Topic on Extension talk:UserMerge

Hey,

UserMerge logs every merger, which usually makes sense and is a good functionality. However sometimes you don't want the merge to be displayed (e.g. when you use it to get GDPR compliance, by merging users into a 'DeletedUser' or similar). In that case you do not want the old username to appear in any log, since the point is to remove all that user's personal data (including his username).

Is there a possibility to switch logging of in LocalSettings or vial button in the UserMerge menu?

Best, Daniel

Yes, it would be nice to have something like

$wgUserMergeNoLog = true;

What I did as a temporary Workaround, I went into the files that create the logs and replaced the (first?) username for all merges with 'merged user' und 'deleted user' for the deletions.

With a switch would be nicer, but that is a possibility. Maybe if I have some time, imma implement a simple if-case for a variable like that and do a PR.