Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations

This page is for requests to usurp accounts that already exist. If you want your account renamed to a name that is not already taken, please see Wikipedia:Changing username.

This page permits users to request, and bureaucrats to consider and carry out, the "usurpation" of usernames. This consists of renaming an existing dormant account in order to permit another user to adopt the name.

If you wish to request usurpation, please read and follow the instructions below. The account you want to usurp should have no edits or log entries (except in the username creation log) to qualify for usurpation, although rare exceptions are made where old edits do not require attribution under the GFDL. Please do not request usurpation if your user account is less than several months old, or barely used. In order to ensure that usurped usernames be put to good use, we prefer only to grant requests from reasonably well-established users.

If you have already unified your login, it is impossisible to rename an existing account to that name, because of bug 13507. Unification is still possible once the old account is moved out of the way, but you can not merge edits from another username with your global account.

Instructions

Log in to your present account. Leave a message on the talk page of the target account (preferably of the form {{subst:usurpation requested}} ~~~~) notifying the user of your request. Please do not e-mail the target account yourself. If this becomes necessary, a bureaucrat or clerk will do so. Add your request to this page using the proper template. This may be done via a shortcut (1) or by the traditional method (2): (1) The shortcut: Click this link. Replace "REQUESTED_NAME" with the username you wish to usurp, and "CURRENT_NAME" with your current username. You may include some reason for the change beneath the template if you wish. Leave the "Subject/headline" field blank. (2) The traditional method: Click "edit this page"; find the section for today's date; copy the following text and paste it at the bottom of that section. {{subst:usurp|REQUESTED_NAME|CURRENT_NAME}} ~~~~ Replace "REQUESTED_NAME" with the username you wish to usurp, and "CURRENT_NAME" with your current username. You may include some reason for the change beneath the template if you wish. Check your spelling and click "Save page". Your request is now complete and ready to be processed. If the owner of the target account does not object within seven days, a bureaucrat will fulfill your request provided other requirements are met. Mark the date, so you will not be surprised when you find yourself unable to log in to your old account.

Notes

• When the rename has been completed, your account will have been renamed, and any contributions you have made (including deleted contributions) will be reattributed to your new account as a background process. Your account preferences, watchlist contents, password, etc. will all be preserved, and your user and user talk pages will have been moved to the new name.

  Note: The process responsible for reallocating old contributions is currently dependent upon the job queue mechanism. As such, you may find old contributions do not immediately appear under your new account; this is perfectly normal. Updates should take at most a day to complete, although the length of time will vary according to the size of the job queue on this wiki, and the status of the server processes which process this queue.

• The change will appear in the user rename log and the request will be moved to the archives in the interest of transparency. It is not possible to rename accounts without an entry being created in the log.
• This change will not affect signatures you have already left on talk pages, or other places where you signed your username with ~~~~. Those pages will continue to display your signature (including the link to your old username) unless edited manually.
• Be aware: Once you have been renamed, your old account will no longer exist and may potentially be recreated by a third party. This is true even if your old account pages have been redirected towards your new account. To guard against impersonation, you may wish to recreate the old account yourself.

A few users have agreed to provide assistance with the mechanics of this process. If you wish to assist as well, please read the linked page carefully.

Changing username:

• Completed rename requests:

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• Rejected rename requests:

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2007: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

2008: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

2009: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

2010: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

2011: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

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2013: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

2014: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

2015: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

2016: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

2017: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

2018: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

2019: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

2020: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

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2022: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

2023: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

2024: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep

Usurpations:

• Completed:

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• Rejected/Not Completed:

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SUL requests:

• Completed:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

• Rejected/Not Completed:

1 | 2 | 3

Current requests

Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. The current UTC date is 10 September 2024.

March 4, 2008

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than March 12, 2008.

Mad_Hatter ← Painbearer

• Current username: Painbearer (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Mad_Hatter (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 13:44, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Mad Hatter (talk) 13:44, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I find my current Username quite sombre, so I decided for a change.

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username has an email address set, and an email has been sent by a clerk or bureaucrat to notify them of this request. --Chris 20:22, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

According to an editor, the account Mad Hatter was created but was never used. Since I moved my page up there, I've been making edits from that account.

Regards: Mad Hatter (talk) 06:53, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm the editor that pointed Painbearer to this page. I didn't, and still don't, see any contributions from the Mad Hatter account. What am I missing? --Onorem♠Dil 13:41, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

That is odd. I could've sworn there were edits by the Mad Hatter account. It does seem, however, that this is not the case. Therefore, the renaming will probably be carried out. The only problem might be the automatic page moves, as the talk page for the Painbearer account has edits that will probably need to be merged; I can help with this if a bureaucrat does not wish to deal with it. As a side note, moving userpages like this without renaming accounts is very bad form, and is probably disallowed, and such pages should be deleted under U2. seresin | wasn't he just...? 01:14, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Template updated and email sent, also the requesting account has been the subject of recent blocks --Chris 20:26, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

 Not done - no response to clerk request. WjBscribe 17:06, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

March 17, 2008

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than March 25, 2008.

