[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #45313: Multisite site deletion email contains misleading language about user account

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#45313: Multisite site deletion email contains misleading language about user
account
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 Reporter:  boonebgorges    |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:  2nd-opinion
  Focuses:  multisite       |
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 In Multisite, you can initiate the deletion of a site via wp-admin/ms-
 delete-site.php. This triggers an email
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/4.9.8/src/wp-admin/ms-delete-
 site.php?marks=58#L43 that contains the line:

 > (But remember your current site and username are gone forever.)

 But the delete link does not, in fact, delete users or usernames. See
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/4.9.8/src/wp-admin/ms-delete-
 site.php?marks=20#L18

 This language dates from the MU merge in 3.0. See [12603]. I imagine it
 was linked to the original conception of WPMU that each user account would
 correspond to a specific site on the network, a legacy concept that
 plagues us elsewhere. See #17904, especially
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/17904#comment:14 and subsequent
 comments.

 This entire block of text could probably reuse a rethink, since the
 intended use of Multisite has changed considerably since 2010. I'd suggest
 changing the email text to something like (using
 `wpmu_welcome_notification()` as a template):

 {{{
         $content = __( "Howdy ###USERNAME###,

 You recently clicked the 'Delete Site' link on your site and filled in a
 form on that page.

 If you really want to delete your site, click the link below. Please note
 that the URL ###SITE_URL### will be unavailable for further use, even
 after
 the site is deleted.

 You will not be asked to confirm again, so only click this link if you are
 absolutely certain that you'd like to delete your site:
 ###URL_DELETE###

 -- The Team @ ###SITE_NAME###" );
 }}}

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