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Was your account inactive by chance? They have rules that after an account is inactive for a significant amount of time it is subject to removal. I know this
by lsaferite 11y ago
Was your account inactive by chance?
They have rules that after an account is inactive for a significant amount of time it is subject to removal.
I know this because I reclaimed a VERY inactive account. It had one repo that was forked years previously and never had any updates. And the user never contributed to any repos or anything. No activity of any type in years. So, I contacted GH support asking about the account and they removed the account and told me I could register it if I was fast.
- simoncion 11y agoHow much time elapsed between you speaking to GH support and them removing the account? I would very much hope that GH would attempt to contact the account holder before they deleted the account!
- lsaferite 11y agoA very short period honestly. I was surprised how easy it was. That being said, I would have gladly contacted the account holder but GH removed that capability a long time back. Instead I had to resort to the TOS rules that allowed inactive accounts to be removed.
- Domenic_S 11y ago> I know this because I reclaimed a VERY inactive account. IIRC, activity on private repos isn't exposed on the user's page. Is it possible for a non-employee to tell the difference between a truly inactive account and one that has activity on only private repos?
- lsaferite 11y agoAnd this is why I asked if the account was inactive and deletable. A staff member checked the account and confirmed that the account was inactive and deleted it so it could be reclaimed.