Brion Vibber wrote:
MZMcBride wrote:
Given that the Renameuser extension now uses the job queue for renames involving over 10,000 edits (and thus no longer locking the site for large renames), is there any technical reason not to give administrators the renameuser right?
Renaming a user who doesn't expect it would be very disruptive. This isn't something we'd really want to give out to every sysop.
I'd much rather see a sensible system for self-renames (with decent throttling, checks, etc)
-- brion
And manual approval. 'niceuser' suddenly renaming itself to "Brion is a ***" is not good. And bureaucrats being throttled so it can't be unrenamed worse. (And worst if it's a legitimate account which has been compromised)