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When an author has created content containing a user reference field (with author update/delete grants enabled) and the author's user account is later deleted, content created by them can be edited by anonymous users.
When an author has created content containing a user reference field (with author update/delete grants enabled) and the author's user account is later deleted, content created by them can be edited by anonymous users.