Re: The description for the ‘must approve users’ setting (at /admin/site_settings/category/all_results?filter=must%20approve) ‘Staff must approve all new user accounts before they are allowed to access the site.’
Would something along these lines be more fitting?
‘Staff must approve all new user accounts before they are allowed to participate in discussions on the site.’
or:
‘Staff must approve all new user accounts before they are allowed to create or reply to posts on the site.’
No, I came across this setting while looking at options to review new user applicants due to an increase in posts from non-practitioners seeking advice (the site was setup for legal practitioners) and so am considering applying this to a Discourse site that has been active for some years.
Your suggestion of ‘Staff must approve all new user accounts before they are allowed to create an account.’ would seem to be more fitting than the current description.
'Staff must approve all new user accounts before they are allowed to be used.’
or:
'Staff must approve all new user accounts before they are allowed to login.’
Yeah. I am starting to think that the current text is not much worse than the alternatives and the distictions are not likely to be noticed by a casual user.
How about: 'Staff must approve all new user accounts before new users are allowed to login.’? I do think the ‘… before they are allowed to access the site’ part is misleading, especially if you come across this setting without knowing about the other related options outlined on Configure Discourse for a closed or private community - the ‘login required’ setting in particular.