Policy for users that have died? [#2458809]

This feels grim, but I feel like we need to have some sort of policy in place for what to do when a person who has a Drupal.org user account has died.

I feel like it should include:
- Disable contact form
- Disable Git access
- *Not* block the account

Maybe this is better to discuss in the Community Working Group?

Comments

Comment #1

Dave Reid

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English

Nebraska USA

CreditAttribution: Dave Reid commented 24 March 2015 at 22:08

Comment #2

mlhess CreditAttribution: mlhess commented 24 March 2015 at 22:14

Comment #3

dddave CreditAttribution: dddave commented 24 March 2015 at 22:50

I remember a policy issue already existing...

Comment #4

tvn CreditAttribution: tvn at Drupal Association commented 25 March 2015 at 13:30

As I mentioned in the g.d.o post, a few weeks ago we added a line to the Terms of Service, outlining a process for this type of situation.

Disabling contact form and git access seems fine. I agree about not blocking user account, since that'll make it inaccessible. I think additional steps to 'lock' user account and prevent possibility of someone breaking into it could be: change password to a random string and replace primary email address with a non existing one.

Comment #5

Homotechsual CreditAttribution: Homotechsual at MJCO commented 10 April 2015 at 10:26

I also am not convinced that one of the earlier points made in the thread about assigning content to the anonymous user is appropriate.

Community members make Drupal and whilst assigning content from someone who chooses to delete their account to the anonymous user is both sensible and appropriate in this instance I'm glad to see that the alternative of retaining and blocking the user accounts seems to have concensus as appropriate and necessary.

Comment #6

lizzjoy

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English

Ann Arbor

CreditAttribution: lizzjoy at Drupal Association commented 10 April 2015 at 18:00

Status:

Active

» Closed (fixed)

The ToS states under the Cancellation section:
If you are a relative or a friend of a deceased user, contact help@drupal.org and we will take steps to lock their user account and protect the privacy and data of the deceased person. Verification may be required.
I'm going to close this issue since that is now live. If more discussion is needed, please open the issue again. Thank you all for having this conversation.