Allowing [[m:Special:Renameuser]] to work crosswiki, like [[m:Special:Makesysop]], would greatly simplify multiple-wiki rename requests for stewards. The same syntax would work (such as renaming "Billy@akwiki" to "Joey@akwiki"), or a drop-down menu to prevent attempts to rename a user to a different wiki.
According to discussion in MediaWiki-General, "It looks like it would just be a matter of looking up the wiki key in $wgLocalDatabases as opposed to just dealing with the current wiki db".
Currently, renaming a user requires that the steward:
- Create a new account on the local wiki.
- Create user pages and interwiki links as appropriate for each account.
- Assign the bureaucrat flag from Meta.
- Rename the user.
- Remove the bureaucrat flag from Meta.
- Repeat (sometimes dozens of times).
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URL: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RenameUser