Hi, everybody,
I seem to have lost the user "Anonymous" which is the one with the user_id = 0.
I say this because trying to delete a user with the extension "UserMerge" I got this error:
"Cannot create an actor for a usable name that is not an existing user".
To be clear, the UserMerge Extension instructs to merge (refer contributions, texts, watchlists, edit count of) a first account A to a second account B delete the first account A after the merge …. if you omit the "New User" field (account B) then the extension auto-populates the New User as "Anonymous", and ask you to confirm a merge to Anonymous
So I went to check the "user" and "actor" tables where, actually, the Anonymous user doesn't exist.
Is it serious?
Everything else seems to be working fine to me...
Valerio Pelliccioni
Run cleanupUsersWithNoId.php followed by migrateActors.php --force
Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed to have id 0.
-- Brian
On Tuesday, January 7, 2020, Valerio Pelliccioni vmp@silkwood.it wrote:
Hi, everybody,
I seem to have lost the user "Anonymous" which is the one with the user_id = 0.
I say this because trying to delete a user with the extension "UserMerge" I got this error:
"Cannot create an actor for a usable name that is not an existing user".
To be clear, the UserMerge Extension instructs to merge (refer contributions, texts, watchlists, edit count of) a first account A to a second account B delete the first account A after the merge …. if you omit the "New User" field (account B) then the extension auto-populates the New User as "Anonymous", and ask you to confirm a merge to Anonymous
So I went to check the "user" and "actor" tables where, actually, the Anonymous user doesn't exist.
Is it serious?
Everything else seems to be working fine to me...
Valerio Pelliccioni
W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni
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Thanks Brian. I run the suggested scripts but didn't solve the problem. I need a user "Anonymous".
Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed to have id 0
...this means that UserMerge Extension is no longer available for user deletion; isn't it?
V
Valerio Pelliccioni W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni
On 07/01/2020, 20:15, "MediaWiki-l on behalf of Brian Wolff" <mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of bawolff@gmail.com> wrote:
Run cleanupUsersWithNoId.php followed by migrateActors.php --force
Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed to have id 0.
-- Brian
On Tuesday, January 7, 2020, Valerio Pelliccioni vmp@silkwood.it wrote:
> Hi, everybody, > > I seem to have lost the user "Anonymous" which is the one with the user_id > = 0. > > I say this because trying to delete a user with the extension "UserMerge" > I got this error: > > "Cannot create an actor for a usable name that is not an existing user". > > > > To be clear, the UserMerge Extension instructs to > merge (refer contributions, texts, watchlists, edit count of) a first > account A to a second account B > delete the first account A after the merge > …. > if you omit the "New User" field (account B) then the extension > auto-populates the New User as "Anonymous", and ask you to confirm a merge > to Anonymous > > > So I went to check the "user" and "actor" tables where, actually, the > Anonymous user doesn't exist. > > Is it serious? > > Everything else seems to be working fine to me... > > > > Valerio Pelliccioni > > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
Such users can still exist, they can't just be a valid name. Adding it to $wgReservedUsernames might be enough to allow it as an anon (not sure). At the very least, having something like '<Anonymous>' would be fine, since < isn't allowed in real usernames.
-- Brian
On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 7:39 PM Valerio Pelliccioni vmp@silkwood.it wrote:
Thanks Brian. I run the suggested scripts but didn't solve the problem. I need a user "Anonymous".
Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed to have id 0
...this means that UserMerge Extension is no longer available for user deletion; isn't it?
