Is that something that can be arranged on this wiki? I no longer go by maple on most sites, so I'm wondering if there is a request form or anything of the sort here.
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Sorry, to my knowledge there's no way to change the name of an account.
This is unfortunately not currently possible due to the version of MediaWiki we're currently using. As someone's online handle has changed (a few times already), it is something I'd like to accommodate, but it does come with some teething issues to make sure that updating the version of MediaWiki doesn't break any of the essential plugins (e.g. stuff like Semantic MediaWiki)
It will be possible once we're on MediaWiki 1.40+, but I don't have any kind of timeframe on when that might be. Sorry.
Do we have any objection to them just making a new account as a substitute in the meantime, User:Zesty? It'll lose the edit history but as long as its not abused (i.e. only do it once, don't use both accounts to sock puppet, be open about your old and new account) I don't see a particular issue.
Yup, making alt / new accounts is fine and is a fine solution.
In my opinion, there's no need to block any of the accounts though. The community is small and I really doubt anyone is going to around sockpuppeting.
Once its done, we can block the old account to orevent abuse and explain the transition in the block reasons.