Confusion about is_active

[anonymous]

It seems to me that the is_active (in Admin->Auth->Users) is missleading.
The docs say: Designates whether this account can be used to log in. Set this flag to False instead of deleting accounts.
Which seems that this is independent of the admin site.

The Admin itself says: Designates whether this user can log into the Django admin. Unselect this instead of deleting accounts.
But for this we already have staff status, haven't we?

[Chris Beaven]

It seems clear enough to me: you use it "instead of deleting accounts". Perhaps the Admin wording could be fixed but it's a very minor issue. If anyone cares enough to write a patch for that, feel free to reopen.