[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31945: Deleting a user without reassigning should have clearer messaging about the implications

[WordPress Trac]

#31945: Deleting a user without reassigning should have clearer messaging about the
implications
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 Reporter:  jtsternberg         |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)        |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media               |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal              |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, administration  |
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 Just this morning, a client deleted a user and elected to NOT reassign the
 user's content, as the user had no posts assigned to them. This resulted
 in a mass-deletion of attachments which that editor had uploaded. There
 should at least be some language that indicates the danger of deleting a
 user without reassigning. Even when you click to 'permanently delete' an
 attachment, you get a javascript alert.

 The current terminology "What should be done with content owned by this
 user?" is too innocuous. Ideally, WordPress would indicate which post
 types would be deleted with that user (by checking the `delete_with_user`
 post_type object parameter), along with a count of the number of items in
 that post type.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/31945>
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