Author: jille
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I would love to see a maintenance-script that can rename users, so I can rename users from scripts instead of having to use the webinterface.
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
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| Project | Branch | Lines +/- | Subject | |
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| mediawiki/extensions/Renameuser | master | +89 -0 | Add renameUser.php script |
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jille wrote:
Djbclark also seems to want this.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:Renameuser#Bulk_user_rename
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Change 588382 had a related patch set uploaded (by Urbanecm; owner: Urbanecm):
[mediawiki/extensions/Renameuser@master] Add renameUser.php script
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Back then it was a complicated thing but after the actor normalization, renaming users from the interface should be pretty easy and fast now. I'm not 100% sure what's the reasoning behind this request given the current situation.
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@Ladsgroup Sometimes, it's necessary to make a local rename as part of sysadmin duties (cf T223036). As a steward, I can rename an user locally as well, but when I handled the linked task, I needed to use eval to execute RenameuserSQL directly. I believe better solution would be to just call a maint script to invoke the rename.
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Change 588382 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/Renameuser@master] Add renameUser.php script