. Why would I? The member had done nothing wrong,therefore there is..in my opinion..no need for the account to be deleted. As you said Chris..people have lives, stuff happens,(as has recently with me). Unless you break our guidelines,or turn out to be a spammer or an awful abusive person, your account will remain.

Remember, if an account is deleted, the member can re-register. If an account is banned, they'd have to use a different email address and username to register. If I were you, I'd ban for clarity to said member. Of course though - your board, your choice

Well, I don't have a problem with them re-registering under the same username and email (assuming they hadn't done anything bannable when the account was deleted, of course !)

Well, there are always exceptions to every rule, and it's all at your discretion as the owner of this forum Of course, you may or may not take opinions from your staff too

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Legally, a website is privately owned and the owner is entitled to deny access to any visitor they please.

[Pyrite]

In the interests of keeping this as a board information topic, I would discourage any further discourse from this point, unless in the form of any questions pertaining to the rules themselves.

[WhyMe007]

How does this forum handle a situation where the member lost a family member, does not log in to say what has happened and decides to take a long sabbatical from forum...i guess to greive and such

[Pyrite]

How does this forum handle a situation where the member lost a family member, does not log in to say what has happened and decides to take a long sabbatical from forum...i guess to greive and such

We don't delete inactive accounts, so in that case the user's account would still exist during that whole time and, if and when they feel able to return, they would still be able to access their account.