This might be a highly volatile question, but shouldn’t those artists who DNP themselves and have all of their images deleted from Derpi, also have all of their artist and art-related badges be removed? They won’t need them anymore.
Take
this flagrant example. “The Power of Love” and “A Really Classy Artist” both awarded
just 21 days ago, but there are no images under their profile and only this angry message left behind in their DNP entry.
I think those badges should be removed. They serve no purpose anymore. That user’s not coming back. There’s nothing left to see.