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'''As of 2005, edits are no longer reattributed'''.
However, you may wish to consider the following options:
You may make a list of your contributions and post it to your new User page, or a [[Wikipedia:subpage|subpage]] of it. If you have a static IP (all your edits came from the same IP address) you can easily copy this list from the Contributions page -- just click the "User contributions" link from the sidebar of the User or Talk page of the old IP (this takes you to [[Special:Contributions/''(IP address)'']]). If your contributions were made under many different IPs, you will have to assemble the list by hand.
If you have a static IP that will not be reused by others, you may [[Wikipedia:Redirect|redirect]] your anonymous '''User:''' and '''User Talk:''' pages to your new account.
*Put a note at the top of your new '''User:''' and '''User Talk:''' page to explain the change.
*This does not merge your contributions history; old edits will still be attributed to the old (IP) account, but anyone investigating those edits will be redirected to your new name.
==General notes==
It is possible for a [[m:System administrators|developer]] to alter the database such that an edit which was attributed to an anonymous [[IP address]] is attributed to a username. This is usually requested because either:
* An editor contributes anonymously for a while, and then creates a username and wants their previous edits attributed to their new name; or
* A user [[WP:LOGGEDOUT|accidentally logged out before making an edit]]. (Note that there is a simple way to "reclaim" such an inadvertently anonymous edit, provided you act straight away: While still logged out, revert to the version in the history immediately before the edit. Then log in and re-revert to the version ''after'' the edit, re-entering your original edit summary.)
Developers reserve the right to deny requests if they feel that there is any reason to doubt the identity of the contributor.
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Please note that it may take some months before a developer has time to carry out your request.
===Changed
If a user changes from one username to another and wishes all their old edits to be attributed to the new name, see [[Wikipedia:Changing username]].
===Notes on IP addresses===
If you wish to change the attribution of an edit in this way, place a request below '''using the same IP address as you used to make the edit'''. This is so that we can be sure the IP address was really the user in question. In some cases, an IP address from the same dial-up [[internet service provider|ISP]] will be sufficient. Also include the target username, and a link to the diff.
* [[Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit/Previous discussion]]
* [[Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit/Log]]
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#Save the page.
#LOG IN, and add your user name with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> to the section "ADD YOUR USERNAME AND TIMESTAMP AFTER YOU LOG BACK IN"
#Manually remove '''User:''' and extra brackets from the IP addresses, so that is is in this format: <nowiki>[[Special:Contributions/1.2.3.4|1.2.3.4]]</nowiki>.
#The last 2 cells are for the user/time stamps of the checkers and database changers. Please delete the text and leave blank.
#Have patience. The checkers and database changers will eventually get around to it.
'''
If your request is declined for some reason, it may be moved to [[Wikipedia:Changing_attribution_for_an_edit/Rejected_requests]] and an explanation given below it.
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