Revert [16995] due to the way the data enters the db. props garyc40, see #15454.

git-svn-id: http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/trunk@17142 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd

wp-includes/formatting.php

@@ -1114,8 +1114,8 @@ function force_balance_tags( $text ) {
  * Acts on text which is about to be edited.
  *
  * Unless $richedit is set, it is simply a holder for the 'format_to_edit'
- * filter. If $richedit is set true htmlspecialchars() will be run on the
- * content, converting special characters to HTMl entities.
+ * filter. If $richedit is set true htmlspecialchars(), through esc_textarea(),
+ * will be run on the content, converting special characters to HTML entities.
  *
  * @since 0.71
  *

wp-includes/user.php

@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ function sanitize_user_field($field, $value, $user_id, $context) {
 		}
 
 		if ( 'description' == $field )
-			$value = esc_textarea( $value );
+			$value = esc_html( $value ); // textarea_escaped?
 		else
 			$value = esc_attr($value);
 	} else if ( 'db' == $context ) {