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Originally Posted by Graham
There's the problem of what to do with the posts made by a user if the account is deleted. A user can always change any information in their profile that they wish removed.
Graham
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Managing the posts has to be left to the user. That means two things to the site admin: nothing need be done with the posts, and posts must remain editable by the user indefinitely. Some sites leave posts editable; some sites remove the ability to delete posts or edit posts after some time period.
Sites vary in what info is always required and to what level of verification. Bare minimum seems to be an e-mail address that the user can access at least at the time of the requested change. Users need throwdown e-mail addresses for use with forum user ID registration.