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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'''.  
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,  
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
 
The following does not work in the current version of the wiki... Tina is looking into solution Ttenbergen 20:04, 2015 July 15 (CDT) {{discussion}}
 
# click '''edit user groups'''
# 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. )
# 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. )
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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.
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 Usage]]

Revision as of 19:04, 15 July 2015

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,

  1. go to Special:ListUsers and copy the actual user name
  2. go to Special:Userrights and paste the name there

The following does not work in the current version of the wiki... Tina is looking into solution Ttenbergen 20:04, 2015 July 15 (CDT) Template:Discussion

  1. click edit user groups
  2. 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. )
  3. click "save user groups"

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.