V
Valerio Pelliccioni W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni
On 07/01/2020, 20:15, "MediaWiki-l on behalf of Brian Wolff" < mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of bawolff@gmail.com> wrote:
Run cleanupUsersWithNoId.php followed by migrateActors.php --force Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed to have id 0. -- Brian On Tuesday, January 7, 2020, Valerio Pelliccioni <vmp@silkwood.it>wrote:
> Hi, everybody, > > I seem to have lost the user "Anonymous" which is the one with theuser_id > = 0. > > I say this because trying to delete a user with the extension "UserMerge" > I got this error: > > "Cannot create an actor for a usable name that is not an existing user". > > > > To be clear, the UserMerge Extension instructs to > merge (refer contributions, texts, watchlists, edit count of) a first > account A to a second account B > delete the first account A after the merge > …. > if you omit the "New User" field (account B) then the extension > auto-populates the New User as "Anonymous", and ask you to confirm a merge > to Anonymous > > > So I went to check the "user" and "actor" tables where, actually, the > Anonymous user doesn't exist. > > Is it serious? > > Everything else seems to be working fine to me... > > > > Valerio Pelliccioni > > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
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Thank you so much Brian. Your first suggestion solved the problem. It was enough to add the following line in LocalSettings.php
// Add just one user name to the default array $wgReservedUsernames[] = 'Anonymous';
to get this:
Merge from Giada (691) to Anonymous (0) is complete. Giada (691) has been deleted.
--------- Valerio Pelliccioni W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni
On 07/01/2020, 20:47, "MediaWiki-l on behalf of Brian Wolff" <mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of bawolff@gmail.com> wrote:
Such users can still exist, they can't just be a valid name. Adding it to $wgReservedUsernames might be enough to allow it as an anon (not sure). At the very least, having something like '<Anonymous>' would be fine, since < isn't allowed in real usernames.
-- Brian
On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 7:39 PM Valerio Pelliccioni vmp@silkwood.it wrote:
> Thanks Brian. > I run the suggested scripts but didn't solve the problem. > I need a user "Anonymous". > > >> Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed to have id 0 > ...this means that UserMerge Extension is no longer available for user > deletion; isn't it? > > V > > > Valerio Pelliccioni > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > On 07/01/2020, 20:15, "MediaWiki-l on behalf of Brian Wolff" < > mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of bawolff@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Run cleanupUsersWithNoId.php followed by migrateActors.php --force > > > Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed to have id 0. > > -- > Brian > > On Tuesday, January 7, 2020, Valerio Pelliccioni vmp@silkwood.it > wrote: > > > Hi, everybody, > > > > I seem to have lost the user "Anonymous" which is the one with the > user_id > > = 0. > > > > I say this because trying to delete a user with the extension > "UserMerge" > > I got this error: > > > > "Cannot create an actor for a usable name that is not an existing > user". > > > > > > > > To be clear, the UserMerge Extension instructs to > > merge (refer contributions, texts, watchlists, edit count of) a first > > account A to a second account B > > delete the first account A after the merge > > …. > > if you omit the "New User" field (account B) then the extension > > auto-populates the New User as "Anonymous", and ask you to confirm a > merge > > to Anonymous > > > > > > So I went to check the "user" and "actor" tables where, actually, the > > Anonymous user doesn't exist. > > > > Is it serious? > > > > Everything else seems to be working fine to me... > > > > > > > > Valerio Pelliccioni > > > > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
You might still have to rerun migrateActors.php after making that change, as otherwise some of the older edits attributed to Anonymous may have disappeared.
-- Brian
On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 6:56 AM Valerio Pelliccioni vmp@silkwood.it wrote:
Thank you so much Brian. Your first suggestion solved the problem. It was enough to add the following line in LocalSettings.php
// Add just one user name to the default array $wgReservedUsernames[] = 'Anonymous';
to get this:
Merge from Giada (691) to Anonymous (0) is complete. Giada (691) has been deleted.
Valerio Pelliccioni W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni
On 07/01/2020, 20:47, "MediaWiki-l on behalf of Brian Wolff" < mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of bawolff@gmail.com> wrote:
Such users can still exist, they can't just be a valid name. Adding itto $wgReservedUsernames might be enough to allow it as an anon (not sure). At the very least, having something like '<Anonymous>' would be fine, since < isn't allowed in real usernames.
