[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23466: In user selection WXR importer should not suggest importing to subscriber

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#23466: In user selection WXR importer should not suggest importing to subscriber
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 Reporter:  mark-k       |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:
Component:  Import       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:  close        |     Focuses:
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Comment (by mark-k):

 Isn't "decisions not options" is the wordpress development moto now? Yes
 there might be some edge case in which you might want to import content to
 a user which doesn't have the privilege to edit it but I fail to imagine
 it. In practice on 99% of the wordpress sites subscribers are users
 created in order to manage mailing list or to be able to comment and for
 neither of these user types you will ever want to import content.

 So maybe limiting it by role is really not the best option, so what about
 limiting it to users which have edit permissions or have posted content?
 This should probably cover even the edge case.

 For the 0.5% of the use cases for which this will not work the explanation
 that "You need a user to have edit permissions to be able to import
 content for it" is both logical and easy to follow.

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