https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32815
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Bug #: 32815
Summary: Add user preference to deactivate/delete user account
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General/Unknown
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
MediaWiki should have a user preference that allows users the ability to
deactivate and/or delete their account. This option is available on nearly
every major site and its absence on MediaWiki wikis is conspicuous and
unacceptable.
Users don't care about referential integrity of the database or anything of the
sort. They do care about the ability to disassociate themselves with an account
whenever they want to. The current documentation on sites such as the English
Wikipedia regarding account deletion is obscure, vague, and unhelpful. Regular
users can understand a user preference and a confirmation page. They cannot
understand needing to add obscure code to their user or user talk page (such as
"{{db-user}}") or requesting an account rename (which is a bureaucratic
nightmare on most wikis).
There are glaring usability problems in the current setup that should be
addressed and resolved. Underlying wiki principles such as easy reversibility
are also at stake. If it's so easy to create an account, surely destroying one
should be equally easy.
Envisioned workflow (roughly):
* user requests account deactivation at Special:Preferences
** account is deactivated
*** block EmailUser functionality in both directions?
*** block posting to user's talk page?
*** block user from being able to edit/move/etc.?
** after specified time, account is deleted
*** if account can't be deleted due to edits or log entries, account is renamed
to a random string
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