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Critical bug

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On the latest version of Mediawiki 1.18 (git pull on 12/12/12) access to Special:SpecialPages give the following error (when php error reporting enabled):

Fatal error: Class 'LogFormatter' not found in [REDACTED]/mediawiki_1_18/extensions/Renameuser/Renameuser_body.php on line 604 --81.220.157.64 20:48, 12 December 2012 (UTC)Reply

Yes, RenameUser is no longer compatible with 1.18, you have to use this version. --Nemo bis (talk) 13:30, 13 December 2012 (UTC)Reply

Batch Rename

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I would like to rename multiple users using a csv file (one time change). Is this possible without changing too much? --192.75.118.47 17:33, 10 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

have you managed doing that? I also want to do it. --Arieljannai (talk) 09:06, 21 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Old Version

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Where can I get an old Version for Mediawiki 1.17? I looked up the Discussion Archive but only found a dead link. --141.70.81.149 13:07, 21 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

I fixed the link within the info box. Cheers --Kghbln (talk) 20:57, 21 June 2013 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for updating the link, but I still get the following error message, if I open the Special Page:
Fatal error: Call to a member function addWikiMsg() on a non-object in ...www/wiki/extensions/Renameuser/Renameuser_body.php on line 25 --141.70.81.149 19:07, 22 June 2013 (UTC)Reply
Hmm, try this one --Kghbln (talk) 06:25, 23 June 2013 (UTC)Reply
This one works, thank you very much!
I linked to this version on the infobox, I am sure, I am not the only one with this problem. --141.70.81.149 12:29, 23 June 2013 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, I don't get it with this Visual Editor. --141.70.81.149 12:33, 23 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

Help!

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I don't understand these instructions at all. On other wikis, there is an administrative where you can request a username change. I can't make any sense of these instructions, some seem optional, others not, do I have to create extra pages and put code on them? i don't get it.

This post was posted by Liz, but signed as Nwjerseyliz. --Liz (talk) 22:21, 11 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

This page explains how to install the Renameuser extension on a wiki. If you want to be renamed on this wiki, which happens to use the Renameuser extension, you can go to Project:Requests#Requests_for_renames. --MF-Warburg (talk) 22:24, 11 October 2013 (UTC)Reply
Thanks, MF-Warburg, I appreciate you taking the time to respond. I wanted to usurp a username that's not being used and that I use on other wikis. Much appreciated. ;-)
This post was posted by Liz, but signed as Nwjerseyliz. --Liz (talk) 21:55, 12 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

bug with Renameuser 1.22.3, solved (of sorts...)

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There's a bug with Renameuser bundled with MediaWiki 1.22.3, cf bugzilla id:62086 Solution: Revert to Renameuser bundled with 1.22.2, or download and use Renameuser 1.21. --Tickle me (talk) 22:13, 1 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

What about using MW 1.22.5 which should not contain the bug any longer according to what is written at bugzilla? --Kghbln (talk) 08:27, 2 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

renaming script

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Hey, I need to change all the usernames in my wiki. The convention has been changed and now I need to update the wiki users. Is there a way of calling the extension with parameters, so I can run it as a php command like this? php Renameuser.php oldname newname It would be very helpful if it's possible.

others suggestions are welcome as well :)

Thanks! --Arieljannai (talk) 09:11, 21 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

Missing function SpecialRenameuser::getOutput()?

