Question about tombstoning

[dixiegrrrrl]

A post attacking another member was alerted on, the thread shows the offending post was deleted ( message removed)
and clicking on the poster's profile IN that message shows the usual "he disrupted poorly" tombstone page.

But...the poster's user profile indicates he/she is still "present".

Are there TWO uses of tombstone messages?

I always thought tombstoning removed the member from everything, including user profile page.

I can pm link if needed.

Enlightenment needed, pls.

:shrug:

[EarlG]

1. I think I figured out the problem here

If you click the profile on a deleted message, you are not viewing the profile of the person who posted that deleted message -- you are viewing the profile of the member "Name removed" which is a deactivated account. I know this is not very intuitive but it was the easiest way to set up the system when we created this functionality.

That would explain why you saw a tombstone graphic on one profile but not on another. The person who posted the deleted message was not banned.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Thank you for taking the time to answer this so clearly.