Self-renaming would be great so long as appropriate logging was introduced alongside the functionality. I don't think the main rename log should be used, as at the end of the day these new usernames are not being endorsed to be appropriate by a 'crat.
But yeah, sounds good. - Chris On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Brion Vibber <[email protected]> wrote: > MZMcBride wrote: > > Given that the Renameuser extension now uses the job queue for renames > > involving over 10,000 edits (and thus no longer locking the site for > large > > renames), is there any technical reason not to give administrators the > > renameuser right? > > Renaming a user who doesn't expect it would be very disruptive. This > isn't something we'd really want to give out to every sysop. > > I'd much rather see a sensible system for self-renames (with decent > throttling, checks, etc) > > -- brion > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
