Extension:Renameuser
From MediaWiki.org
 Release status: stable |
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| Implementation | User identity, Special page | ||
| Description | Special page allows user accounts to be renamed | ||
| Author(s) | Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason | ||
| MediaWiki | 1.11+ | ||
| License | No license specified | ||
| Download | Download snapshot |
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Renameuser provides a special page which allows authorised users to rename user accounts. This will cause page histories, etc. to be updated.
[edit] Requirements
This extension requires MediaWiki version 1.11.0 or greater. Due to the nature of this extension, and its use in production on Wikimedia web sites, it is often updated, and can become incompatible with old versions of the software with little advance warning.
[edit] Installation
- Check out all extension files from Subversion, and place them in a Renameuser directory within your MediaWiki extensions directory
- Add the following line to LocalSettings.php:
require_once("$IP/extensions/Renameuser/SpecialRenameuser.php");
Installation can be verified through the Special:Version page.
[edit] Use
- As a bureaucrat, access the Special:Renameuser page
- Enter the name of the user to be renamed, and the desired new name, toggle the options to move user/talk pages and their subpages as desired, and click OK
The user will be renamed.
This extension is being used on one or more of Wikimedia's wikis. It means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high traffic websites. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki is produced by Special:Version on that wiki.
