Correction. This link lists backwards from "Fae" but misses out "Fae": https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UsersWhoWillBeRename...
This link lists forwards from "Fae" but again misses out "Fae"!: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UsersWhoWillBeRename...
So yes, you can guess which name might be just before the name you are actually searching for, or wait until this special page is debugged. I suspect there was not much testing of it before the notices went out.
Fae
On 18 March 2015 at 15:27, Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
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:UsersWhoWillBeRename...
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:UsersWhoWillBeRename... does not start at "Wikilover" as you might expect, but it is shown by https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UsersWhoWillBeRename...
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@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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