Serein ← Sereine

• Current username: Sereine (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Serein (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 00:24, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Sereine (talk) 00:24, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

reason : I'm sysop @ French Wikipédia and have more contribs than him, who have parted since one year. Thanks --Sereine (talk) 00:31, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Normally, this usurpation would be denied, as the editor in question has over five thousand edits. In the past, unifying usernames cross-project has allowed disregard for newness of editors, and edits by the requested username. However, there are five thousand edits; this might be more than allowed. So a bureaucrat would need to make a pretty big discretion ruling here. It's also very similar to my username. XD seresin | wasn't he just...? 00:50, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

 Not done - the English Wikipedia has no policy that allows the renaming of accounts that have made GFDL significant edits in good faith without them agreeing to this. That position may need to be reviewed should proposals for unified login be implemented. Until such a time however, I cannot perform this request. WjBscribe 00:58, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually, WjB, SUL is underway : In a few days, this feature will be made available to sysops (hence to Serein). Would you reconsider her request ? Serein has more than 12K edits on fr: :)

NicDumZ ~ 14:00, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Well SUL has been about to happen many times and hasn't resulted in much. But I simply do not have this community's approval to perform this sort of rename. If SUL does start to happen, it will need a discussion here about how far the community feels bureaucrats should go to accommodate these sorts of request. I do agree that should SUL happen, Serein has the best claim to this name. WjBscribe 16:13, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I'd like to point out a problem caused by this name conflict. As you may know, in some wikis such as de: transwikis are made when articles are translated, to keep the original history. Hence, contributions of the actual Serein from en are listed in Sereine's contributions in those projects, under the name "Serein", which she owns in every project but en:). This causes history problems because the contributions list of the user Serein in those wikis contain in fact edits of both users. Here's an example. IMHO, it's another reason to support the usurpation (which will, anyway, definitely have to be done some day). PieRRo^MaN 21:14, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

There really isn't much point arguing about - its not something I can do. See m:Help:Unified login#Someone is using my name on another wiki, how can I get that account?: "If you want to usurp an account on another wiki, and that account has edits, you should make a request to a bureaucrat on the problem wiki. Subject to local policy, the bureaucrat may be able to rename the target account." The local policies of this project do not allow usurpation in these circumstances. That doesn't mean it never will, but at the moment this request is outside my discretion. WjBscribe 21:20, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

OK, I understand the problem. Thanks :-) --Sereine (talk) 21:50, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

The SUL is becoming now... could you think about it again ? Thanks :-) --Sereine (talk) 09:20, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

March 18, 2008

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than March 26, 2008.

Duesentrieb ← Gearloose

• Current username: Gearloose (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Duesentrieb (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 21:14, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

I request the usurpation mainly in the light of upcoming SUL, so I can use my global user name on the english wikipedia too. I am well known as Duesentrieb on several projects, including de:wp (admin), commons (admin), mediawiki (admin), as well as meta. User:Duesentrieb on de.wikibooks.org is not me (inactive since 2004), User:Düsentrieb (with umlaut) on de:wp is not me either. Some of my edits on commons seems to have been copied to the incubator via transwiki.

The present User:Duesentrieb has made only one edit ever, which was in November 2003 and is IMHO not copyrightable because trievial, and thus does not require attribution (diff).

G. Gearloose (?!) 21:14, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.

As noted above, the requested account has made on edit, it 2003. However, as best I can tell, the information amended in the edit still exists in the article today. So it is probably a GFDL significant edit. However, Gearloose has said that he is a active editor and administrator on several wikis, which adds the SUL and harmonizing aspect. So a bureaucrat would need to make a discretion ruling here. seresin | wasn't he just...? 02:25, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

To clarify why I believe that attribution is not required: a license applies to copyrightable works; the edit in question is imho not copyrightable work: it merely adjusts two numbers, stating a fact (facts are not copyrightable) and thus lacks creative originality. Besides the legal aspect, I doubt the original editor is terribly keen to have that trivial edit attributed to a nickname that is not used/known, and that has no connection to his real name anyway.

Thanks -- G. Gearloose (?!) 09:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Addendum: please understand that I don't take license compliance and attribution of contributions lightly (as a commons admin, I have dealt a lot with these things). I just believe that no harm would be done (legally and ethically) by changing the nick to which this edit is attributed. The discontinuity it introduces seems very minor compared to the inconsitencies introducdes by the transwiki-process, not to speak of attribution getting lost or obfuscated during article marge, split or translation. The problems with transiwki (and thus also translations) will be all but solved by SUL, and in this light, it's especially important to have consistent global user names. -- G. Gearloose (?!) 09:43, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

 Bureaucrat note: This request is half done. I have renamed the current User:Duesentrieb, however I cannot rename you to this name as you have already unified your login. This bug has already been reported to the developers and will hopefully be fixed soon, when I can complete the renaming process. WjBscribe 02:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Yea, I know about that bug, I was there when it was first discussed on IRC. Standing by...

Please notify me on meta when you finish the renaming (enotif is enabled there, so i won't miss it). Or use wikimail here on enwiki. Thanks again -- Gearloose-soon-to-be-Duesentrieb (?!) 21:59, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

March 19, 2008

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than March 27, 2008.

LA to be a doppleganger account for Lady Aleena

As LA (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log) has not made any edits, and since I use the initials LA in my signature, I would like to use User:LA as a doppleganger account. - LA @ 22:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

So you are asking that a bureaucrat rename the LA account to something else, and you recreate the LA account? seresin | wasn't he just...? 01:14, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes please, if it is not too great an imposition. - LA @ 07:48, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Whether or not a usurpation will be allowed for a non-primary account has come up before. A bureaucrat will need to comment here. If he will also comment on whether the usurpation should be done as described above, or if Aleena should create a placeholder account to usurp with would be helpful. seresin | wasn't he just...? 07:57, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

March 20, 2008

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than March 28, 2008.

