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[edit] Username Change Template
First off, congratulations to whomever got this page to function with a template for requests; I tried for months to get that going, and was met at every turn with failure. I wanted to propose an addition, however; I've often fancied the addition of a templated link similar to the one below that would help speed up changes.
Change Example to Elpmaxe: Change
The link could be created with a template parameter, such as {{change|Example|Elpmaxe}}. It would turn filling requests into a one-click process (short of checking that the user really requested it and leaving a note). Thoughts? Essjay (Talk) 03:26, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
- That sounds like a great idea. It would save us (Bureaucrats) the mindless work of copying and pasting the old name and the new name to the Renameuser tool when it is the case of granting a request. Also noting, a similar template exists for CheckUser — actually two: checkip and checkuser — so I see no reason why we couldn't have something similar here. Redux 23:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
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- Yes, I created those to make the job easier; I used to have to do the same thing to run RFCU checks that I do now for renames: Go to the user's userpage and click the "rename" link in my dropdown tabs. The templates are much, much quicker. How shall we format the template? Essjay (Talk) 01:35, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
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- I was thinking that we could even take this opportunity to come up with a template that would give us all the information we need in order to consider renames (in cases where deeper consideration might be required). Basically, I was thinking we could provide users with a template that they'd copy and fill in the data, such as: {{subst:Rename|OldName|NewName|reason-for-rename}}, and that would result in something like:
- I was thinking that we could even take this opportunity to come up with a template that would give us all the information we need in order to consider renames (in cases where deeper consideration might be required). Basically, I was thinking we could provide users with a template that they'd copy and fill in the data, such as: {{subst:Rename|OldName|NewName|reason-for-rename}}, and that would result in something like:
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=== OldName → NewName === * Current name: OldName (talk • contribs) * Requested name: NewName (change username) * Reason: reason-for-rename
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- The line "change username" would be the link to the Renametool with the already-filled-in lines for old and new names — and we might include a note in the instructions alerting users that the "change username" link works only for Bureaucrats and that other users will get an error message; the usual. Noting that, once the rename is done (if it is done), the link to the old account's contributions would become useless, and after the user talk page is moved, the link to the talk page would be a redirect there. But then again, requests are archived shortly after being either granted or denied, so it'd make no practical difference. Just a few ideas. Redux 03:02, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
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I think it's a great idea! I created {{renameuser}} because {{rename}} already exists (though it is a redirect to {{move}} if we want to subst: out the uses and reclaim it). The template looks like this:
[edit] Example → Elpmaxe
- Current name: Example (talk • contribs)
- Requested name: Elpmaxe (change username)
- Reason: Because I said so.
I included a link to Special:Listusers for the desired username to make it easier to check if it is pre-existing as well. Thoughts? Essjay (Talk) 04:09, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
- That looks great. And good idea with the link to Special:Listusers! :-) I'd say we could start using that immediately. As for taking over {{rename}}, I've left messages on both its talk page and the talk page of {{move}}, letting people know that we are considering using that name for this template. I've asked that anyone who would oppose it let us know here. So, if nobody says anything in a few days, we can go ahead and delete the redirect and move the rename template there (we'll need to merge histories too). Special:Whatlinkshere for the present rename template says that 32 pages link there (and one of them is actually this page, because we linked the template), so we should be able to clear that fairly quickly. Redux 07:46, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
