Can you merge IP edits to a username in Wikipedia

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Is it possible to merge edits from an IP to a user account in Wikipedia?

I'm guessing there might be some 'owner' issues, but if one could prove no-one else used the IP apart from 'guest' posts and logged in user posts, could the edits be merged to a named user?

Best Answer

Username (and also IP) merging is technically possible but isn't done. It would require a highly manual effort by database admins. And yes it is hard to proof that this were your edits (how should they know if it was you?).