Red Phoenix ← Redphoenix526

• Current username: Redphoenix526 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Red Phoenix (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 02:41, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Redphoenix526 (Talk) 02:41, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

This change is for reasons of personal preference, as well as the name being what I'm referred to on a lot of article talk pages and other discussion pages, so the change makes it easier for those people, too. I also checked out the contributions for the account I plan to usurp, and there are 4 edits (all from February 2005), of which none of the information added remains today. Redphoenix526 (Talk) 02:41, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation. seresin ( ¡? ) 07:04, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

• I didn't think they would be under the GFDL since, from what I saw, none of that information is on the pages anymore. I took a look over each and every edit of the four and I didn't see anything on the articles edited relating to what was added by the dormant user. Redphoenix526 (Talk) 07:33, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Stu ← Stuwest1

• Current username: Stuwest1 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Stu (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 03:19, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  
• Reason: I'm now making all my edits logged in and this username matches my nickname and is shorter.stu (talk) 03:19, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.

The editor requesting usurpation has 29 edits. seresin ( ¡? ) 07:04, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Reedy ← Reedy Boy

• Current username: Reedy Boy (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Reedy (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 11:59, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

I'm after getting the " Boy" dropped from my name, please =) —Reedy Boy 11:59, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. --Cream (talk) 14:34, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Eskimo ← Eskimoo

• Current username: Eskimoo (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Eskimo (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 17:25, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  This is the user name I use on all the other Wikipedias, including fr: where I'm an admin. I'm asking for this usurpation to avoid complications during the SUL migration, planned "soon" for sysops. Thanks. ▪ Eskimo ☼ 17:25, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. --Cream (talk) 17:53, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

March 24, 2008

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than April 1, 2008.

Leinad ← Leinad_pl

• Current username: Leinad_pl (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Leinad (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 01:31, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

This is the user name on pl.wiki where I'm an admin. I'm asking for this usurpation to avoid complications during the SUL migration, planned "soon" for sysops. Thanks. Leinad pl (talk) 01:31, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia that are now deleted. Usernames with only deleted edits can usually be usurped.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
• There is one edit from three years ago. It is up to a bureaucrat but it should be no problem at all because the edit requires no GFDL attribution. Alexfusco⁵ 02:01, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

(!) Request can't be completed - bug 13507. Leinad pl (talk) 02:27, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Stefan ← st-fl

• Current username: st-fl (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Stefan (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 21:08, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Unification with de:wp where I am sysop. Stefan ■ 21:08, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation. Note: Target user has logged in and made many edits. Last edit of User:Stefan was 20 March 2008. --Cream (talk) 21:31, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

 Not done - the English Wikipedia has no policy that allows the renaming of accounts that have made GFDL significant edits in good faith without them agreeing to this. That position may need to be reviewed given the progress of the implementation of unified login. However, until the community decides that such requests should be performed, they lie outside bureaucrat discretion on this project. WjBscribe 21:35, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

So, I’ll have to ask User:Stefan for permission or wait until policies concerning SUL are developed? Thank you so far. :-) --Stefan ■ 21:46, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

March 25, 2008

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than April 2, 2008.

Mercy ← Mercy_cz

• Current username: Mercy_cz (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Mercy (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 08:36, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  I'm sysop on cs:wiki and would like to have the "Mercy" account usurped for SUL purposes. Thanks. Mercy_cz (talk) 08:36, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. --Chris 09:03, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

The account has already been merged by stewards. Could you please merge my contribs as well? Thanks. --Mercy (talk) 21:59, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

 Not done - now that your login has been unified, it is not technically possible to rename User:Mercy. WjBscribe 22:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

McCormack ← JamesMcCormack

• Current username: JamesMcCormack (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: McCormack (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 10:00, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  JamesMcCormack (talk) 10:00, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• I am a sysop on http://en.wikiversity.org and have accounts on most Wikiversities, Commons, Meta and Mediawiki, where I am active. The slightly similar existing username User:Mccormack (with a small second "c") already exists on en.wikipedia and prevents me creating an account with my usual Wikimedia username. User:Mccormack has zero edits and appears to be inactive. --JamesMcCormack (talk) 10:00, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

This may not actually be a "usurpation" request, per se, as there is currently no User:McCormack (Big C). This might just be a straight rename request, if I'm reading this right? If it makes any difference, User:Mccormack (little c) has no edits, no deleted edits, but does have an email set. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:52, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, at present I cannot create the account User:McCormack. If you like, please think of this as a combined request to (a) usurp User:Mccormack (small c) and then (b) rename User:Mccormack to User:McCormack, which could also be performed in the reverse order. ;-) --JamesMcCormack (talk) 11:21, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

 Bureaucrat note: if you don't mind the account user:Mccormack continuing to exist, I can rename you to User:McCormack straight away. WjBscribe 18:15, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

It's up to you. If the account-holder of user:Mccormack was to become active, it might get confusing, but as the account has existed since 2006 without use, it's probably a truly dead account anyway. So perhaps a simple rename might be the best thing. Thanks! --JamesMcCormack (talk) 18:52, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

 Done. WjBscribe 15:56, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Stv ← Stv^

• Current username: Stv^ (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Stv (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 10:14, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

I'm a sysop on plwiki; requesting usurpation because of the SUL migration process. stv_^ ✉ 10:14, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Hofres ← the user formerly known as Hofres

• Current username: the user formerly known as Hofres (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Hofres (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 10:41, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

