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 | GPLv2.0+ | ||
| Download | Download snapshot |
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Renameuser provides a special page which allows authorized users to rename user accounts. This will cause page histories, etc. to be updated.
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[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] Older versions of Media Wiki
The latest trunk version uses AuthPlugin::getUserInstance(). This is a new feature in MW 1.14. The latest Renameuser will not work with MW 1.13 and earlier. On the download page, be sure to chose the correct version.
[edit] Installation
- Check out all extension files from Subversion or Download the snapshot, 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.
You can grant other groups the right to rename users, for example:
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['renameuser'] = true;
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.
