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This page is a forum in which users can request, and global renamers (including Stewards) familiar with local usurpation guidelines, can consider and carry out, the "usurpation" of usernames primarily held locally. This consists of renaming an existing account in order to vacate the username and allow another user to take it.

Please note that global accounts whose "home wiki" is another project or which have significant attachments on other projects cannot be usurped here; these requests must be made at meta:Steward requests/Username changes (see meta:Help:Unified login).

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.

Notes

The account you want to usurp must have the English Wikipedia as its "home wiki", i.e. or should be displayed next to the en.wikipedia.org entry for the account at Special:CentralAuth.
The account you want to usurp should have no edits or significant log entries to qualify for usurpation (though rare exceptions are made in some circumstances). This includes edits or log actions on other Wikimedia projects. These can be checked through Special:CentralAuth.
Please do not request usurpation of another account if your own 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.

Instructions

Log in to your present account.
- Please do not leave a talk page message or e-mail the target account yourself. If this becomes necessary, a user familiar with the usurpation process will do so.
Click here to place your request.
1. Replace "TARGET NAME" with the username you wish to usurp.
2. Replace "YOUR REASON" with a description of why you want to usurp the account.
3. Leave the "Subject/headline" field blank.

If the URL above does not work, simply copy the following text, click "edit this page" and paste it at the bottom of the page. Modify it as indicated.

{{subst:usurp|TARGET NAME|reason=YOUR REASON}}

Advanced usage

For requests involving renaming an account other than your logged in account, use this:

{{subst:usurp|CURRENT NAME|TARGET NAME|reason=YOUR REASON}}

For usurp only requests, which leaves your logged in account untouched, set the usurponly parameter to yes:

{{subst:usurp|TARGET NAME|usurponly=yes|reason=YOUR REASON}}

To add an optional non default signature, use the sig parameter:

{{subst:usurp|TARGET NAME|reason=YOUR REASON|sig=OPTIONAL SIGNATURE}}

Preview the changes and make sure both names are spelled correctly. Click "Publish changes".
Your request is now complete and ready to be processed after the hold period (usually about a week). If the owner of the target account does not object, a global renamer will fulfill your request provided other requirements are met. Do not be surprised when you find yourself unable to log in to your old account.

Requests that do not adhere to these instructions or that are grossly malformed are subject to removal.

Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. It is currently 04:48:08, 12 September 2024 (UTC) (Update).

Place your request here

Current requests

Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. The current UTC date is 12 September 2024.

Requests relating to single-user login and/or global accounts can now be found at Wikipedia:Changing username/SUL

June 6, 2008

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than June 14, 2008.

ShackTW → Shack

Current username: ShackTW (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Shack (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 09:50, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)
－Shack_★Talk 09:50, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 102 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 09:54, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: I have notified the target for the requester. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 14:56, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On hold - It is not possible to rename accounts to the same name as a global account. As your account is already unified across Wikimedia projects, you will need to ask a steward to delete your global account before you can be renamed locally. Requests can be made at m:SR/SUL. WjBscribe 03:18, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

June 10, 2008

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than June 18, 2008.

Verdy_P → verdy_p

Current username: Verdy_P (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: verdy_p (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 02:56, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)

In fast this is not usurpation. Only here on English Wikipedia, my initial account "verdy_p" has been completely inaccessible since years (not used since then) due to probable corruption of my initial email address. I've tried many times to find which password could be associated to my initial account here, but this has always failed (I've tried many of the passwords I used at that time, and used various of the mnemonic generation tricks I could have used then to set this password). I don't know how to access it.

The target account "verdy_p" (with the lowercase 'p', the capital of the initial 'v' does not care even though I prefer all lowercases) is now completely stalled on en.WP since more than 4 years (see the history), and in fact it has never been used for more than a dozen of contributions on a few articles (I also accept to take these edits in my history).

For this reason, I had to recreate a separate account here since several years (as it was not possible at that time to rename accounts if the target had some data in the email field, apparently broken). All my contribs on English Wikipedia are done since long using "Verdy_P" (with the capital P); but this Wiki is not the host of my main acccount (see ).

All other accounts on all other Wikimedia projects have used "verdy_p" (with the lowercase p), and they are all confirmed with the same email address and password (and unified recently under SUL, except here on English Wikipedia due to the collision with the old broken account).

Can you rename the old "verdy_p" (lowercase p) account to some alias like "verdy_p2004", or merge it with my current EN.WP account (with capital P), so that my current account here can be renamed "verdy_p" (like everywhere else on Wikimedia projects) ?

Thanks a lot. verdy_p (talk) 02:56, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: User "Verdy_p" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU instead. ClueBot VI (talk) 02:57, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: cluebot's wrong. Please try logging in with your SUL password. --Thinboy00 @062, i.e. 00:28, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

June 12, 2008

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than June 20, 2008.

