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Merge branch 'delete-warning' into 'master'

Add warning on deleting a user

See merge request !143975



Merged-by: default avatarLorena Ciutacu <lciutacu@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Kai Armstrong's avatarKai Armstrong <karmstrong@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: default avatarHannah Sutor <hsutor@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: default avatarLorena Ciutacu <lciutacu@gitlab.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarLorena Ciutacu <lciutacu@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: default avatarJonathan Glassman <jglassman@gitlab.com>
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2 merge requests!144312Change service start (cut-off) date for code suggestions to March 15th,!143975Add warning on deleting a user
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The deleting associated records option can be requested in the [API](../../../api/users.md#user-deletion) as well as
the Admin Area.
WARNING:
User approvals are associated with a user ID. Other user contributions do not have an associated user ID. When you delete a user and their contributions are moved to a "Ghost User", the approval contributions refer to a missing or invalid user ID. Instead of deleting users, consider [blocking](../../../administration/moderate_users.md#block-a-user), [banning](../../../administration/moderate_users.md#ban-a-user), or [deactivating](../../../administration/moderate_users.md#deactivate-a-user) them.
## Troubleshooting
### Deleting a user results in a PostgreSQL null value error
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