Linking to a deleted account

[VanWoman84]

ukhippies.boards.net/forum

I had a founder member delete their account. After some offline discussion, they rejoined and used the same screen name. Now, there's old posts and threads with 'deleted member' and new ones of the same name with the 'New Member' rank.
Did I read on here that the new account can have their post count adjusted? If so, how do I do that please?

[elhombre]

Go to your members profile, then edit profile and staff options.

Scroll down to post count,and manually adjust the figure.

[VanWoman84]

Thanks. Is there any way of checking what the previous post count is? You can't search for the previous account. I would have to read every thread from the start of the forum manually to find the old posts.

[Craig]

Aug 20, 2019 6:23:42 GMT -8 VanWoman84 said:

Thanks. Is there any way of checking what the previous post count is? You can't search for the previous account. I would have to read every thread from the start of the forum manually to find the old posts.

I'm not sure if Scott will be able to get that for you.   if you could let him know the username/id that the account had, he will let you know if he can get that information.

[Scott]

VanWoman84, by any chance was the member corvus?

[Retread]

Aug 20, 2019 6:23:42 GMT -8 VanWoman84 said:

Thanks. Is there any way of checking what the previous post count is? You can't search for the previous account. I would have to read every thread from the start of the forum manually to find the old posts.

There may be other ways, but I think the Forum Cleanup tool would be a convenient way.

From your Admin panel, navigate:
Admin Home> Security> Forum Cleanup>

Then tick the box for Posts
Click the radio button to select By Specific Member
Start typing the deleted member's username in the field that says: Enter a username
Then click on the name when it comes up on the list.

SPOILER: Click to show

When you click on Calculate Total, a new page will appear.

SPOILER: Click to show

You now have the total of all posts that still exist which are associated with the deleted member.  And you need go no farther.  There's no danger of accidental deletion.  You must type delete and click a checkbox before the posts can be deleted.

[VanWoman84]

Aug 20, 2019 6:56:57 GMT -8 Scott said:

VanWoman84, by any chance was the member corvus?

Well deducted, yes!

Thanks Retread I will try that!

[VanWoman84]

I have found the post count (1,448, more than I thought) and adjusted the member's post count.
Thanks for the helpp Retread and Scott