If anyone wishes to check a name, they can use "offset". For example
this url checks to see if the account "Fae" is going to be affected:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UsersWhoWillBeRenam…
Just change the name at the end of the link.
However I note some issues. If you miss out the "dir" parameter, then
the list seems to start *after* your index point, missing out the name
searched for:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UsersWhoWillBeRenam…
does not start at "Wikilover" as you might expect, but it is shown by
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UsersWhoWillBeRenam…
P.S. the parameter "limit" does not seem to make any difference as it
does not change the list from a default of 25 accounts.
Fae
On 18 March 2015 at 15:11, Dennis During <dcduring(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for moving this close to completion. I hope
finalization goes well.
However, It found Special:UsersWhoWillBeRenamed totally useless at
Wiktionary, as I'm sure it is at any mature project. Only 25 names appear
at time. On Wiktionary the first page only includes names using exclusively
exclamation marks. It takes several pageforwards to get to the first "A".
It is not searchable. There is not even a count of how many there are in
total.
I'm not sure why the list is provided. What is a use case for it?
It would be useful for those reviewing entries (articles) to have lists of
old and new names for contributors (with unreverted contributions) so as to
take advantage of hard-won knowledge about typical user contribution
quality, etc. Are there plans for this?
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