We can't just delete users?
I mean, we want to keep, but deactivate, people who're being shunned, but people who try to register as "FUCKERS!!!" -- if ita's not around, what happens?
Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.
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John H - Jan 02, 2003 9:30:29 pm PST #2572 of 10000
Jon B. - Jan 02, 2003 9:31:21 pm PST #2573 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Deactivating should log out the user.
Yep. That makes a lot more sense.
t edit or what John said. There's no reason to keep certain people on the database so why not just delete them?
§ ita § - Jan 02, 2003 9:32:44 pm PST #2574 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You do to FUCKERS!!!!! exactly what I did to FUCKERS!!!!! -- deactivate it.
Deletion risks breaking referential integrity. There are two ways around that -- moving all posts from a deleted user to "DELETED USER" (which I don't like), or not allowing deletion of posters who've actually posted. Which is fine, but who but us admins knows about the deactivated never-posted users?
§ ita § - Jan 02, 2003 9:33:26 pm PST #2575 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Also -- once a user is deleted, that e-mail address can be used to register again. And that user name.
Jon B. - Jan 02, 2003 9:34:16 pm PST #2576 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
ita's right again. I think. I should just go to bed.
Aims - Jan 02, 2003 9:35:10 pm PST #2577 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Jon will be in his bunk.
John H - Jan 02, 2003 9:36:58 pm PST #2578 of 10000
OK, so when someone's de-activated by an admin, while they're logged into the board, and posting, what happens? What happened when mieskie came up with another username and posted? Did his session stay open?
DXMachina - Jan 02, 2003 9:45:28 pm PST #2579 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
You do to FUCKERS!!!!! exactly what I did to FUCKERS!!!!! -- deactivate it.
Deletion risks breaking referential integrity. There are two ways around that -- moving all posts from a deleted user to "DELETED USER" (which I don't like), or not allowing deletion of posters who've actually posted. Which is fine, but who but us admins knows about the deactivated never-posted users?
We could change that particular user name so that it's mocking us from the user list. The User ID is the key, not the name. We've already changed names a couple of times for people who have requested it (Rob and askye, that I remember).
§ ita § - Jan 02, 2003 10:23:36 pm PST #2580 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yes, but a) change it to what and b) that frees the name up for reuse.
Rebecca Lizard - Jan 02, 2003 11:40:16 pm PST #2581 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
Look what happens when some idiot forgets to close an t a tag.