On 1/9/06, Karoly Negyesi <karoly@negyesi.net> wrote:
Folks, understand me: I am OK with both. But if I am not mistaken we currently have a third, erroneus way: delete user and leave content. THIS is what's not good.
Agreed. That is why one of the options during the delete will handle this special case: 2 different options as Simon points out (and the admin will be able to choose what to do at time of deletion because it depends on the user account, site, etc...): 1. leave username and delete all personal information and account info and set account status to a new 3rd type, 'deleted' ... by doing this, this account and username can still be permanently deleted if need be 2. delete entire account and username, and set all posts to 'Unknown' or 'Anoymous' At time of deletion, whomever is deleting, can choose one of these options if it fits in the deletion workflow. This should account for all scenarios and everyone should be happy, no? ted