Can We Trash the Deleted Users Folder?

At HD>Users, there's a Deleted Users folder. My 'home' account is 'Dave' and the Deleted User is 'Dave'. I don't recall ever messing with Accounts. Anywho, this folder is 1.33 GB! Can I safely trash it?
Thx!

Well, upon reading it a third time (LOL), it seems Apple has a rather circuitous way of splainin' things...
"...This document describes steps for doing so in Mac OS X 10.0 to 10.1.5...."
But then, "...With Mac OS X 10.2 or later, deleted users' folders are handled differently....Admin users may leave them for reference or simply drag them to the Trash, as desired. The steps below are not necessary..."
I went ahead and trashed it; saved over 2GB.
Thx!

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<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=151625
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