Deleted Users Not Completely Deleted

When I delete a user from my mac and later create a new user with the same name, OS X will ask me to recreate an existing user. The new user will have a reduced set of folders in it's account, objects that were on the desktop will be recreated too.
I have to delete the user first, then delete the admin user's cache files, log out, then log in again, bevore this effect is gone.
Anybody else seen this strange behaviour? I'd call it a bug...

I had a test user account configured for some time, so in an attempt to duplicate your problem I just deleted it using the option "delete the home folder". I subsequently created a new Standard account with the same name. I wasn't asked to recreate the account and it appears the new account is brand new with default settings. Logged in, skipped the Apple ID question, logged out.
I then deleted the account and created another with the same name. Log in / log out etc. Deleted the account. Created a new account with the same name. Nothing new.
So, using Mountain Lion I can't recreate this. It's a mystery.
Perhaps it has something to do with the Apple ID, which I did not create for the test user?

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