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The wiki software allows bureaucrats to change any user account to a new name, as long as it's not already in-use by someone else. | |||
All edits made by the user will be changed in the edit history to reflect the change. | All edits made by the user will be changed in the edit history to reflect the change. However, there are some limits: | ||
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*Each user may only change their name '''twice within one year'''. | *Each user may only change their name '''twice within one year'''. | ||
*Changing & then reversing the change '''counts as two renames'''. So e.g. going from Alpha to Beta and back to Alpha wastes your rename privileges for the year. Therefore please be ''100% sure you'll be happy with your name change!'' | *Changing & then reversing the change '''counts as two renames'''. So e.g. going from Alpha to Beta and back to Alpha wastes your rename privileges for the year. Therefore please be ''100% sure you'll be happy with your name change!'' | ||
*All requests go '''at the bottom section of this page''', not on the user talk of bureaucrats. | *All requests go '''at the bottom section of this page''', not on the user talk of bureaucrats. | ||
|}<includeonly>[[Category:Policies]]</includeonly> | |}<includeonly>{{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|Changing username|[[Category:Policies]]}}</includeonly> | ||
== Instructions == | |||
== | #Create a new subsection at the bottom of the page using this syntax: <code><nowiki>=== CurrentName to NewName ===</nowiki></code> | ||
#Create a | #Below this, use {{tem|rename user}} and put both your current and desired names (both case-sensitive), using this format: <code><nowiki>{{rename user|CurrentName|NewName}}</nowiki></code> | ||
# | #Leave a comment as to why you want the change after the template and then save the page. | ||
#Leave a comment as to why you want the change after the template | #Bureaucrats will check this page regularly and if accepted can use the "Rename" link on the top-right corner of each section to directly change the username and move all userspace pages. | ||
#Bureaucrats will check this page | #The bureaucrat will say whether the name change is accepted or rejected in each section, and if rejected, why (such as already done twice this year). | ||
#The bureaucrat |
Latest revision as of 12:48, October 3, 2024
The wiki software allows bureaucrats to change any user account to a new name, as long as it's not already in-use by someone else.
All edits made by the user will be changed in the edit history to reflect the change. However, there are some limits:
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Instructions
- Create a new subsection at the bottom of the page using this syntax:
=== CurrentName to NewName ===
- Below this, use {{rename user}} and put both your current and desired names (both case-sensitive), using this format:
{{rename user|CurrentName|NewName}}
- Leave a comment as to why you want the change after the template and then save the page.
- Bureaucrats will check this page regularly and if accepted can use the "Rename" link on the top-right corner of each section to directly change the username and move all userspace pages.
- The bureaucrat will say whether the name change is accepted or rejected in each section, and if rejected, why (such as already done twice this year).