Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-5413643-20140627204303/@comment-452-20140628015117

Before I had my account renamed, I used to used to make the first letter of my username lowercase. $("#WikiaMainContent").html($("#WikiaMainContent").html.replace(/Lumoshi/g, "MarioLuigi1234")); The "g" is what you were missing. There are undesirable side-effects of using this.

This next way will replace all link text instead, but will leave the actual href untouched, as well as any "non-link" uses of your name. $("a").each(function {  $(this).html($(this).html.replace("Lumoshi", "MarioLuigi1234")); }); I just tried it in the chat, and it freaked out due to me no longer being "me" - as expected. It is possible to use more specific selectors to avoid that, but incoming messages will still say your real username, so you would have to add a hook to replace it every time.

But why do that when you could use CSS? :) .Chat li[data-user="452"] .username:after {   content: "Testing replacement username:";    margin-left:8.3em; } .Chat li[data-user="452"] .username {    margin-left:-10em; } This works for me, the 1.7em difference is because "452" is 1.7em long, so you'll need to change those values.

I figure the reason you can only rename once is due to double redirects. Does anyone know offhand whether the "only one rename" a limitation in Mediawiki or just Wikia?

Some wikis have policies against signing your posts with something which doesn't resemble your username, due to confusion - the harm in it as that people may think you're someone you're not, it would be the same as starting to use another account without disclosing your identity.