Edits made as a user is being renamed aren't attributed to the new user
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	Apr 16 2006, 5:42 PM

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Author: dbenbenn

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On February 7, 2006 at 23:17, [[Commons:User:Roman pride]] was renamed; see
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=renameuser

At the same time that the rename was happening, that user was editing. As a
result, an edit didn't get reattributed. See
[[Commons:Special:Contributions/Roman_pride]].

One way to fix this problem is for [[Special:Renameuser]] to block the user from
editing while the rename is happening.

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Severity: minor

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 9:11 PM

• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-User-rename.

• bzimport set Reference to bz5605.

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• bzimport created this task.Apr 16 2006, 5:42 PM

dbenbenn wrote:

A better way to fix this problem is for Special:Renameuser to first change the
user's account, so that any new edits are attributed under the new name. Then,
get the list of the old contributions, and reattribute them. Apparently it does
those two steps in the wrong order.

I reset the bug summary, since preventing editing is just one possible solution.

robchur wrote:

Altered summary again. The old one misleadingly implied that the extension was
broken, when it's not, per se.

robchur wrote:

This would have been fixed in r23186.

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