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== User data ==
Data on users, such as the times at which they edited and the number of edits they have made are publicly available via "user contributions" lists, and occasionally in aggregated forms published by other users.
===User Accounts===
User accounts, once created, cannot be removed. However, it may be possible for a [[bureaucrat]] to change your username, but you need to make such arrangements yourself. There is no guarantee provided by the [[OrthodoxWiki Foundation]] in the [[privacy policy]] that a name will be changed on request.
=== Removal of user accounts ===
Whether specific user information is deleted is dependant on the deletion policies of the project that contains the information.
==Deletion of content==Deleting text from the OrthodoxWiki website does not really delete them. In normal articles, anyone can look at a previous version and see what was there. If an article is "deleted", any sysop/administrator, meaning almost anyone trusted not to abuse the deletion capability, can see what was deleted. Only an administrator can permanently delete information from the OrthodoxWiki projects and there is no guarantee this will happen except in response to legal action. ==User Accounts==User accounts, once created, cannot be removed. However, it may be possible for a [[bureaucrat]] to change your username, but you need to make such arrangements yourself. There is no guarantee provided by the [[OrthodoxWiki Foundation]] in the [[privacy policy]] that a name will be changed on request. == Right to Vanish ===
If you have used your real name, or a longstanding pen name, on OrthodoxWiki then in principle everything you write can be traced to that name, and thus to you, as discussed above. However, there are a few steps that you can take to weaken that connection. They are:
You should note that while these measures afford a degree of practical obscurity, they will not stand up to assault from a persistent investigator, and OrthodoxWiki has no control over its sublicensees, or over archiving services such as the Internet Archive or Google. Further, these actions require a degree of co-operation from the user of the project, so OrthodoxWiki cannot make guarantees on this matter.
==Deletion of content==Deleting text from the OrthodoxWiki website does not really delete them. In normal articles, anyone can look at a previous version and see what was there. If an article is "deleted", any sysop/administrator, meaning almost anyone trusted not to abuse the deletion capability, can see what was deleted. Only an administrator can permanently delete information from the OrthodoxWiki projects and there is no guarantee this will happen except in response to legal action. ===Personal information deletion===
The OrthodoxWiki projects will delete personal information about contributors (most likely on user and user talk pages) at their request, provided it is not needed for administrative reasons (which is generally limited to dealing with site misuse issues). Personal information about those who merit an encyclopedia article, when in the encyclopedia article, is not included in this. Personal information typically includes, but is not limited to, name, address, telephone number, instant messenger contact details, photograph, appearance, food tastes, political views and similar details of an individual person.
