On 13 March 2015 at 16:07, Keegan Peterzell kpeterzell@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi all,
Single-user login[1] finalization will be taking place next month.[2] I know this has been said before over the past two years, but it is actually going to take place after nearly a decade of waiting :)
I just posted an important announcement about the renaming process itself on Meta.[3] If you're interested, please take some time to read it over and help translate if possible. A one sentence message about this has been sent to village pumps as well, where available.
All accounts that will be affected by this will be contacted on their talk page within the next couple of days.[4] All local wikis also have a publicly listed database of users who will be renamed, available at Special:UsersWhoWillBeRenamed.[4]
Thanks for your time, please help spread the word to your other mailing lists and/or communities.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Single_User_Login_finalisation_announcement 3.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Single_User_Login_finalisation_announcement/... 4.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Single_User_Login_finalisation_announcement/... 5. for example, https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patikos:UsersWhoWillBeRenamedHmm
Thanks very much for keeping us up to date, Keegan. When I look at the Special:UsersWhoWillBeRenamed on enwiki, I note a large number of accounts whose registration date is listed as today, even though I realise that's not possible. It might be helpful to include an explanation of that apparent anomaly in the announcement and/or the schema. (I'm assuming it has something to do with the accounts being very old, but it sure looks weird.)
Risker/Anne