diff --git a/abstracto-modules/core/src/main/resources/en_US/builtins/deleted_user_author_en_US.ftl b/abstracto-modules/core/src/main/resources/en_US/builtins/deleted_user_author_en_US.ftl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..947f96c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abstracto-modules/core/src/main/resources/en_US/builtins/deleted_user_author_en_US.ftl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"author": { "name": "<@safe_include "delete_user_name"/>", "avatar": "https://discord.com/assets/6debd47ed13483642cf09e832ed0bc1b.png" }
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diff --git a/abstracto-modules/link-embed/src/main/resources/en_US/listener/message_embed_embed_en_US.ftl b/abstracto-modules/link-embed/src/main/resources/en_US/listener/message_embed_embed_en_US.ftl
index 1a893e05..7490f582 100644
--- a/abstracto-modules/link-embed/src/main/resources/en_US/listener/message_embed_embed_en_US.ftl
+++ b/abstracto-modules/link-embed/src/main/resources/en_US/listener/message_embed_embed_en_US.ftl
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
-  <#include "user_author">
-  <@user_author user=author/>,
+  <#if author??>
+    <#include "user_author">
+    <@user_author user=author/>
+  <#else>
+    <@safe_include "deleted_user_author"/>
+  </#if>,
   <#include "abstracto_color">,
   <#if embeddedMessage.content?has_content || embeddedMessage.embeds?size gt 0>
    "description": "${embeddedMessage.content?json_string}
diff --git a/abstracto-modules/starboard/src/main/resources/en_US/listener/starboard_post_embed_en_US.ftl b/abstracto-modules/starboard/src/main/resources/en_US/listener/starboard_post_embed_en_US.ftl
index 2e47b0b3..ab88e5bf 100644
--- a/abstracto-modules/starboard/src/main/resources/en_US/listener/starboard_post_embed_en_US.ftl
+++ b/abstracto-modules/starboard/src/main/resources/en_US/listener/starboard_post_embed_en_US.ftl
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
-  <#include "user_author">
-  <@user_author user=author/>,
+  <#if author??>
+    <#include "user_author">
+    <@user_author user=author/>
+  <#else>
+    <@safe_include "deleted_user_author"/>
+  </#if>,
   <#include "abstracto_color">,
   <#if message.content?has_content || message.embeds?size gt 0>
    "description": "${message.content?json_string}
diff --git a/translations/core/src/main/resources/en_US/general/delete_user_name_en_US.ftl b/translations/core/src/main/resources/en_US/general/delete_user_name_en_US.ftl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecf88b9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/core/src/main/resources/en_US/general/delete_user_name_en_US.ftl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deleted user
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