User created by administrators in continuum are not in the "validated" state

If a continuum users with administrative rights creates a new user, the newly created user is not valid by default and cannot login.
The user can only be activated by sending a validation link by email and using it to validate the account.

Suggested resolution:

Users created by an administrator should be validated by default, or the administrator should be able to validate (activate) the user without having to send an email link.