I'm a user on de- and svwiki; requesting usurpation because i would like to edit in en: with the same username. --The user formerly known as Hofres (talk) 10:41, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:49, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Esprit Fugace ← Anything else

• Current username: Anything else (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Esprit Fugace (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 11:14, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Blinking Spirit (talk) 11:14, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm fr:user:Esprit Fugace, and would like to usurp the name here, but without having my current account renamed. I use "Blinking Spirit" on non french speaking wikis, and I'd like to keep this distinction. With SUL now enabled for sysops (which I am on fr.wikipedia.org), I just wish to have my account fully unified. Regards, Blinking Spirit (talk) 11:14, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Esprit Fugace (talk · contribs) has no contribs or log entries, and does not have an email set. Have left the standard notification. This draws attention to a need for discussion of SUL-related requests, probably. – Luna Santin (talk) 11:20, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia that are now deleted. Usernames with only deleted edits can usually be usurped.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.

You will need to create the account Anything else (talk · contribs). WjBscribe 18:10, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

But I don't want to ! I just want Esprit Fugace (inactiv account) renamed in whatever you want to free the user name. Thus it should be made mine through SUL, won't it ? Making another account seems exceedingly complicated. If it's the only way, I can, but I didn't think it would be necessary. Blinking Spirit (talk) 19:39, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Very well. I will simply rename out of the way provided the account does not object in the next week. WjBscribe 22:36, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Don't bother : following a notice from a steward, I've just had the local account with no contributions merge with my global account. Thanks for your time, Regards, Esprit Fugace (talk) 09:07, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Brett ← BrettR

• Current username: BrettR (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Brett (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 11:50, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  BrettR (talk) 11:50, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Note

• The target account made 1 edit in September 2003.
• The target username has no deleted edits logged.
• The current owner of the username has been notified of this usurpation request.
• The current owner of this username does not have an email address specified.

I don't think the edit poses a problem given that the contribution was not GFDL significant. I am minded to perform this rename in a week if no objection is made by the target account. WjBscribe 18:12, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Egor ← Egor13

• Current username: Egor13 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Egor (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 13:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Egor13 (talk) 13:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm meta:user:Egor, commons and ruwiki user Egor. I guess, enwiki user has no edits. --Egor13 (talk) 13:45, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.

– WjBscribe 17:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

ILJR ← ILJR2

• Current username: ILJR2 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: ILJR (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 14:31, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

Hello,

Please, notice that I'm french and my english writing could be approximate.

Owner of the fr:User:ILJR account, I would like to use the same user name on en:WP. The user page en:User:ILJR and the user talk en:User talk:ILJR don't exist and there is no contribution for this account.

Thanks a lot

ILJR2 (talk) 14:31, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia that are now deleted. Usernames with only deleted edits can usually be usurped.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.

– WjBscribe 17:50, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Whiteknight ← Wknight8111

• Current username: Wknight8111 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Whiteknight (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 14:34, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

The current owner of the "Whiteknight" account has made fewer then 10 edits, all of which are very minor or were made on talk pages. I'm known as "Whiteknight" on most other projects including on en.wikibooks (my home wiki where I'm a bureaucrat and checkuser), meta, chapcom.wikimedia, and others. As evidence of the confusion that this situation causes, notice that on User talk:Whiteknight most of the messages there are supposed to be for me (except for the two requests for usurpation that I left on that users's page, and one other message) SUL appears to be live as of this morning, at least for admins, and this account is preventing me from unifying my login. I also plan to keep and to unify the account User:Wknight8111 as well (I use that as a bot account on other wikis), but I can recreate the account if needed. If there are any questions I can be contacted via email or on my Wikibooks user talk page. --Whiteknight (talk) (books) 14:34, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Airwolf ← LukaszG

• Current username: LukaszG (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Airwolf (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 14:55, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  The user has made three edits (one of them - a copyvio) five years ago. I would like to change my nickname for the purpose of the unified username. Thank you in advance. Sir Wolf (talk) 14:55, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Note

• The target account made 3 edits in August 2003.
• The target username has no deleted edits logged.
• The current owner of the username has been notified of this usurpation request.
• The current owner of this username does not have an email address specified.

I don't think the edits pose a problem given that the contributions were not GFDL significant - one was even a paste of a copyvio. I am minded to perform this rename in a week if no objection is made by the target account. WjBscribe 17:56, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Kju ← Kju (de)

• Current username: Kju (de) (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Kju (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 16:10, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Kju is my username in de-wikinews, de-wikipedia and Meta. The account Kju here has no edits. I request usurpation because of the upcoming single-user-logon. Kju (de) (talk) 16:10, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• Addendum: It might not be possible to rename "Kju (de)" to "Kju" because i already started the unification process which protected the Username "Kju". I just experienced this at spanish wikipedia, they were forbidden by the system to rename my other account into "Kju". If this happens, please just rename "Kju" into something different, this will at least free "Kju" for use by me with the global account. FYI: I reported the problem here. -- Kju (de) (talk) 17:07, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia that are now deleted. Usernames with only deleted edits can usually be usurped.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.

– WjBscribe 17:56, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

mnh ← MHoerich

• Current username: MHoerich (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: mnh (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 19:22, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  mnh·∇· 19:22, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

SUL unification, I'm mnh on de and other projects. mnh·∇· 19:22, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.

