Disabling a wiki account: Difference between revisions

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Because the account is used to track changes in the history of any article edited by a user, a user can not be deleted. However, a user's rights can be '''suspended'''.

This page explains how to disable an account on this wiki. See [[Setting up a new wiki user]] for setting up an account.

Because the account is used to track changes in the history of any article edited by a user, a user '''can not be deleted'''. However, a user's rights can be '''suspended'''.

To suspend rights for a user,

# ~~click on '''~~Special ~~pages''', '''~~user ~~rights management''' (close~~ to ~~the bottom), or~~ [[Special:Userrights ~~| click here~~]]

# go to [[Special:ListUsers]] and copy the actual user name

~~# enter~~ the ~~user~~ name ~~exactly as it was set up~~

# go to [[Special:Userrights]] and paste the name there

# click '''edit user groups'''

# ~~select any entries on~~ '''~~"left" side~~''' ~~under~~ the ~~'''~~"~~Member of~~"~~''' column (~~click ~~on all items listed by holding~~ the ~~ctrl-button to select each one. )~~

# '''uncheck''' the checkbox for "CCMDB_legit" and click the "save user groups" button

~~# click~~ "save user groups"

== Related articles ==

This will have removed the user's rights. If you want to check that the user's rights have been deleted, go through the same steps as above; if there is nothing list under '''"Member of",''' which is the "'''left'''" side of column, the user has been disabled.

[[Category:Wiki ~~Usage~~]

[[Category:Wiki use]]

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-Because the account is used to track changes in the history of any article edited by a user, a user can not be deleted. However, a user's rights can be '''suspended'''.
+This page explains how to disable an account on this wiki. See [[Setting up a new wiki user]] for setting up an account.
+Because the account is used to track changes in the history of any article edited by a user, a user '''can not be deleted'''. However, a user's rights can be '''suspended'''.
 To suspend rights for a user,
-# click on '''Special pages''', '''user rights management''' (close to the bottom), or [[Special:Userrights | click here]]
+# go to [[Special:ListUsers]] and copy the actual user name
-# enter the user name exactly as it was set up
+# go to [[Special:Userrights]] and paste the name there
 # click '''edit user groups'''
-# select any entries on '''"left" side''' under the  '''"Member of"''' column (click on all items listed by holding the ctrl-button to select each one. )
+# '''uncheck''' the checkbox for "CCMDB_legit" and click the "save user groups" button
-# click "save user groups"
+== Related articles ==
+{{Related Articles}}
-This will have removed the user's rights. If you want to check that the user's rights have been deleted, go through the same steps as above; if there is nothing list under '''"Member of",''' which is the "'''left'''" side of column, the user has been disabled.
-[[Category:Wiki Usage]
+[[Category:Wiki use]]