Author: writ.keeper.enwp
Description:
If a user gets renamed on a local wiki, their account for that wiki is detached from their global SUL account, which frees up their old username. However, if that user logs into their old username, whether from old browser information (old sessions, saved username/passwords, etc.) or from accidentally typing in their old username, SUL will quietly recreate their account for them, and they might continue editing without knowing that they're not using their new username. This can cause particular problems if their rename had a privacy aspect to it (e.g. they renamed themselves to remove their real name from their username). I would propose some sort of cooldown on SUL automatic creation of usernames that have been recently renamed locally to prevent these issues.
See also bug 32647, which is related to logging these.
Version: unspecified
Severity: normal