From c1251f32bc06a0d60aee44f4e3bf9ca50c371d87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Williams <neil@reddit.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:05:56 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Temporarily use "[deleted]" in JSON for deleted
 usernames."

---
 r2/r2/lib/jsontemplates.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/jsontemplates.py b/r2/r2/lib/jsontemplates.py
index b3698a02c..01005bfee 100755
--- a/r2/r2/lib/jsontemplates.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/jsontemplates.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class ThingJsonTemplate(JsonTemplate):
         """
         if attr == "author":
             if thing.author._deleted:
-                return "[deleted]"
+                return None
             return thing.author.name
         if attr == "author_flair_text":
             if thing.author._deleted: