Help:Renameuser

Special:Renameuser special page allow bureaucrats to rename the Username of users. Prior to MediaWiki 1.40 , this was part of Extension:Renameuser .

Usage

• Only bureaucrats can access Special:Renameuser page.
• You need to fill three things Current username:, New username: and Reason:.
• Two extra things:
  • Move user and talk pages (and their subpages) to new name, this allows to the bureaucrat to move all user page to the new username.
  • Do not create redirects to the new name, this allows to the bureaucrat to do not create redirects old name to the new name.
• Then Submit.