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@@ -1911,6 +1911,15 @@ password resets. You must then provide some key implementation details:
``REQUIRED_FIELDS`` must contain all required fields on your User
model, but should *not* contain the ``USERNAME_FIELD``.
+ .. attribute:: User.is_active
+
+ A boolean attribute that indicates whether the user is considered
+ "active". This attribute is provided as an attribute on
+ ``AbstractBaseUser`` defaulting to ``True``. How you choose to
+ implement it will depend on the details of your chosen auth backends.
+ See the documentation of the :attr:`attribute on the builtin user model
+ <django.contrib.auth.models.User.is_active>` for details.
+
.. method:: User.get_full_name():
A longer formal identifier for the user. A common interpretation