Most bugtrackers don't allow outright deletion of tickets. They allow closing them as invalid/irrelevant/offtopic or whatever tagging metadata that particular

Most bugtrackers don't allow outright deletion of tickets. They allow closing them as invalid/irrelevant/offtopic or whatever tagging metadata that particular system allows, but they don't allow for deletion. There's a permanent public record and audit trail. I feel that most of your comments are misdirected here. GitHub issues already allowed "+1" and other markers on the issue or its comments. That's not really germane to deleting an issue completely. And regarding trackers being for maintainers, that's not strictly correct. They are for end use by maintainers durig the course of their work, but they are in many projects the interface between users and developers for officially reporting problems, including outright bugs to usability concerns and feature requests. Part of the unwritten contract here is that users will use the system for its intended purpose. But the other side is that developers will take that feedback seriously and use it appropriately. Censoring by deletion is a rather dramatic change, and not one I'm sure is for the best. There have been many instances where unprofessional behaviour has been visible because of the public audit trail, as well as where controversial issues have been openly discussed. Allowing any dissenting opinions to be silenced is not necessarily for the greater good.