[UX] Clarify/unify account status terminology across admin pages

[jenlampton]

There is nothing in the UI about how to approve user accounts. There's no bulk operation, no checkbox, no listing. What is actually happening is that these accounts are blocked. Can we some way communicate to users that in order to "approve" accounts what they actually need to do is make them "Active" instead of "Blocked"?

[klonos]

I don't get it. ...isn't the user status by default set to active anyways?

[docwilmot]

Off topic-ish, but you know what would be nice? If we had online help pages baked into Backdrop's menu bar, like context-aware links to api.backdrop cms.org and the user help pages (when those become available). So you're on a user-related page and you hover over the help button and get links related to account stuff. Just a thought. Think this is worth an issue?

[klonos]

Think this is worth an issue?

Yep.

[jenlampton]

isn't the user status by default set to active anyways?

No, by default Visitors can create accounts but administrator approval is required.

When a visitor does create an account, they get an email saying Thank you for registering at [site:name]. Your application for an account is currently pending approval. Once it has been approved, you will receive another e-mail containing information about how to log in, set your password, and other details.

We use this approval terminology all over, but when administrators are asked about it, they can't find anything in the UI about account approval. Because there isn't anything, anywhere.

[klonos]

Good use case for a dashboard block/widget over in #495 I guess (users pending approval).

[klonos]

...turns out @docwilmot has already included that in his list.

[jenlampton]

What good does a list of users pending approval do us, if there's no way to Approve them? All we can do in the current UI is Unblock them.

[klonos]

What good does a list of users pending approval do us, if there's no way to Approve them? All we can do in the current UI is Unblock them.

I think that's the thing. In Drupal (and uninhibitedly in Backdrop), in the context of the user approval procedure not-approved-yet = blocked. So, approve = unblock. It's just a mater of labels depending on the task. Users might have the "blocked" flag from say the spam module or because the site admin did that manually ...or because they are created with it if the "Visitors, but administrator approval is required" option is set for "Who can register accounts?"

[Dinornis]

The Manage user accounts page uses the terms:
Status: Active | Blocked
Operations: Block user(s) | Unblock user(s)

Perhaps Activate user(s) would be better choice?

The Who can register accounts? choice on the Account settings page has an option:
Visitors, but administrator approval is required
could be changed to:
Visitors, but administrator needs to activate the account on the _Manage user accounts page_ (link) or when editing the individual account.