Well in every instance I looked up a name that was usurped, it never changed. Hence I stick with the user_id and it avoids complication.
Cyberpower678 English Wikipedia Account Creation Team Mailing List Moderator > On Nov 9, 2014, at 20:01, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rev user text should be updating, however there may be a lag due to throb > queue > > On Sunday, November 9, 2014, Maximilian Doerr <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > When you look up a usurped name, the count is completely wrong. Looking up > by id avoids that issue because when changing name, user id stays the same. > rev_user_text does not update when a username changes. > > Cyberpower678 > English Wikipedia Account Creation Team > Mailing List Moderator > > > >> On Nov 9, 2014, at 19:44, Platonides <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >> >> On 09/11/14 20:02, Maximilian Doerr wrote: >>> It was indexed by both in the past. And it should be that way too. >>> Looking up by username is an unreliable way of counting edits. >>> >>> Cyberpower678 >>> English Wikipedia Account Creation Team >>> Mailing List Moderator >> >> It depends on what you consider "unreliable". I have seen complaints due to >> Special:Contributions ignoring imported edits. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Labs-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l >> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l> > > _______________________________________________ > Labs-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l
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