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Freckleface

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Joined: 2015-04-02

Posts: 1,364

Request to delete accounts that haven't been used in 5+ years

To free up names for future users I think we should delete accounts which have been inactive for a very long time. Most accounts from the Benjaminsen era took common names and will never come back, so what is the point of keeping them?

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Raphe9000

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Joined: 2015-03-16

Posts: 1,864

Re: Request to delete accounts that haven't been used in 5+ years

I think they should stay BUT have their names freed up.

LukeM

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From: England

Joined: 2016-06-03

Posts: 3,009

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Re: Request to delete accounts that haven't been used in 5+ years

I would personally be quite annoyed if I spent a year playing a game, then came back later (even if it had been a few years) to find that everything I had done had been deleted...
Maybe do it for players who just registered but never played, but it's probably best not to touch the people who actually played, and could possibly come back some day

hummerz5

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From: wait I'm not a secret mod huh

Joined: 2015-08-10

Posts: 5,852

Re: Request to delete accounts that haven't been used in 5+ years

apparently we neither lock nor merge dupes, but we have discussed this before

https://forums.everybodyedits.com/viewt … p?id=37887
https://forums.everybodyedits.com/viewt … p?id=31270

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Tomahawk

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From: UK

Joined: 2015-02-18

Posts: 2,830

Re: Request to delete accounts that haven't been used in 5+ years

Is this because you want a username?

Is a proposal even valid if you want it for selfish reasons?

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Freckleface

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Joined: 2015-04-02

Posts: 1,364

Re: Request to delete accounts that haven't been used in 5+ years

Is this because you want a username?

Is a proposal even valid if you want it for selfish reasons?

I don't plan on creating any alts or changing my username. I just thought that there were many names being wasted by people that played only 10 minutes of EE and quit, making it difficult for new users to find names.

Not everyone on this forum is selfish you know, I just wanted newer players to have an easier time registering. I'm trying to be nice, you should try that some time.

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Gosha

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From: Russia

Joined: 2015-03-15

Posts: 6,206

Re: Request to delete accounts that haven't been used in 5+ years

delete players who:

* Haven't played for more than a year.
* Don't have shop items
* 200/200 energy.
* No worlds

etc.

Because they are bot-alts.
Some people here have 1000+ alts