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Hello everybody,

I've just updated my wiki from version 1.16.2 to version 1.23.5 and updated the extension Renamuser to the current version. But when I try to open the rename-user-page in my wiki I get the following error-message: Fatal error: Call to undefined method SpecialRenameuser::getOutput() in /opt/lampp/htdocs/_fhbwiki/extensions/Renameuser/specials/SpecialRenameuser.php on line 24

When looking at the file mentioned in the error-message I noticed that there is indeed no such function as getOutput in this file. With the help of grep I ensured that there is no such function in the whole /opt/lampp/htdocs/_fhbwiki/extensions/Renameuser-directory

I even went so far as to have grep look in my whole wiki-directory: wiki-t00:/opt/lampp/htdocs/_fhbwiki # grep -i -r 'getoutput' * > getoutput.txt

Here is the result of that grep:

  • extensions/Renameuser/specials/SpecialRenameuser.php: $out = $this->getOutput();
  • extensions/Renameuser/Renameuser.hooks.php: $out = $article->getContext()->getOutput();
  • extensions/Renameuser/getoutput.txt:Renameuser.hooks.php: $out = $article->getContext()->getOutput();
  • extensions/Renameuser/getoutput.txt:specials/SpecialRenameuser.php: $out = $this->getOutput();
  • includes/Article.php: $this->mParserOutput = $this->getOutputFromWikitext( $text, $cache, $parserOptions );
  • includes/Article.php: public function getOutputFromWikitext( $text, $cache = true, $parserOptions = false ) {
  • includes/Article.php: return $this->getOutputFromWikitext( $rev->getText(), $useParserCache );
  • includes/OutputPage.php: foreach ( $parserOutput->getOutputHooks() as $hookInfo ) {
  • includes/Profiler.php: return $wgProfiler->getOutput( $start, $elapsed );
  • includes/Profiler.php: function getOutput() {
  • includes/parser/Parser.php: function getOutput() { return $this->mOutput; }
  • includes/parser/ParserOutput.php: function getOutputHooks() { return (array)$this->mOutputHooks; }
  • includes/parser/LinkHolderArray.php: $output = $this->parent->getOutput();
  • includes/parser/LinkHolderArray.php: $output = $this->parent->getOutput();
  • includes/ProfilerSimpleTrace.php: function getOutput() {

Now I'm wondering whether one of those getOutput-functions is the one the Renameuser-extension is supposed to use and why that isn't working properly? The reason I wondering that at all is that a similar "Fatal error: Call to undefined method"-error-message occured when I tried to update another extension before. But since it turned out that the older/previous version was working fine I didn't follow up on the update and the error any further...

I'm a rather PHP-noob so I cannot really follow up all the programming-intricaies indepth. :-( I hope someone can help me or at least point me in the right direction.

Kate --Katwol (talk) 14:13, 22 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Resource consumption

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What is the resource consumption of this extension? I was wondering if it might be better, on smaller wikis, to disable it (by commenting out the require_once line in LocalSettings.php) until a need arises to rename a user. --Leucosticte (talk) 18:27, 7 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

 Fatal exception of type "DBUnexpectedError"

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When trying to rename a user I get the following error. Any suggestions?

  • Bug56269] Exception thrown with an uncommited database transaction: [WVOnSl@x2zWWVjUVQ1RInwAAAAU] /view/Special:RenameUser DBUnexpectedError from line 2684 of /home/ABCD/webapps/ABCD_smw/smw/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php: Database::begin: Got explicit BEGIN while atomic section(s) RenameuserSQL::rename are open.
  • [exception] [WVOnSl@x2zWWVjUVQ1RInwAAAAU] /view/Special:RenameUser DBUnexpectedError from line 2684 of /home/ABCD/webapps/ABCD_smw/smw/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php: Database::begin: Got explicit BEGIN while atomic section(s) RenameuserSQL::rename are open. --Anrake (talk) 13:01, 28 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
Please also state the versions used for PHP and MediaWiki to make it easier for developers to pin the issue. --Kghbln (talk) 14:18, 28 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
oops, good point:
MediaWiki: 1.28.0
PHP: 5.6.30 (cgi-fcgi)
MySQL: 5.6.36-82.0
--Anrake (talk) 13:08, 29 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
I'm also getting the following when trying to rename a user account (the extension used to work... we've been installing additional extensions and now it doesn't).
[af00565bea4c21e6e8b87655] 2017-08-11 11:29:58: Fatal exception of type "DBUnexpectedError"
MediaWiki: 1.28.2
PHP: 5.6.30 --Nha4601 (talk) 11:33, 11 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

installing on Mediawiki 1.23

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when installing this extension on a Wiki (Mediawiki 1.23), I get the message "This version of the Renameuser extension requires MediaWiki 1.25+" --2001:A61:3410:E700:8072:CEBC:D055:1156 16:19, 25 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