– WjBscribe 19:24, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Oliphaunt ← Phaunt

• Current username: Phaunt (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Oliphaunt (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 19:53, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

I'm nl:User:Oliphaunt, an admin on the Dutch wikipedia, and I have accounts of the same name on about a dozen other projects. This is the only instance that was already taken, and blocks SUL unification. Phaunt (talk) 19:53, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Note

• The target account made 4 edits in January 2004.
• The target username has no deleted edits logged.
• The current owner of the username has been notified of this usurpation request.
• The current owner of this username does not have an email address specified.

I don't think the edits pose a problem given that the article contributions were not GFDL significant and the comment on the talkpage can be reattributed by adding a brief note to them. I am minded to perform this rename in a week if no objection is made by the target account. WjBscribe 19:56, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Seeing as usurpation requests have peaked somewhat (no doubt due to SUL), please let me know if I can be of any assistance (I could e.g. reattribute the comments on the talk page, so that all the bureaucrats (or you) need to do is to perform the technical switch). Assuming no objection is raised, of course. Phaunt (talk) 09:39, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Wizzard ← WizzardSK

• Current username: WizzardSK (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Wizzard (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 20:22, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Wizzard (talk) 20:22, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.

– WjBscribe 20:24, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Neoptolemus ← Νεοπτόλεμος

• Current username: Νεοπτόλεμος (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Neoptolemus (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 21:16, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

I am an administrator on the English Wikibooks see here, and wish to unify my accounts for the new SUL. The current WP Neoptolemus has made no edits, so I would like to usurp this account. Thanks, Νεοπτόλεμος ( talk | email | contribs ) 21:16, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.

– WjBscribe 21:19, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Caligari ← Caligari27

• Current username: Caligari27 (talk · contribs · count · logs · page moves · block log · edit summaries)
• Target username: Caligari (talk · message · contribs · page moves · edit summaries · count · api · logs · block log · email)
• Datestamp: 22:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

I am an administrator on the German Wiktionary see here, and wish to unify my accounts for the new SUL. The current WP Caligari has only made two edits, so I would like to usurp this account. Thanks, Caligari27 (talk) 22:39, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Note

• The target account made 2 edits in October 2005.
• The target username has no deleted edits logged.
• The current owner of the username has been notified of this usurpation request.
• The current owner of this username does not have an email address specified.

I don't think the edits pose a problem given that they were to the account's own userspace and therefore not GFDL significant. I am minded to perform this rename in a week if no objection is made by the target account. WjBscribe 17:56, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Rimshot ← Rimshots

• Current username: Rimshots (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Rimshot (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 22:57, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

I want to use the SUL name Rimshot, which I already use at simple.wikipedia, simple.wiktionary, de.wikipedia and (as admin) on commons.wikimedia. rimshots^talk 22:57, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.

– WjBscribe 22:58, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Reece ← Urbane

• Current username: Urbane (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Reece (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 23:45, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Has only ever made one edit, in july of 2007, and this appears to have since been removed from the page. I use the name Reece on the other wikimedia wikis, particularly Meta, Commons and Wikibooks (where I am a sysop). I am requesting usurpation as SUL has been made live for Admins today and this account is preventing me unifying my accounts. If you need to know anything more I can be contacted via my talk page, or my wikibooks talk page or via email. Urbane (Talk) (Contributions) 23:45, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Note

• The target account made 1 edit in July 2007.
• The target username has no deleted edits logged.
• The current owner of the username has been notified of this usurpation request.
• The current owner of this username does not have an email address specified.

I don't think the edit poses a problem given that the addition of a quotation to footnote is not GFDL significant. I am minded to perform this rename in a week if no objection is made by the target account. WjBscribe 00:37, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

March 26, 2008

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than April 3, 2008.

Gusgus ← Es.Gusgus

• Current username: Es.Gusgus (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Gusgus (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 00:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Mercedes 00:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

The user that previously used the nick Gusgus has now changed it to Gus Polly [1]. I wish to usurp Gusgus if it's possible. A further reason would be the upcoming SUL trial (I'm a sysop at es:wiki). Thanks. Mercedes 00:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.

– WjBscribe 22:58, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Snakeyes ← Snakeyes_sv

• Current username: Snakeyes_sv (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Snakeyes (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 00:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Snakeyes sv (talk) 00:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I wish to usurp Snakeyes if it's possible. The user does not make an edition since September 12, 2006. The reason for this request: SUL. I'm sysop and bureaucrat at es:wiki. Thank you so much!. --Snakeyes sv (talk) 00:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

 Not done - the English Wikipedia has no policy that allows the renaming of accounts that have made GFDL significant edits in good faith without them agreeing to this. That position may need to be reviewed given the progress of the implementation of unified login. However, until the community decides that such requests should be performed, they lie outside bureaucrat discretion on this project. WjBscribe 00:47, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I hope it can be done in the future. Thank you so much!! --Snakeyes sv (talk) 00:49, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Donatus ← DonatusHR

• Current username: DonatusHR (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Donatus (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 01:28, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  DonatusHR (talk) 01:28, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm a sysop on hrwiki and I contribute under that name also on hr.wikisource, srwiki, commons, meta and some other projects; requesting usurpation because of the SUL migration process. The existing user has two edits: the first is a deletion of a frase in the part of the article that has undergone significant changes since then; the second was in the eventually removed trivia section of the article.--DonatusHR (talk) 01:29, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation. Alexfusco⁵ 01:36, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Are these edits really GFDL significant? I tryed to explane the problem above. I saw here at least one similar case resolved in different manner. I wouldn't say that this is less significant GFDL edit then the two edits mentioned above.--DonatusHR (talk) 06:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Matt ← S-pac54

• Current username: S-pac54 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Matt (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 02:29, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  S—PAC54 02:29, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Thats my real name. My current user name was a joke between me and my friends. I need to act more professional as my new job will be checking my accounts on Wikipedia, Myspace and almost everything else

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. But it's weird! It doesn't shows up at all! --Cream (talk) 03:04, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Racso ← RacsoES

• Current username: RacsoES (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Racso (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 03:25, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Racso (talk) 03:25, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Note: Here are some comments about this request. Greets! --Racso (talk) 03:25, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Note

• The target account made 3 edits in August 2006.
• The target username has no deleted edits logged.
• The current owner of the username has been notified of this usurpation request.
• The current owner of this username does not have an email address specified.

