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The temporary account prefix is changing from `*` to `~`, so existing temporary accounts on beta need to be deleted, ignored or renamed. To do: * Investigate how we might go about renaming temporary accounts in response to a config change): * Could we use the script renameUsersMatchingPattern.php, introduced in T307064? //Yes// * Would the script need adaptations? //No// * Would we need a new script? //No// * Make a recommendation of what we should do for beta in response to this config change: * Should we rename, and if not then what should we do?

The temporary account prefix is changing from `*` to `~`, so existing temporary accounts on beta need to be deleted, ignored or renamed. To do: * Investigate how we might go about renaming temporary accounts in response to a config change): * Could we use the script renameUsersMatchingPattern.php, introduced in T307064? //Yes// (T349489#9407580) * Would the script need adaptations? //No// (T349489#9407580) * Would we need a new script? //No// (T349489#9407580) * Make a recommendation of what we should do for beta in response to this config change: * Should we rename, and if not then what should we do?

The temporary account prefix is changing from `*` to `~`, so existing temporary accounts on beta need to be deleted, ignored or renamed. To do: * Investigate how we might go about renaming temporary accounts in response to a config change): * Could we use the script renameUsersMatchingPattern.php, introduced in T307064? //Yes// (T349489#9407580) * Would the script need adaptations? //No// (T349489#9407580) * Would we need a new script? //No// (T349489#9407580) * Make a recommendation of what we should do for beta in response to this config change: * Should we rename, and if not then what should we do?