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authorNick Thomas <nick@gitlab.com>2017-06-01 17:14:39 +0100
committerNick Thomas <nick@gitlab.com>2017-06-02 18:28:12 +0100
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Allow users to be hard-deleted from the API
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diff --git a/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md b/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md
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--- a/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md
+++ b/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@
## Associated Records
-> Introduced for issues in [GitLab 9.0][ce-7393], and for merge requests, award emoji, notes, and abuse reports in [GitLab 9.1][ce-10467].
+> Introduced for issues in [GitLab 9.0][ce-7393], and for merge requests, award
+ emoji, notes, and abuse reports in [GitLab 9.1][ce-10467].
+ Hard deletion from abuse reports and spam logs was introduced in
+ [GitLab 9.1][ce-10273], and from the API in [GitLab 9.3][ce-11853].
-When a user account is deleted, not all associated records are deleted with it. Here's a list of things that will not be deleted:
+When a user account is deleted, not all associated records are deleted with it.
+Here's a list of things that will not be deleted:
- Issues that the user created
- Merge requests that the user created
@@ -15,11 +19,16 @@ When a user account is deleted, not all associated records are deleted with it.
- Abuse reports that the user reported
- Award emoji that the user craeted
+Instead of being deleted, these records will be moved to a system-wide
+"Ghost User", whose sole purpose is to act as a container for such records.
-Instead of being deleted, these records will be moved to a system-wide "Ghost User", whose sole purpose is to act as a container for such records.
-
+When a user is deleted from an abuse report or spam log, these associated
+records are not ghosted and will be removed, along with any groups the user
+is a sole owner of. Administrators can also request this behaviour when
+deleting users from the [API](../../../api/users.md#user-deletion)
[ce-7393]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/7393
+[ce-10273]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/10273
[ce-10467]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/10467
-
+[ce-11853]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/11853