I don't think the edits pose a problem given that the numbering of a list is not GFDL significant. I am minded to perform this rename in a week if no objection is made by the target account. WjBscribe 03:27, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Thx for the help. --Racso (talk) 05:01, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Kaustubh ← kausshas3

• Current username: kausshas3 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Kaustubh (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 05:51, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Kausshas3 (talk) 05:51, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 09:30, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Creasy ← LudovicRivallain

• Current username: LudovicRivallain (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Creasy (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 07:37, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Some reasons for this request. Thanks. LudovicRivallain (talk) 07:39, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 09:25, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I've notified the username being usurped. LudovicRivallain (talk) 10:59, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Micke ← Micke-sv

• Current username: Micke-sv (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Micke (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 11:24, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

I have previously made the same request here:[2] My request was not fullfilled since the target user made an edit 8 days after my request was filed. I think however thar circumstanses has changed with the unified login, and en.wikipedia is the only conflict that has not been resolved (I have the global account Micke). The target name has made only nine edits, the last one in mid may 2007, and I think that it is unfair that this user who doesen't seem interested in contributing to Wikipedia should stand in the way of my unified account on the largest wiki, with only nine edits, when I have 12655 contributions in 24 projects (I am sysop in two of these projects) with this username. MiCkE 11:24, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia that are now deleted. Usernames with only deleted edits can usually be usurped.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. Decision is upon breaucrat... --Cream (talk) 17:02, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

 Not done I sympathise, but the English Wikipedia currently has no policy that allows the renaming of accounts that have made GFDL significant edits in good faith without them agreeing to this. That position is being reviewed (WP:SUL/C) given the progress of the implementation of unified login. However, until the community decides that such requests should be performed, they lie outside bureaucrat discretion on this project. WjBscribe 18:55, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I know I'm not going to be the only one requesting this (and I'm probably not the first since SUL was implemented), is there somewhere we can save these SUL-related requests pending a new consensus on the matter? For easy and speedy processing once a new consensus is hammered out (as I'm sure it will be), I mean. MiCkE 19:07, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

That's a good idea. I'll create a page with these requests before they are archived. WjBscribe 00:33, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Great! MiCkE 08:11, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Custard ← Valkyrian

• Current username: Valkyrian (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Custard (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 14:56, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Valkyrian (talk) 14:56, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. Only contribs are vandalism. --Cream (talk) 17:08, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

• • If he's been blocked, will his blocks show up on my new block log? Valkyrian (talk) 04:01, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

RAM ← Renier Maritz

• Current username: Renier Maritz (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: RAM (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 15:23, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Renier Maritz (talk) 15:23, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. --Cream (talk) 17:10, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Ramac ← Ramac92

• Current username: Ramac92 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Ramac (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 17:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Ramac92 (talk) 17:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. User requests Unified login. Proof is at this link: [3] --Cream (talk) 17:11, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Buda ← Nbuda

• Current username: Nbuda (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Buda (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 18:33, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

I'm using this username at all hungarian Wikimedia projects, and this is my first name. Nbuda (talk) 18:33, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

 Not done - sorry but this edit is one that require attributions. The English Wikipedia currently has no policy that allows the renaming of accounts that have made GFDL significant edits in good faith without them agreeing to this. That position is being reviewed (WP:SUL/C) given the progress of the implementation of unified login. However, until the community decides that such requests should be performed, they lie outside bureaucrat discretion on this project. WjBscribe 18:54, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Samat ← Samaten

• Current username: Samaten (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Samat (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 21:10, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

I tried to usurp this username in January but the target username said "NO". The target username has only this edit. Now I use my name in Unified login and I would like to use my name here too. "The new system only allows one user per name", so I hope it is possible. Regards! Samaten (talk) 21:10, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username has an email address set, and an email has been sent by a clerk or bureaucrat to notify them of this request.
• This usurpation has previously been declined because the request was refused by the target account. This may be performed at a bureaucrat's discretion due to the recent SUL implementation. Alexfusco⁵ 21:49, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• Apologies if this is the wrong place to post this, but I would note that {{usurpation requested}}, which is the message left on the page to notify of a usurpation request states that if people object to being renamed, they can just make an edit. If such an objecting edit has been made, how is this bureaucrat's discretion? --Tim4christ17 ^talk 08:21, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

March 27, 2008

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than April 4, 2008.

Leonardo.stabile ← Leonardo.stabile temp

• Current username: Leonardo.stabile temp (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Leonardo.stabile (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 00:11, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Leonardo.stabile temp (talk) 00:11, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm asking for usurpation to complete the unified login process. I'm a sysop at pt.wiki since the end of 2006. The same user at Commons and Meta belongs to me. The person that created this account at en.wiki clearly created this account to affect me, doing the same at different ga projects and simple.wiki, in the same week. This user does not have valid contributions.

