Preventing members from deleting their accounts

[purpleblood]

Not sure if this the right place to ask,but is there a way to prevent members form deleting their accounts?There are a few members on my forum that keep deleting their accounts(and then registering again after a few days)over trivial disagreements and it's getting annoying.Is there a way to stop this?(I don't want to ban them yet)

[Scott]

purpleblood,
You could try this plugin: Disable Editing After a Set Time. Although since plugins do not work on the mobile version a member can easily circumvent this, though it is a deterrent.

[purpleblood]

They're not deleting their posts,they're deleting their accounts and then they're registering again

[Scott]

purpleblood, sorry I misread your first post.

There is nothing you can do to prevent a member from deleting their account. They have a right to delete it if they wish even so much that if the forum is locked down and they come to us to request their account to be deleted, we would honor that request.


If this is just a few that do this, let them know this is unacceptable as a forum member. Maybe then add something to your forum rules stating that repeatedly deleting and registering is against the forum rules as it adds confusion when the same people come and go especially since their previous posts are not tied to the new account. Have consequences such as a PM or Warning for the first time (or two), escalating to a temporary ban, then to a full ban for the chronic offenders.

[purpleblood]

Thank you,I'll do that.

[Kami]

Additionally, you can enable "Restricted Registration" in your admin panel so that in the event they delete their accounts, any attempts at re-registration would have to be manually approved by the forum creator or any staff with the correct permissions, thus enabling the registration to be rejected for chronic offenders.