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Related: Automatically suspend accounts recreated after a moderator deleted the original

Recently downstream on Ask Ubuntu, an account was deleted for being a sockpuppet of another account.

Within an hour afterwards, they were able to create a new Ask Ubuntu user account with the exact same StackExchange Network account but did not get suspended or autodeleted.

This seems to be a flaw in the 'automatically suspend' function, as technically deletion as a sockpuppet should be considered the same as 'no longer welcome' (note that I deleted this specific case's second account as "no longer welcome" with the description of the sockpuppetry in the delete reason).

Can said auto-suspension function be amended to include Sockpuppet deletions of user accounts as well?

EDIT: Noticed that the deletes for "This user was created to circumvent system or moderator imposed restrictions and continues to contribute poorly" are also not included. I think the autosuspend system needs to be included here as well because this is essentially the same as "no longer welcome"...

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    The automatic suspension only kicks in if the account is either destroyed for spam, or deleted using the "no longer welcome" option (for context to others).
    – Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog
    Commented Aug 8, 2019 at 16:11
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    @SonictheAnonymousWizHog ... which is why I included the 'related' post link. But it should be expanded to include the additional delete reason of sockpuppet deletion, in my opinion
    – Thomas Ward
    Commented Aug 8, 2019 at 16:12

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