According to the instructions, I have to leave a message to the target account with {{usurpation requested}}, but it's user's talk page has been protected to prevent creation. --Leonardo.stabile temp (talk) 00:11, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• The target username has Wikipedia user logs entries. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• This user was created less than 6 months ago, such usernames may not be usurped. You can file another request when the username is older than 6 months. Alexfusco⁵ 00:14, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

A question about the GFDL issues: "GFDL significant edit" means this single edit at the main namespace, or everything, including the user talk contributions? --Leonardo.stabile temp (talk) 00:23, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually its the edits , the block log, and the fact that the account was created less than 6 months ago However I believe it will be up to bureaucrat discretion Alexfusco⁵ 00:32, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

PMonaghan ← PKMonaghan

• Current username: PKMonaghan (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: PMonaghan (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 04:21, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  PKMonaghan (talk) 04:21, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey, it's my name!

The target username doesn't exist. Please make a request at WP:ACC to have the new account created for you, as you will not be able to create it your self due to the anti spoof username restrictions (non-admins cannot create accounts that the to similar to another account) --Chris 09:32, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Yuma ← Yuma_en

• Current username: Yuma_en (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Yuma (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 05:52, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

My target is a registered user but apparently has no contribs. I am Yuma on others wikis, sysop on it.wiki. Of course, Yuma is also my username in the unified login system. (Y) 05:52, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username has an email address set, and an email has been sent by a clerk or bureaucrat to notify them of this request. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:05, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Now notified. --(Y) 07:45, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

 Clerk note: If you have already unified your login, this request cannot be carried out because of a bug Alexfusco⁵ 20:19, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I already unified. If possible, anyway, I'd like to continue the usurpation process, obtaining at least to rename the old user . I will not keep my edits (no matter) but I will be able to login here with SUL. (it worked this way on other wikis, see here)--(Y) 13:16, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Cpro ← Warsman

• Current username: Warsman (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Cpro (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 09:00, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

For SUL. Except enwp, I'm using username "Cpro" on the Wikimedia wikis, and sysop on jawp. Warsman (ja:User:Cpro) 09:00, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. --Chris 09:26, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Filipo ← Filipo2

• Current username: Filipo2 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Filipo (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 10:24, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Filipo2 (talk) 10:24, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I use that username in every other wikipedia proyect. I am es:Usuario:Filipo in spanish wikipedia, where I have a bureaucrat status. I have obtained the unified login except for the following proyects: en, no, pl, pt, ro, sv and vi --Filipo2 (talk) 10:24, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. Xenon⁵⁴ 10:36, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Pontus ← P¤ntus

• Current username: P¤ntus (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Pontus (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 16:02, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  P¤ntus (talk) 16:02, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I use "Pontus" on many other wikis. This user has 4 edits, but I hope they are insignificant enough to allow usurpation. /P¤ntus (talk) 16:02, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.

 Clerk note: I'm not sure that the edits are minor enough to enable the name to be usurped. Xenon⁵⁴ 20:04, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Five Years ← Twenty Years

• Current username: Twenty Years (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Five Years (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 16:56, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Twenty Years 16:56, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

There is an account, User:fiveyears, which has edited wikipedia 4 times, between late 06 and early 2007. Its pretty safe to say that they wont be returning. Thanks. Twenty Years 17:05, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

 Clerk note: The target username is not registered, you can go to WP:CHU if you want to change to Five Years. The username Fiveyears does exist, however. Which do you want to be renamed to? Xenon⁵⁴ 20:07, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Moving request to there. My bad. Thanks. Twenty Years 08:27, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

SpeedKing ← SpeedKing1980

• Current username: SpeedKing1980 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: SpeedKing (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 20:12, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

Forgot the password to the old one, now that the unified login is nearing, I want to get it back. --SpeedKing (talk) 20:12, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Opa ← Opa hun

• Current username: Opa hun (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Opa (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 22:13, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Opa hun (talk) 22:13, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
• The account has five edits, three of which are to the mainspace --Chris 09:48, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

March 28, 2008

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than April 5, 2008.

Wing ← Philopp

• Current username: Philopp (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Wing (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 06:55, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Philopp (talk) 06:55, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I am on the chinese Wikipedia. In en-Wikipedia I use the user name user:Philopp because user:Wing here is already occupied. But this user has not been active since 2003, so can you rename my user name so that I can make it identical with my other accounts? Thanx.--Philopp (talk) 06:57, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia that are now deleted. Usernames with only deleted edits can usually be usurped.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
• The Account a 19 edits from 2003 --Chris 09:52, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Tumnus ← Tumnus2

• Current username: Tumnus2 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Tumnus (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 07:46, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Tumnus2 (talk) 07:46, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

For the purposes of meta:SUL, I use "Tumnus" on other wikis (de, fr, it, pt)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
• There is one mainspace edit however it was immediately reverted. Also, if you have already unified your login this request is impossible pending resolution of bug 13507. Alexfusco⁵ 20:19, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

GDK ← gunter.krebs

• Current username: gunter.krebs (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: GDK (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 09:42, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Gunter.krebs (talk) 09:42, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I request the usurpation for meta:SUL, so I can use my global user name on the english wikipedia too. I have already a unified account named User:GDK . I had already requested to usurp this account earlier [4], which was denied, as the current user User:GDK has made only two edit ever (contribs), of which only one ([5]) was in an article and is IMHO not copyrightable because trivial, and thus does not require attribution. Would you please reconsider my usurp request. --Gunter.krebs (talk) 09:42, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
• If you have already unified your login, this request is impossible pending resolution of bug 13507 Alexfusco⁵ 20:14, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

