before I ask the question,
Solved: How to change the owner / author of a page in Conf... (atlassian.com)
doesn't actually give the answer in my opinion.
and neither does Solved: How to change the original author of a page? (atlassian.com)
So today in 2021 without installing yet another application, piece of software, or running complicated SQL, is there a user friendly way to change / delete the ownership of a space or page?
thanks for your patience.
Ok, there's two things to look at here, page author and page ownership.
You have a page that was created by someone, the original author of the page. What reason do you have for destroying the information about who the original author was? This would actually be a bad thing to do, and in some cases, possibly illegal (compliance, audit and even copyright law may apply).
Page ownership is different. The author of a page is usually not the owner, and the ownership is fine to change. Most of us will assume the owner of a page is simply the owner(s) of the space the page is in, or anyone who has edit rights to it. Individual ownership is not stored in Confluence, it's up to the owners of the system to define the ownership rules.
Because the author has left the company, their details are no longer valid. However the owners too also leave.
which leaves me with my original question.
The information is still pertinent but if there is no owner then no one is responsible for it's upkeep.
I am amazed to imagine that copyright law applies in a wiki where absolutely anyone can edit absolutely anything.
You're missing the point here. The author of a page should never be changed. You don't need to change it.
The owner, yep, fine, but the author is not the owner (especially if they've left!), and the owner of pages is not explicitly captured in Confluence.
Copyright law looks quite complex, but the basics are very simple - you wrote it, you own the copyright on it You can (and, if you're writing for someone, as part of your job, probably have to) give away your copyright to other owners, and you can choose to give up your right to be identified as the author. But the fact you authored it does not change. It doesn't matter that anyone can edit it (because you don't own it), you're still the author of it.
So, I come back to the question - what benefit is there in destroying the information that a person wrote the original? What do you gain from that?
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