diff --git a/public/s/js/admin.js b/public/s/js/admin.js
index 5f5b7d0..d692a55 100644
--- a/public/s/js/admin.js
+++ b/public/s/js/admin.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
     return {
       postid: +idLink.innerText,
       // Prefer data-username (raw DB username) over innerText (may be a display name)
-      poster: usernameEl?.dataset?.username || usernameEl?.innerText?.trim() || null,
+      poster: (usernameEl?.dataset?.username || '').trim() || usernameEl?.innerText?.trim() || null,
+      authorId: usernameEl?.dataset?.authorId || null,
       tags: [...inner.querySelectorAll(".badge")].map(t => t.innerText.slice(0, -2))
     };
   };
@@ -217,15 +218,18 @@
     }
     const ctx = getContext();
     if (!ctx) return;
-    const { postid, poster } = ctx;
+    const { postid, poster, authorId } = ctx;
 
     if (typeof ModAction === 'undefined') return alert('Error: ModAction module not loaded');
 
     const i18n = window.f0ckI18n || {};
     const confirmTitle = i18n.item_delete_title || 'Delete Item';
+    const posterStr = poster
+      ? (authorId ? `${poster} (${authorId})` : poster)
+      : 'unknown';
     const confirmMsg = (i18n.item_delete_confirm || 'Are you sure you want to delete item {id} by {user}?')
       .replace('{id}', postid)
-      .replace('{user}', poster || 'unknown');
+      .replace('{user}', posterStr);
 
     ModAction.confirm(confirmTitle, confirmMsg, async (reason) => {
       // Flag immediately so the SSE delete_item handler skips navigation
diff --git a/views/item-partial-legacy.html b/views/item-partial-legacy.html
index 456fdcb..8fbb6c2 100644
--- a/views/item-partial-legacy.html
+++ b/views/item-partial-legacy.html
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 
                     <a href="/{{ item.id }}" class="id-link" @if(user_alternative_infobox)style="display:none"@endif>{{ item.id }}</a>
                     @if(item.src.short)@if(!user_alternative_infobox) — @endif<a href="{{ item.src.long }}" target="_blank">{{ item.src.short }}</a>@endif
-                    @if(session && !user_alternative_infobox) — [<a id="a_username" data-username="{!! item.username || '' !!}" href="/user/{{ (item.username || '').toLowerCase() }}" @if(item.author_id) tooltip="ID: {{ item.author_id }}" @endif @if(item.author_color) style="color: {{ item.author_color }}" @endif>{!! item.author_display_name || item.username || 'unknown' !!}</a>] @endif
+                    @if(session && !user_alternative_infobox) — [<a id="a_username" data-username="{{ item.username || '' }}" data-author-id="{{ item.author_id || '' }}" href="/user/{{ (item.username || '').toLowerCase() }}" @if(item.author_id) tooltip="ID: {{ item.author_id }}" @endif @if(item.author_color) style="color: {{ item.author_color }}" @endif>{!! item.author_display_name || item.username || 'unknown' !!}</a>] @endif
                     @if(item.is_oc)@if(!user_alternative_infobox || item.src.short) — @endif<span class="oc-badge" tooltip="Original Content">OC</span>@endif
                 </span>
                 @if(!user_alternative_infobox) — <span class="badge badge-dark"><time class="timeago" tooltip="{{ item.timestamp.timefull }}">{{item.timestamp.timeago }}</time></span> — @endif
diff --git a/views/item-partial-modern.html b/views/item-partial-modern.html
index a1d008d..b3e71d3 100644
--- a/views/item-partial-modern.html
+++ b/views/item-partial-modern.html
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
             </div>
             <div class="blahlol">
                 <span class="badge badge-dark">
-                    <a href="/{{ item.id }}" class="id-link">{{ item.id }}</a>@if(item.src.short) — <a href="{{ item.src.long }}" target="_blank">{{ item.src.short }}</a>@endif @if(session) — [<a id="a_username" data-username="{!! item.username || '' !!}" href="/user/{{ item_username_lower }}" @if(item.author_id) tooltip="ID: {{ item.author_id }}" @endif @if(item.author_color) style="color: {{ item.author_color }}" @endif>{!! item.author_display_name || item.username || 'unknown' !!}</a>] @endif @if(item.is_oc) — <span class="oc-badge" tooltip="Original Content">OC</span>@endif
+                    <a href="/{{ item.id }}" class="id-link">{{ item.id }}</a>@if(item.src.short) — <a href="{{ item.src.long }}" target="_blank">{{ item.src.short }}</a>@endif @if(session) — [<a id="a_username" data-username="{{ item.username || '' }}" data-author-id="{{ item.author_id || '' }}" href="/user/{{ item_username_lower }}" @if(item.author_id) tooltip="ID: {{ item.author_id }}" @endif @if(item.author_color) style="color: {{ item.author_color }}" @endif>{!! item.author_display_name || item.username || 'unknown' !!}</a>] @endif @if(item.is_oc) — <span class="oc-badge" tooltip="Original Content">OC</span>@endif
                 </span> —
                 @if(halls_enabled && item.primaryHall)
                 <span class="badge hall-badge-wrap">