[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39123: Allow usernames to be changed by administrators

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#39123: Allow usernames to be changed by administrators
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 Reporter:  johnbillion                          |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Awaiting
Component:  Users                                |  Review
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-unit-tests 2nd-    |  Resolution:
  opinion                                        |     Focuses:  multisite
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Comment (by johnbillion):

 Agreed, but hopefully the concerns in that ticket can be addressed with:

 > However, this can be addressed in the same way as changes to post slugs,
 where a user's old usernames and nicenames are recorded in usermeta when
 their username is updated (and their nicename is regenerated) and a
 canonical redirect can kick in to redirect to the new author archive URL.

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