[capableweb]

> I guess this is a question of who should have been given further information. For example, whoever at the organization deleted the repo would have been given a very clear warning screen including the number of forks that would be deleted by their action prior to them doing it.

This is exactly how it works today already. If I try to delete a private repository people have forked, I see the following:

> We will also delete all 4 forks since this is a private repository.

Clicking on the delete button, again:

> Unexpected bad things will happen if you don’t read this!

> This will also delete all 4 forks since this is a private repository.

> [type name of repository]

[chrisfosterelli]

Yes, that's what I said. It sounds like the parent poster is suggesting that the fork account should instead have that notice.