[Koha-bugs] [Bug 27395] New: Add warning to PatronSelfRegistrationDefaultCategory to avoid accidental patron deletion

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27395

            Bug ID: 27395
           Summary: Add warning to PatronSelfRegistrationDefaultCategory
                    to avoid accidental patron deletion
 Change sponsored?: ---
           Product: Koha
           Version: master
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: Academy
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: System Administration
          Assignee: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org
          Reporter: katrin.fischer at bsz-bw.de
        QA Contact: testopia at bugs.koha-community.org
                CC: gmcharlt at gmail.com

If you have set up the cronjobs for deleting unverified and "unfinished" opac
self registrations, a wrong setting in the
PatronSelfRegistrationDefaultCategory system preference can lead to accidental
deletion of a lot of your patrons. This will happen if you enter one of your
regular patron category codes instead of using a specific one for self
registrations. It will then delete all patrons that have registere more than
PatronSelfRegistrationExpireTemporaryAccountsDelay days ago. This is also a
complete deletion, not moving the data to deletedborrowers, making it even
harder to fix the mistake.

I think it would be great to add a hint or warning about this to the system
preference description. 

It currently reads:

Use the patron category code ____ as the default patron category for patrons
registered via the OPAC.

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