You are trying to install a version that is incompatible with MW 1.23. Either you update a wiki, e.g. to MW 1.27 (LTS) (preferred) or you should use a version compatible with MW 1.23. --Kghbln (talk) 19:36, 25 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

Renaming users with stupid unicode names

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We have had a user have some fun with Unicode characters that move out of the actual text area -> Link. When trying to rename the user to a "normal" name there is only a [99e16bb96fedb23f92af27ed] 2018-06-11 20:34:51: Fataler Ausnahmefehler des Typs „Error“ (Fatal Error of Type "Error"). Getting rid of the user also does not work with Extension:UserMerge.

Mediawiki 1.29.1

PHP 7.0.19-1

DB 10.1.26-MariaDB-0+deb9u1 --Pandora85 (talk) 20:43, 11 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

Not working in pt.wikt

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Hi!

I'm an admin and bureaucrat at pt.wikt. I just tried using this there and got a page saying that I'm not allowed to execute the action I have requested. Can you help me? Thanks. --ValJor (talk) 10:15, 10 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Local administrators and bureaucrats can not rename users on WMF wikis. Requests to rename accounts should be made at meta:Steward requests/Username changes. --Dinoguy1000 (talk) 10:30, 10 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Error: 500

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Hello, I am the administrator of TibiaLatina Wiki, I added the extension "reusername" to my directory called Renameuser in myextensions/ folder, also add wfLoadExtension( 'Renameuser' ); code at the bottom of my LocalSettings.php but when loading the page I get the error 500. Im using Mediawiki 1.32.0


P.s.: I have already integrated other extensions to my wiki and everything has been perfect, my only problem arises with this extension.


What will be the cause? Thanks! --190.103.28.196 02:57, 3 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

What I want to change is my username, since it is my real name and I would like to change it to another. --190.103.28.196 03:01, 3 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Not working on my phone

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Hello. I am trying to rename my username because I don't like this name anymore. I own a Samsung Galaxy A20e and it dosen't work. Can someone help me? Please, thank you. --GlowingFlowers (talk) 18:24, 9 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Most users are unable to rename their own accounts, and must request a rename instead. The place to do so is Steward requests/Username changes on Meta Wikimedia. --Dinoguy1000 (talk) 23:19, 10 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Error: 1054 Unknown column 'ar_user_text' in 'where clause'

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If you encounter this error during rename on MediaWiki 1.33 or newer, remove any instance of $wgActorTableSchemaMigrationStage in LocalSettings.php, because this setting has been deleted in 1.33 but this extension is trying to fallback to the old behavior if defined with some specific values. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) 20:55, 15 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Use the command line maintenance script to do the rename, or use a different account to do the rename.

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The article says, "You can't rename the same account from where you're performing the rename. Use the command line maintenance script to do the rename, or use a different account to do the rename."

I'm in the maintenance folder, but there does not appear to be a script to perform the rename:

# ls |grep -i rename
renameDbPrefix.php
renameRestrictions.php

I'm using Mediawiki 1.35.2, if it matters.

Noloader (talk) 05:20, 10 April 2021 (UTC) --Noloader (talk) 05:20, 10 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

That's because the renameUser maintenance script is not located in MediaWiki's default maintenance folder, but in extensions/Renameuser/maintenance. --Dinoguy1000 (talk) 17:57, 10 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Download for LTS version

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Because or the Redirect from Extension:Renameuser to this page, the download becomes not accessible any more for users of the LTS or older versions who want to update this extension. Please make download available again.