-- Brian On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 7:39 PM Valerio Pelliccioni <vmp@silkwood.it>wrote:
> Thanks Brian. > I run the suggested scripts but didn't solve the problem. > I need a user "Anonymous". > > >> Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed to haveid 0 > ...this means that UserMerge Extension is no longer available for user > deletion; isn't it? > > V > > > Valerio Pelliccioni > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > On 07/01/2020, 20:15, "MediaWiki-l on behalf of Brian Wolff" < > mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of bawolff@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Run cleanupUsersWithNoId.php followed by migrateActors.php --force > > > Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed to have id 0. > > -- > Brian > > On Tuesday, January 7, 2020, Valerio Pelliccioni < vmp@silkwood.it> > wrote: > > > Hi, everybody, > > > > I seem to have lost the user "Anonymous" which is the one with the > user_id > > = 0. > > > > I say this because trying to delete a user with the extension > "UserMerge" > > I got this error: > > > > "Cannot create an actor for a usable name that is not an existing > user". > > > > > > > > To be clear, the UserMerge Extension instructs to > > merge (refer contributions, texts, watchlists, edit count of) a first > > account A to a second account B > > delete the first account A after the merge > > …. > > if you omit the "New User" field (account B) then the extension > > auto-populates the New User as "Anonymous", and ask you to confirm a > merge > > to Anonymous > > > > > > So I went to check the "user" and "actor" tables where, actually, the > > Anonymous user doesn't exist. > > > > Is it serious? > > > > Everything else seems to be working fine to me... > > > > > > > > Valerio Pelliccioni > > > > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
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Ok, thanks.
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On 08/01/2020, 10:39, "MediaWiki-l on behalf of Brian Wolff" <mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of bawolff@gmail.com> wrote:
You might still have to rerun migrateActors.php after making that change, as otherwise some of the older edits attributed to Anonymous may have disappeared.
-- Brian
On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 6:56 AM Valerio Pelliccioni vmp@silkwood.it wrote:
> Thank you so much Brian. > Your first suggestion solved the problem. > It was enough to add the following line in LocalSettings.php > > // Add just one user name to the default array > $wgReservedUsernames[] = 'Anonymous'; > > to get this: > > Merge from Giada (691) to Anonymous (0) is complete. > Giada (691) has been deleted. > > > --------- > Valerio Pelliccioni > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > On 07/01/2020, 20:47, "MediaWiki-l on behalf of Brian Wolff" < > mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of bawolff@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Such users can still exist, they can't just be a valid name. Adding it > to > $wgReservedUsernames might be enough to allow it as an anon (not > sure). At > the very least, having something like '<Anonymous>' would be fine, > since < > isn't allowed in real usernames. > > -- > Brian > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 7:39 PM Valerio Pelliccioni vmp@silkwood.it > wrote: > > > Thanks Brian. > > I run the suggested scripts but didn't solve the problem. > > I need a user "Anonymous". > > > > >> Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed to have > id 0 > > ...this means that UserMerge Extension is no longer available for > user > > deletion; isn't it? > > > > V > > > > > > Valerio Pelliccioni > > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > > > > On 07/01/2020, 20:15, "MediaWiki-l on behalf of Brian Wolff" < > > mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of > bawolff@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Run cleanupUsersWithNoId.php followed by migrateActors.php > --force > > > > > > Usernames that are valid usernames are no longer allowed to have > id 0. > > > > -- > > Brian > > > > On Tuesday, January 7, 2020, Valerio Pelliccioni < > vmp@silkwood.it> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, everybody, > > > > > > I seem to have lost the user "Anonymous" which is the one with > the > > user_id > > > = 0. > > > > > > I say this because trying to delete a user with the extension > > "UserMerge" > > > I got this error: > > > > > > "Cannot create an actor for a usable name that is not an > existing > > user". > > > > > > > > > > > > To be clear, the UserMerge Extension instructs to > > > merge (refer contributions, texts, watchlists, edit count of) > a first > > > account A to a second account B > > > delete the first account A after the merge > > > …. > > > if you omit the "New User" field (account B) then the extension > > > auto-populates the New User as "Anonymous", and ask you to > confirm a > > merge > > > to Anonymous > > > > > > > > > So I went to check the "user" and "actor" tables where, > actually, the > > > Anonymous user doesn't exist. > > > > > > Is it serious? > > > > > > Everything else seems to be working fine to me... > > > > > > > > > > > > Valerio Pelliccioni > > > > > > W: https://tunearch.org/wiki/User:Valerio_Pelliccioni > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
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