RenameUser should log out target user to prevent unwanted recreation of old username
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	Xeno
	Jan 20 2011, 4:28 PM

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It's fairly common that a user will request a rename usually based on a privacy concern (they used their real name, etc.).

The rename will be performed but because of (I assume) cookies and SUL and such, the account gets recreated automatically - this is usually undesirable.

Rename should perhaps force a userlogout - if possible - to avoid this happening. Or perhaps someone has a more elegant solution.

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Reference: bz26816

	Title	Reference	Author	Source Branch	Dest Branch
	minor build fixes	clarakosi/aqs!1	clarakosi	builds	main
	minor build fixes	repos/generated-data-platform/aqs/pageviews!2	eevans	builds	main

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Open	None	T28816 RenameUser should log out target user to prevent unwanted recreation of old username
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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 11:16 PM

• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-User-rename.

• bzimport set Reference to bz26816.

• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

Xeno created this task.Jan 20 2011, 4:28 PM

Raised severity enhancement -> normal

RSYQFIOJGWZA wrote:

Further prevention of automatic re-creation would be helpful. I wrote the following in bug 17313#C22:
"I suggest creating a way to salt the account names that request successful
renames, implementing it on English Wikipedia, and getting consensus of the
Bureaucrats there to use it."