Last post by N/A? what does it mean?

[Bitcoin_Arena]

I guess, we learn something new every day. I was browsing through the forum, and then I ended up seeing this, something I hadn't noticed during my forum stay.
Has it always been there, but I was not keen enough?
What does it imply? Why not just indicate the member's name like in other posts?

[katanic97]

I guess, we learn something new every day. I was browsing through the forum, and then I ended up seeing this, something I hadn't noticed during my forum stay.
Has it always been there, but I was not keen enough?
What does it imply? Why not just indicate the member's name like in other posts?

As far as i know, when N/A is displayed, it can mean that the post by the person who wrote it was deleted, or that the profile of the member who wrote the post was removed or banned.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

As far as i know, when N/A is displayed, it can mean that the post by the person who wrote it was deleted, or that the profile of the member who wrote the post was removed or banned.

This is the archived version of the post in question
Post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5550083.msg65585279#msg65585279
Archive: https://ninjastic.space/topic/5550083

I don't think anyone was banned, or any post was deleted in the recent times. You are free to check it out in case I missed out anything. 

Personally, I think there's something going on that I am not aware of.

[hosemary]

I think that's a bug.
If you visit the India board, you will see the same thing for the last post made in "Alt Coins (India)" sub-board.



And if you click on that post, you will see that it has been made by Trêvoid. The post you mentioned has been by Trêvoid too.


Edit:
Here is another case.
Visit the Korean board. It's the same for the last post made in its child board and the poster is again Trêvoid.

[rat03gopoh]

^^^
Just a guess, this means a display failure bug for usernames that use special characters.

[theymos]

As rat03gopoh guessed, this was a bug caused by the special character in his name. I fixed it now, thanks!

[pancelot]

As rat03gopoh guessed, this was a bug caused by the special character in his name. I fixed it now, thanks!

Very appropriate and wise response, and the guess from rat03gopoh is also very interesting, indeed sometimes there are bugs like that, the dev needs input or corrections from all users who feel the benefits of this forum, so that in the future it will be better and more comfortable

[SmartGold01]

As rat03gopoh guessed, this was a bug caused by the special character in his name. I fixed it now, thanks!

However, does it mean when choosing a username there should be a type of names people shouldn't pick?

[rat03gopoh]

However, does it mean when choosing a username there should be a type of names people shouldn't pick?

As far as I know, that's a name that someone has already taken and has been reserved^[1] or restricted^[2] by the admin.

Edit: added some links
1. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5216451.msg53569598#msg53569598
2. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5361620.msg58012303#msg58012303

[SmartGold01]

However, does it mean when choosing a username there should be a type of names people shouldn't pick?

As far as I know, that's a name that someone has already taken and has been reserved^[1] or restricted^[2] by the admin.

Edit: added some links
1. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5216451.msg53569598#msg53569598
2. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5361620.msg58012303#msg58012303

Well, any name that has been taken before can never be repeated again except there is a little change either in number. However, you could be right though.