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GlobalRenameQueue: Add an API endpoint for closed requests
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Feature summary (what you would like to be able to do and where):
An API endpoint for retrieving information about the user's previous username change requests.

Adding such an endpoint would allow writing scripts that provide more convenient access to the user's closed requests, without having to navigate to the "Closed requests" tab on the special page and manually search for the username there. This could streamline the workflow of global renamers and stewards, and save unnecessary work time.

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matmarex subscribed.

We don't seem to have any API endpoints corresponding to Special:GlobalRenameQueue. We probably won't find the time for this, but if you wanted to propose a patch, we'd be happy to review it.

There are some slightly related API endpoints, but they probably don't fit your use case:

  • list=logevents API allows querying completed renames (both by request or not)
  • meta=globalrenamestatus API allows querying renames in progress

…but there is nothing for open/approved/rejected rename requests.

neriah triaged this task as Low priority.

Change #1294245 had a related patch set uploaded (by Neriah; author: Neriah):

[mediawiki/extensions/CentralAuth@master] Add globalrenamequeue API list module

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1294245

neriah changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Jun 14 2026, 6:47 PM