There was a previous usurp request which the account delcined diff --Chris 05:14, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Tsor ← Tsor-de

• Current username: Tsor-de (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Tsor (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 19:54, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

I am User and administrator Tsor from german wikipedia. I request the usurpation for meta:SUL. User:Tsor has no edits [6]. I do not remember my password. As far as I know I did not enter an email. Thanks in advance. --87.79.246.107 (talk) 17:00, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
• I have fixed this malformed request, and Tsor-old (talk · contribs) does not exist, but Tsor-de (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) does. I assume that you are Tsor-de, but you need log in and confirm this request Alexfusco⁵ 19:54, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Moberg ← Kaddkaka

• Current username: Kaddkaka (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Moberg (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 17:01, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Kaddkaka (talk) 17:01, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I have merged my account, including sv:User:Moberg, wikt:sv:User:Moberg and some more, and I would like to merge this account (User:Kaddkaka) to my glogal account as well. Is that possible? User:Moberg hasn't made any contributions as far as I see. Kaddkaka (talk) 17:01, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
• If you have already unified your login, this request cannot be filled due to bug 13507. However, the current Moberg account can be renamed out of the way and you can recreate it. Alexfusco⁵ 20:01, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Doh, I have already unified. Can I wait for a solution for that bug that allows me to unify the accounts? Will such a solution be reality? -Kaddkaka (talk) 20:52, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

It should be soon but if you do not want to wait, you can recreate the account but your contribs cannot be moved to the new account until there is a solution Alexfusco⁵ 21:03, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Okey, I can wait. But will my edits ever be able to fuse? Otherwise I see no reason in waiting. -Kaddkaka (talk) 11:57, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Please see m:Help:Unified login and bugzilla:13507. MiCkE 15:30, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Venzen ← V3nz3n

• Current username: V3nz3n (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Venzen (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 19:59, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  V3nz3n (talk) 20:05, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia that are now deleted. Usernames with only deleted edits can usually be usurped.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
• The user has uploaded one image that is now deleted Alexfusco⁵ 20:10, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

RonaldB ← RonaldB-nl

• Current username: RonaldB-nl (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: RonaldB (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 23:51, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  RonaldB-nl (talk) 23:51, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Request because of unified log-in. Created account RonaldB on en: in my very early days, lost my password and e-mail address is not existing anymore.

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
• If you have already unified your login, usurpation cannot be fully completed due to bug 13507. Alexfusco⁵ 01:31, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

March 29, 2008

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than April 6, 2008.

Rojelio ← N/A

• Current username: N/A (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Rojelio (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 03:32, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

Currently I don't have an account on en.wiki: I'm requesting this usurpation in order to complete the single user login merge with my main account on it.wiki (it:Utente:Rojelio), so I'd only need the renaming of the existing account (which has no past contributions). I left a note on my userpage just to give evidence of my identity. For any direct communication, please use my discussion page on it.wiki (I will monitor this page too, of course). Many thanks. -- 193.205.81.1 (talk) 03:32, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. --Chris 05:27, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

March 30, 2008

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than April 7, 2008.

Syed.Nedian ← Fayyazabbas

• Current username: Fayyazabbas (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Syed.Nedian (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 22:19, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Syed Fayyaz Abbas (talk) 22:19, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

The account "Syed.Nedian" is also my used by me. I didn't realize that I could change my username, so 'switched' to this new account "Syed.Nedian" (not for any negative purposes as can be verified by contributions history of both accounts). Please update my account "Fayyazabbas" to "Syed.Nedian" and merge their contributions history; If histories cannot be merged, I am ready to give up my contributions history for the account "Syed.Nedian".

"Histories" cannot be merged, it is a technical impossibility. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 23:15, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Reaperman ← Cs-Reaperman

• Current username: Cs-Reaperman (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Reaperman (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 00:02, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Cs-Reaperman (talk) 00:02, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

I request usurpation because of making unified login. There is no need to save a few contribs of login Cs-Reaperman and no renaming it is needed (just making login Reaperman free) because I have not used it a lot, I have mostly edited anonymously on en.wiki. --Cs-Reaperman (talk) 00:02, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia that are now deleted. Usernames with only deleted edits can usually be usurped.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
• If you have already unified your login, this request is impossible because of bug 13507. Alexfusco⁵ 01:54, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

There are deleted contribs. Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 06:48, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Crazysane ← Fnsnet

• Current username: Fnsnet (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Crazysane (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 06:43, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

I believe that Crazysane was me at one time (years ago.) The username has no edits. I use this name everywhere, and it would carry my identity from site to site. Matthew Glennon (talk) 06:43, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

This username isn't registered, I'm copying this to CHU. Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 06:50, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Heh, it was registered, like, a week ago... ugh. Thanks. I'll go over there. Matthew Glennon (talk) 06:52, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually, their is a user CrazySane. That was the issue.. I think CrazySane was mine. Matthew Glennon (talk) 09:51, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Mike ← Mikez

• Current username: Mikez (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Mike (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 20:30, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  
• For the sake of SUL; I have registered the nick "Mike" on some 50+ projects, where I hold admin rights on (amongst others) en:wiktionary and bureaucrat rights on sv:wikt. The target user edited for about 10 months during 2006, for a total of <50 edits. \Mike(z) 20:30, 30 March 2008 (UTC)