A Small Question

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I've been wondering this for a while now, but haven't been able to come up with any reasoning myself, so I was wondering if there was a particular reason for this: why are some banned users' avatars removed while other banned users' avatars stay in place?
 
I haven't looked at the forum software's code to confirm this, but I believe a banned user's avatar will be removed if it is a "custom" image they have uploaded. If they are using one of the site's pre-defined standard avatars, it will remain.
 
If I were writing a BBS I'd not delete the avatar of a banned user (after all they may be unbanned again) but I'd not render it in any place it's normally shown.

But then again, I didn't write vBulletin. Seems to me it would be easy enough to try out, though.
 
That's what happens. It's removed, or hidden, but the file itself is not deleted.
 

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