Question Revive deleted account (or merge existing account with deleted account)?

Here's a situation I'd be really glad of some assistance with (NB the forum uses Nice Theme's 'NTS Kinfinite' template, but the problem still exists if using 'Blue Eagle'):

The primary moderator's account was lost during troublesome upgrade (Joomla 2.5-3), possibly users have been synchronised at some point, too.

The original moderator's account doesn't seem to appear anywhere in the database, apart from its surviving topics and postings, so I can't even retrieve the original ID for that account.

I now have a fresh moderator's account with an identical name, and the legacy of messages from the original moderator's account. Obviously I'd like these to be (or appear to be) from the same account.

Any ideas? Happy to provide more information if helpful.

Many thanks, V

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