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[Happy Monkey]

Because removing posts disrupts thread histories.

[John Sellers]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Because removing posts disrupts thread histories.

I said nothing about removing posts.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by John Sellers

I said nothing about removing posts.

so, remove the sock puppets, but leave all their threads and posts intact?

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by John Sellers

I said nothing about removing posts.

What do you think will happen to posts if an account is removed?

If you just want to lock an account, type some gibberish into notepad, copy it, and paste it twice into the password change dialog. Make sure to tell your browser not to remember it. Then log out, and close notepad without saving.

[sexobon]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

What do you think will happen to posts if an account is removed? ...

The Administrator can remove a user profile from the public board, so not even registered users can access it to search for threads or posts by that user, while leaving all of the posts intact and they will still show up in searches using parameters other than that username.