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Upload Wizard: Remember uploader name
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It would be great if the Upload Wizard could remember the name of the uploader:

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I have to replace my username with my real name, every time I upload. Not a huge hassle, but a small quality of life improvement. Something simple like storing the name in a cookie would do.

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Yes please, allow to set a preferred uploader name, or remember the username form from the last upload

matmarex added a subscriber: matmarex.

It could just be a user preference. We already let you select the default license there.

Change 334877 had a related patch set uploaded (by Pmlineditor):
Add user preference to allow setting a default uploader name

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/334877

T40026 sounds to me like expanded version of this task.

Change 334877 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/UploadWizard@master] Add user preference to allow setting a default uploader name

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/334877

Will this be fully in production and working from wmf.10?