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As shown in this example, delete votes cast by moderators link to their profile but delete votes cast by 10k users do not.

Screenshot of deleted post where moderator profiles are linked but not 10k users

What is the rationale behind this?

I'm going to also tag this as a until proved otherwise, as the behaviour is different from that of close votes, which link to all the voters' (moderator or close vote privilege) profile pages.

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  • Can you add the link to the exact post? On other sites I see regular users linked in the delete vote list (see e.g. gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/108953/…).
    – Mad Scientist
    Commented Jun 24, 2013 at 10:07
  • @MadScientist biology.stackexchange.com/a/7661/69
    – Rory
    Commented Jun 24, 2013 at 10:09
  • Working fine here on Meta and on the main site. Maybe only for beta sites?
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jun 24, 2013 at 10:57
  • @ShaWizDowArd Just checked this on Workplace (beta site) normal users are given a link still. So not because of that.
    – user207928
    Commented Jun 24, 2013 at 11:22
  • @Rory what about other deleted posts? Maybe it's specific to that answer?
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jun 24, 2013 at 11:24
  • @ShaWizDowArd Yeah I did wonder about that, however I'm really struggling to find another post that has been deleted by mods and normal users. Can anyone think of a good way to find one?
    – Rory
    Commented Jun 24, 2013 at 14:41
  • @Rory as mod, just go over the flag history. Many times when 10K user flag as "not an answer" he also vote to delete, that's what I'm doing often.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jun 24, 2013 at 15:07
  • @ShaWiz our community seem to like to keep their delete votes - went through every NAA in the flag history and didn't find a single one that hadn't just been mod-hammered into dust, then again we only really have 4 active users with the trusted user privilege so it's perhaps not surprising that they're few and far between. I'll ask someone to cast a delete vote on a worthy answer assuming I can find one
    – Rory
    Commented Jun 24, 2013 at 15:17
  • @Rory cheers, keep us informed here on far away Meta! :)
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jun 24, 2013 at 19:11

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They are no longer linked if the user does not exist anymore - at that Id. This can also include user merges where the master user Id is the other user, due to how that data is denormalized.

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