Users and usernodes getting out of synch

it's quite annoying... the only way to delete a usernode is to delete the user. So to delete orphaned usernames I assigned a bunch of them to New Test, and deleted the user New Test (directly through user/##/edit rather than an admin interface). This worked great, except... it left the New Test usernode orphaned!

(I can see a vicious cycle here)

Unpublishing for now, to keep it out of lists (remember to filter your user pages by published), but we'll have to be aware to look out for more user/usernode weirdness.

Resolution