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How do I remove my name from a post, in accordance with CC:WIKI?
I saw this question a minute after it was posted, whose author was our friendly neighborhood moderator NullUserException ♦ (You can see on the accepted answer that he posted a comment).
Returning to the question just a few minutes ago, I see the question's author is now anon:
I was just curious to why this happened, as the behavior seems a little odd.
Anyone can, upon request, have a post of theirs disassociated from their account. At that point, they lose ownership rights on the site: it won't appear in their account, they can't accept an answer (if it's a question), delete it (if it's an answer or unanswered question), or edit it (if they have less than the 2K reputation points needed to edit anything). And of course, votes on the post won't count toward their reputation on the site.
This isn't usually a big deal, but it does require administrator (not moderator) intervention, both to discourage its use and to allow us to more easily keep an eye out for potential abuse.
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