XF 2.2 Deciphering username history - changes and merges

[Mouth]

Given the above scenario, how do I determine;

• What the original registration username was? Was it 'Jinkster' and changed to 'jinks', or was 'Jinkster' merged into 'jinks'?
• Of the subsequent entries, which are username changes and which are merges?

 

[Digital Doctor]

Something isn’t right

How would jinks be new in adjacent records.

 

[ENF]

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Given the above scenario, how do I determine;

• What the original registration username was? Was it 'Jinkster' and changed to 'jinks', or was 'Jinkster' merged into 'jinks'?
• Of the subsequent entries, which are username changes and which are merges?

Have you looked at the actual change logs?../admin.php?logs/username-change/
This looks like you are viewing the profile tab page, which isn't super clear because it doesn't have the details for each action.
Failing that, you could investigate the admin log for merges.
Finally, there should be a record in the AdminCP on the user account in question that shows the change history.

 

[Mouth]

Have you looked at the actual change logs?../admin.php?logs/username-change/
This looks like you are viewing the profile tab page, which isn't super clear because it doesn't have the details for each action.

The ACP username change log doesn't provide any further clarity, likewise doesn't show if it was a username change or a merge.

Failing that, you could investigate the admin log for merges.

Thanks, a little helpful, but doesn't go back far enough. And without a search/filter function, it's very painful.

Finally, there should be a record in the AdminCP on the user account in question that shows the change history.

No, ACP user account 'change log' tab doesn't record/show username changes and merge's.

 

[Mouth]

Something isn’t right
How would jinks be new in adjacent records.

Yes, I'm confused too. That's why at least a couple are merge's into 'jinks'

 

[ENF]

No, ACP user account 'change log' tab doesn't record/show username changes and merge's.

I found a sample record, as shown here:



For this sample, I'm looking at the final account that accounts were merged into. The 'previous names' field is populated with the accounts that were merged into this record. In this case, the user had created 3 accounts and eventually was detected by Xon's multiple account detection tool. We merged two of the accounts into one, thus generated the record shown above. (There are actually two records here, but I'm just showing one for the example.)

(I've changed the usernames for privacy, but this demonstrates that the record is created and the 'change reason' is the system text entered on the merge)

Thanks, a little helpful, but doesn't go back far enough. And without a search/filter function, it's very painful.

That's true and I forgot we have Xon's mod installed to search logs.