On 13 March 2015 at 16:07, Keegan Peterzell <kpeterzell(a)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.
1.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Unified_login
2.
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