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Incomplete rename

Let me know if I should just put this in at rename requests or somewhere else. I have a few stray edits under my old username that happened when I switched windows between Commons and WP EN before things were truly global and I hadn't been renamed at Commons yet. I once noted with bemusement that this had been discussed on a publicly archived mailing list. My efforts at requesting redaction for privacy* reasons there were met with crickets. That part isn't your problem, but I thought I would mention it. *(Obviously I didn't disappear so it's not a huge privacy issue, but I'd still like to move away from my old username.) Anyway, is it possible to merge those edits back into my current account? Thanks, Valfontis (talk) 16:28, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Valfontis. First of all I apologise that your rename was discussed so publicly. I am going to see if we can get that deleted (or at least make it so it isn't indexed by google). There are plenty of examples of this phenomenon and there were plenty of renames that raised no privacy issues whatsoever that could have been used to illustrate the same point. As to merging the contributions, that isn't possible yet but is being implemented. I expect the features will be live within a few months or so, although experience tells me these things can take a while. WJBscribe (talk) 17:10, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

PS. Are we using gmane to host official wikimedia lists, or does gmane just copy this content from elsewhere? WJBscribe (talk) 17:16, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The MediaWiki API mailing list archives are publicly accessible on lists.wikimedia.org, so I supposed they could be crawlable and copiable by external services (such as gmane). I don't know if that is intentional not if it could (or should) be prevented. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 17:31, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Valfontis: as WJBscribe says, merging accounts isn't currently available; in the meantime would you like me to rename your old account to something less identifiable? 28bytes (talk) 17:20, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Let me ponder that and get back to you. My old name is around on an estimated jillion talkpages, so it's not like people can't connect the dots. Thanks for the replies. Valfontis (talk) 17:28, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've pondered, don't worry about it. @WJBscribe: any progress on the indexing issue above? In the meantime, where should I watch for the merge feature to go live? Valfontis (talk) 02:55, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Valfontis: Account merges would likely be handled at m:SRUC or some variant of that. –xeno^talk 13:49, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Xeno, I'll bookmark it. Valfontis (talk) 16:52, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Remove the bit

Resolved

Can you remove the admin bit from my account please? I no longer want it. Thank you. Protonk (talk) 19:50, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks for your service. I restored rollback which was present in your pre-admin state but if you don't want that either, just let us know. –xeno^talk 22:36, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rename request

Resolved

– In future hiding is better than rename for this than rename and can be requested directly to stewards ( stewards

wikimedia.org ). –xeno^talk 13:51, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Can this blocked account be renamed, please? JohnCD (talk) 19:53, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've globally suppressed the username. Is there any benefit to renaming it over this course of action? Ajraddatz (Talk) 01:40, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I suppose that there is no local distinction between hidden and oversighted (and that that name shouldn't be oversighted). Would hiding globally be sufficient? Ajraddatz (Talk) 01:50, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I guess that's enough, thanks, though the offensive name is still visible by clicking on the link above. It's no longer in the list of users, or in the log of my actions. The important thing is that nobody should come on it by chance, and particularly that the attacker should not be able to find it to show to anybody. JohnCD (talk) 09:57, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Someone should delete the talk page per IAR. NE Ent 10:11, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Readmin

StringTheory11 (current rights · rights management · rights log (local) · rights log (global/meta) · block log).

Sorry to ask for the tools back so soon after resigning, but I'm clearly more useful to the project with them than without them, even with a reduced activity level. StringTheory11 (t • c) 21:11, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't under a cloud when I did it, I see no problems with doing this after the standard 24h waiting period. Worm^TT(talk) 08:56, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. --Dweller (talk) 12:19, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No concerns here. Pak aran 17:58, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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 :It wasn't under a cloud when I did it, I see no problems with doing this after the standard 24h waiting period. [[User:Worm That Turned|<span style='text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;'>'''''Worm'''''</span>]]<sup>TT</sup>([[User Talk:Worm That Turned|<font color='#060'>talk</font>]]) 08:56, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 :Agreed. --[[User:Dweller|Dweller]] ([[User talk:Dweller|talk]]) 12:19, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
+:No concerns here.  [[User:Pakaran|Pak]][[User talk:Pakaran|aran]] 17:58, 11 March 2015 (UTC)