Allow deleting users to disown their comments

README.md

@@ -98,12 +98,10 @@ in a `config/initializers/production.rb` or similar file:
 
 * Put your site's custom CSS in `app/assets/stylesheets/local`.
 
-* Seed the database to create an initial administrator user and at least one tag:
+* Seed the database to create an initial administrator user, the `inactive-user`, and at least one tag:
 
     ```sh
     lobsters$ rake db:seed
-    created user: test, password: test
-    created tag: test
     ```
 
 * Run the Rails server in development mode.  You should be able to login to

app/assets/stylesheets/application.css

@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@ button:disabled {
 	color: gray;
 }
 
+input.deletion {
+  color: darkred;
+  border: 1px solid darkred;
+}
+
 .totp_code::-webkit-inner-spin-button,
 .totp_code::-webkit-outer-spin-button {
   -webkit-appearance: none;

app/controllers/settings_controller.rb

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ class SettingsController < ApplicationController
   def delete_account
     if @user.try(:authenticate, params[:user][:password].to_s)
       @user.delete!
+      if params[:disown].present?
+        @user.disown_comments!
+      end
       reset_session
       flash[:success] = "Your account has been deleted."
       return redirect_to "/"

app/models/user.rb

@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   BANNED_USERNAMES = [ "admin", "administrator", "contact", "fraud", "guest",
-    "help", "hostmaster", "mailer-daemon", "moderator", "moderators", "nobody",
-    "postmaster", "root", "security", "support", "sysop", "webmaster",
-    "enable", "new", "signup", ]
+    "help", "hostmaster", "inactive-user", "mailer-daemon", "moderator",
+    "moderators", "nobody", "postmaster", "root", "security", "support",
+    "sysop", "webmaster", "enable", "new", "signup", ]
 
   # days old accounts are considered new for
   NEW_USER_DAYS = 7
@@ -344,6 +344,11 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
 
+  def disown_comments!
+    inactive_user = User.find_by!(:username => 'inactive-user')
+    self.comments.update_all(:user_id => inactive_user.id)
+  end
+
   def disable_2fa!
     self.totp_secret = nil
     self.save!

app/views/settings/index.html.erb

@@ -300,28 +300,41 @@
   <br>
   <br>
 
-  <%= form_for @edit_user, :url => delete_account_path, :method => :post,
-  :html => { :id => "delete_user" } do |f| %>
-    <div class="legend">
-      Delete Account
-    </div>
+  <div class="deletion">
+    <%= form_for @edit_user, :url => delete_account_path, :method => :post,
+    :html => { :id => "delete_user" } do |f| %>
+      <div class="legend">
+        Delete Account
+      </div>
 
-    <p>
-    To permanently delete your account, verify your current password below.
-    Your account will be put into a deleted state, your comments will be marked
-    as deleted and no longer readable by any other users, and your private
-    messages will be deleted.
-    Your submitted stories will not be deleted.
-    Your username will remain reserved and will not be available to be used on
-    any other account.
-    </p>
+      <p>
+      To permanently delete your account, verify your current password below.
+      </p>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Your account will be put into a deleted state.</li>
+        <li>Your username will remain reserved and will not be available to be
+          used on any other account.</li>
+        <li>Your private messages will be deleted.</li>
+        <li>Your submitted stories will not be deleted.</li>
+        <li>
+          Your comments with negative scores will be deleted, and you can click
+          "disown comments" below if you want all of your comments to change to
+          list <a href="/u/inactive-user">inactive-user</a> as the author
+          instead of your username.
+        </li>
+      </ul>
 
-    <div class="boxline">
-      <%= f.label :password, "Verify Password:", :class => "required" %>
-      <%= f.password_field :password, :size => 40, :autocomplete => "off" %>
-    </div>
+      <div class="boxline">
+        <%= f.label :password, "Verify Password:", :class => "required" %>
+        <%= f.password_field :password, :size => 40, :autocomplete => "off" %>
+      </div>
+      <div class="boxline">
+        <%= f.label :disown, "Disown Comments:" %>
+        <%= check_box_tag :disown %>
+      </div>
 
-    <br>
-    <%= f.submit "Yes, Delete My Account" %>
-  <% end %>
+      <br>
+      <%= f.submit "Yes, Delete My Account", :class => "deletion" %>
+    <% end %>
+  </div>
 </div>

db/seeds.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
+pwd = SecureRandom.base58
+User.create(:username => "inactive-user", :email => "inactive-user@example.com", :password => pwd, :password_confirmation => pwd)
+
 User.create(:username => "test", :email => "test@example.com", :password => "test", :password_confirmation => "test", :is_admin => true, :is_moderator => true)
-puts "created user: test, password: test"
+
 Tag.create(:tag => "test")
-puts "created tag: test"
+
+puts "created:"
+puts "  * an admin with username/password of test/test"
+puts "  * inactive-user for disowned comments by deleted users"
+puts "  * a test tag"
+puts
+puts "If this is a dev environment, you probably want to run `rails fake_data`"
+puts "If this is production, you want to run `rails console` to rename your admin and tag"