According to this page in the codex, I should be able to delete a character while leaving an article behind in the world. However, when I check the page and try to do this, no delete button is present until after I disconnect a character from the world, and after I do that, the character article is gone, too. So, currently, despite what the codex says, I do not have a way to delete a Hero profile while leaving a character article behind in the world.
Hello 121GWJolt! We are aware that in some cases this might occur - we will be implementing a completely new system to handle this as soon as possible.
Would also love to see this one fixed!