Extension:Renameuser

Renameuser is a special page extension by Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason which allows to rename existing user accounts.

This extension requires version 1.7.0, or higher, of MediaWiki.

Directions for use

 * 1) Download the three files at http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/Renameuser/
 * 2) * SpecialRenameuser.i18n.php
 * 3) * SpecialRenameuser.php
 * 4) * SpecialRenameuser_body.php
 * 5) Create a sub directory   in YourWikiSite/wiki/extensions directory and copy the three files into this directory
 * 6) Download the ExtensionFunctions.php
 * 7) Copy the ExtensionFunctions.php to the same directory as your LocalSettings.php file, e.g. YourWikiSite/wiki/
 * 8) Add the following line to your LocalSettings.php near the other require_once lines.
 * 9) Using an admin login to your wiki navigate to Special:Renameuser
 * 10) You are pretty much done.  You will have option to automatically move their userpage, talk page and any subpages of them.
 * 11) Enjoy.
 * 1) Enjoy.



Ad filtering contraindication
Note: If you are using an ad filtering program (program which removes banner ads from web pages) such as Ad Muncher, please disable it, as it will add its own code which will cause errors in the php file.

Fix: Updating to Ad Muncher v4.7 Build 27105/1450 or newer will solve this problem.