[Mediawiki-l] Delete user

Graham tolliver at dal.ca
Mon Dec 6 17:16:37 UTC 2010


On 06/12/2010 11:19 AM, Łukasz Garczewski wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Graham<tolliver at dal.ca>  wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> What is the best method with respect to deleting a user.
>>
>>
>> Mediawiki 1.16.0
>> PHP 5.1.6(apache2handler)
>> MySQL 5.0.77
> Don't.
>
> MediaWiki relies on having all users present, all the time.
>
> You can rename a user, block them infinately or reset their password
> and e-mail if you don't wish them to be able to log in at all.
>
> But do not delete. :)
>
> Plus, there are licensing concerns around edit attirbution, too.
>
Hello Łukasz,

Thanks for the information.


Have a nice day!


Graham



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