Re: Change username and delete account
Reply #4 –
Technically "not a bug".
The name you see when you delete an account is the name stored the moment the post was created.
The name you see when a user is associated is the name of the user.
So, this is the intended behaviour.
I don't think this should be changed (because usually a nickname is not really personal data, and even if the display name was the actual name, this would not be considered personal data without an address or some other contact).
What I think could be done here, is something I had in mind a while ago, but honestly not bothered to implement yet, that is an "anonimization" of the account without actually delete it (i.e. random name, random nick, random email and removed all fields).
Actually it may not even be that difficult to implement. Maybe a "good first issue" for 2.0 along with a GPDR issue.