https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15181
TMg <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|Low |Normal CC| |[email protected] --- Comment #5 from TMg <[email protected]> 2012-06-06 22:46:57 UTC --- There is currently a discussion in the German Wikipedia about protecting old usernames after a rename: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administratoren/Anfragen#Sicherung_alter_Benutzernamen_vor_Neuanlage In short: Almost all formerly renamed users think their old username is protected. This is how it works everywhere, for example at Facebook. But the name is not protected, there is not even a possibility to protect it. Everybody can create a new account with the old name. In some cases this does not matter (e.g. if the old user did very few edits). In some cases this is very dangerous. Please fix this. Add a possibility to protect old usernames after a rename. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
