Yes. Someone elsewhere in this thread suggested that it could be improved to make it impossible to make the repo private before you delete all the stars somewhe

Yes. Someone elsewhere in this thread suggested that it could be improved to make it impossible to make the repo private before you delete all the stars somewhere else in the UI, therefore breaking out of the pattern. Surely there are multiple solutions, but I think you distilled the essence well: make the truly dangerous action different to the learned repetition.