**Reason**
See {T27482}.
(If we do not backport the change to 1.39 LTS, this should happen once 1.39 is EOL in November 2025)
**To-do list**
- This task
-- [ ] Add maintainers of that extension as subscribers to this task (if they have no apparent Phabricator account, notify them on-wiki or via email if possible and note it here).
-- [x] Add Phabricator project #MediaWiki-extensions-Renameuser as a tag for this task, and remove #mediawiki-extensions-other/#other-skins as appropriate.
- On-wiki documentation
-- [ ] Archive documentation on `mediawiki.org` (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Renameuser): replace page contents with `{{Archived extension|last revision id before archiving|task=T331218}}`
-- [ ] Remove `<translate>` from the documentation page, visit Special:PageTranslation, and click "remove from translation" (if you don't have the translation administrator right, ask a [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ListUsers/translationadmin | user who does ]]).
-- [ ] Update Wikidata item (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21678251) associated with documentation page
--- [ ] add statement `Abandonware (Q281039)` to `instance of (P31)` together with qualifier `start time (P580)` = the YYYY-MM-DD date that you decided to archive extension (generally per edit history)
--- [ ] add qualifier `end time (P582)` = the YYYY-MM-DD (same date as above) to `instance of (P31) = MediaWiki extension (Q6805426)`
- Phabricator
-- [ ] Mark all Phabricator tasks for the extension either Declined or Invalid. Add a comment pointing to this task when doing so for reference.
-- [ ] Archive Phabricator project #MediaWiki-extensions-Renameuser for the extension.
-- [ ] Edit Phabricator project #MediaWiki-extensions-Renameuser description for the extension with a link to this ticket.
- Translatewiki.net/translations
-- [X] Remove from `translatewiki.net` ([[ https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/translatewiki/+/refs/heads/master/groups/MediaWiki/mediawiki-extensions.txt | groups/MediaWiki/mediawiki-extensions.txt ]]).
- Configuration/tests/integrations/etc.
-- [ ] Remove tests in [[ https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/integration/config | integration/config ]] ([[ https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/integration/config/+/master/zuul/layout.yaml | zuul/layout.yaml ]]).
-- [ ] Remove manifest/other references from [[ https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/vagrant/+/master | mediawiki/vagrant ]].
- Repositories
-- [ ] Empty repository, leaving only the README indicating the repo is archived, and referring to this task by URL.
-- [ ] Remove from [[ https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/+/master | mediawiki/extensions ]] (along with in `.gitmodules`).
-- [ ] Mark the repository read-only in Gerrit (also edit description to prepend "[ARCHIVED]" and a reference to this task): (https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/admin/repos/mediawiki/extensions/Renameuser).
-- [ ] Archive the Diffusion repository for the extension: rEREN.
-- [ ] Delete the GitHub mirror: (https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Renameuser).