When a user is renamed determining the former name can be a tedious process of going through all rename logs.
This feature request would be to have the rename log display renames where the entered value is the new name for renamed user, the same entry that could be generated if entering the former name in stead.
So...basically the "previous name" field on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/gblrename but for local rename logs?
@Legoktm no more of the opposite - entering only the "current" name should be able to find the rename log that made the current name come in to existence.
Adding "prior username" to the local move log would be fine and could be useful too
Example: UserA becomes UserB
Searching the globalmove log for prior name UserA works - finds the rename of UserA to UserB
Searching the globalmove log for current name UserB has no results - this is what I want to see enhanced - make the results appear
This enhancement should be for both the rename log and the globalrename log
I don't understand...if you use the new name in the title field, it works just fine...? https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=gblrename&user=&page=Special%3ACentralAuth%2FIonlights&oldname=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=
@Legoktm thank you - verified it works for multi-action Global Renames as well.
As for the normal rename log?
For global renames: would be handy to have a "name history" - perhaps a seperate log request - e.g. given a current name, what were all prior names. This is available in the global rename log, but has to be recursively queried name by name.
Related discussion with some examples:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)&oldid=754050483#Easy_way_to_spot_user_renames.3F