Extension:Renameuser

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Renameuser Release status: stable
Implementation	User identity, Special page
Description	Special page that allows user accounts to be renamed
Author(s)	Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonTalk
Last version	continuous updates
MediaWiki	1.11+
Database changes	no
License	GPLv2.0+
Download	Download snapshot (Git master) Git [?]: repo summary • tree • code changes SVN [?]: checkout-url • tree • code changes CHANGELOG
Added rights renameuser
Hooks used ShowMissingArticle ContributionsToolLinks
Check usage (experimental) Bugs: list open list all report

Renameuser provides a special page which allows authorized users to rename user accounts. This will cause page histories, etc. to be updated. If you want to rename an account "into" another one, you need the User Merge and Delete extension.

Download

You can download the code directly via Git from the MediaWiki source code repository (browse code) or download a snapshot (select your version of MediaWiki) and save it into the extensions/Renameuser directory of your wiki. To get the latest version of Renameuser, just clone the git master.

If you have shell access to your server, you may do this to download the extension:

cd extensions
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/Renameuser.git

Installation

1. Add to the end of LocalSettings.php (MW 1.17+):
   require_once("$IP/extensions/Renameuser/Renameuser.php");

   or add to the end of LocalSettings.php (<MW 1.16):

   require_once("$IP/extensions/Renameuser/SpecialRenameuser.php");

2. Installation can now be verified through Special:Version on your wiki

Use

1. As a bureaucrat, access the Special:Renameuser page
2. 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 and to create redirects as desired, and click OK

The user will be renamed, and (if the appropriate option was checked) the user page, user talk page and all their subpages will be moved as well.

Note: The ability of this extension to move user subpages does not depend on 'move-subpages' userright. The number of subpages moved is not limited by the $wgMaximumMovedPages parameter. The extension will also move all css, js and move-protected pages.

You can grant other groups the right to rename users, for example:

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['renameuser'] = true;

Note:

• In case CentralAuth is installed, you'll get a warning if you try to rename a local user from an account attached to a global account or to a username reserved by a global account; a check box to rename anyway will be provided (this requires caution). At the moment, global account renames must be accomplished by local renames on all attached wikis, possibly followed by an account remerge.
• You will not be able to rename users to invalid usernames (which doesn't equal usernames which match a blacklist but includes for instance reserved usernames).