Beamathan → Beam

Current username: Beamathan (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Beam (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 19:37, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)
My current universal name is Beamathan. I would like to usurp Beam and then make it universal so I have both. Please help! Beam 20:52, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

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

– WjBscribe 19:36, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please delete your global account at m:SR/SUL first. Andre (talk) 02:42, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

June 18, 2008

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

LeenaJ → Leena

Current username: LeenaJ (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Leena (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 20:37, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)

Thanks. Leena (talk) 20:37, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 139 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 20:38, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Smitty4802 → Smitty

Current username: Smitty4802 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Smitty (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 21:16, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)
Smitty (talk) 21:16, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 53 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 21:18, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

June 19, 2008

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

Jdg12345 → WS

Current username: Jdg12345 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: WS (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 04:11, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)
203.58.188.211 (talk) 04:11, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
User has 1 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 1 total edits. Requesting user has 0 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 04:14, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: - Regarding targete edits: 1 edit and 1 deleted edit shoudl not be a problem here. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 16:22, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please login and confirm you made this request? --Chris 11:00, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

June 20, 2008

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

Neurosynapse → Neurologic

Current username: Neurosynapse (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Neurologic (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 09:08, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)
Neuro√Synapse ▪ ∆ 09:08, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NOTE: Previous request magically disappeared? If this is a repost, I apologize.

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 21 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 09:09, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mrahman1991 → Canadian

Current username: Mrahman1991 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Canadian (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 23:42, 20 June 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 has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 154 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 03:42, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: I have left a message for the requestee on the target's talk page. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 03:59, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Axewl → Awalsh

Current username: Axewl (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Awalsh (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 17:26, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)
Axewl (talk) 17:26, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 17 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 17:27, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: I have notified the target for the requester. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 22:16, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Erosion2 → Erosion

Current username: Erosion2 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Erosion (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 23:34, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)
Erosion2 (talk) 23:34, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
User has 2 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 2 total edits. Requesting user has 3 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 23:36, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hillshum. → Hillshum

Current username: Hillshum. (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Hillshum (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 18:57, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)
Hillshum. (talk) 18:57, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I prefer to not have period and had to use one because when I created "Hillshum" I was not able to access it.

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
User has 3 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 3 total edits. Requesting user has 28 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 18:58, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

islands04 → vicious

Current username: islands04 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: vicious (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 19:08, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)
Islands04 (talk) 19:08, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 2 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 19:13, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Srikumar raman → Anonymi

Current username: Srikumar raman (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Anonymi (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 21:34, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)
Srikumar 21:34, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

To discontinue using my real name.

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 35 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 21:39, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

wilderr → wilder

Current username: wilderr (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: wilder (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 04:07, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)

My main account is RU:user:wilder and I wanna unify global login. At my pages you can find crosslink RU:user:wilder ↔ EN:user:wilderr. Note: first char of accounts is small "w". // Wilderr (talk) 04:07, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 47 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 04:10, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Clerk note:Unfortunately, all usernames must begin with an uppercase letter. However, you can use {{lowercase}} on your userpage to decapitalise the letter there. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 17:01, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bisbiz → Bisbis

Current username: Bisbiz (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Bisbis (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 05:46, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)
Bisbiz (talk) 05:46, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username has an email address set.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 273 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 05:50, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ca$$e → Ca$e

Current username: Ca$$e (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Ca$e (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 15:25, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)
Ca$$e (talk) 15:25, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 26 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 15:26, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AJSDA115 → The Uerba

Current username: AJSDA115 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: The Uerba (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 16:48, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)
AJSDA115 (talk) 16:48, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 1734 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 16:52, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lfox-en → Lfox

Current username: Lfox-en (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Lfox (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 17:18, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: Email target username (1) (2)
Lfox-en (talk) 17:18, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

@@ Line 194: / Line 194: @@
 *For bureaucrat use: [[Special:Emailuser/The Uerba|Email target username]] &nbsp; (<span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:Special:Renameuser|reason=WP:USURP&oldusername={{urlencode:The Uerba}}&newusername={{urlencode:The Uerba_(usurped)}}}} <span style="color:#002bb8">'''1'''</span>]) &nbsp;([{{fullurl:Special:Renameuser|reason=WP:USURP&oldusername={{urlencode:AJSDA115}}&newusername={{urlencode:The Uerba}}}} <span style="color:#002bb8">'''2'''</span>])</span><br> [[User:AJSDA115|AJSDA115]] ([[User talk:AJSDA115|talk]]) 16:48, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 :{{CUU|contribs=no|dcontribs=no|logs=no|new=no|notified=yes|email=no|note=User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits.  Requesting user has 1734 edits.}} [[User:ClueBot VI|ClueBot VI]] ([[User talk:ClueBot VI|talk]]) 16:52, 25 June 2008 (UTC)<!-- If removing the CUU/Clerk note template, keep this comment so ClueBot VI won't readd the template. -->
+====Lfox-en → Lfox====
+*Current username: {{user13|Lfox-en}}
+*Target username: {{user14|Lfox}}
+*Datestamp: 17:18, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
+*For bureaucrat use: [[Special:Emailuser/Lfox|Email target username]] &nbsp; (<span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:Special:Renameuser|reason=WP:USURP&oldusername={{urlencode:Lfox}}&newusername={{urlencode:Lfox_(usurped)}}}} <span style="color:#002bb8">'''1'''</span>]) &nbsp;([{{fullurl:Special:Renameuser|reason=WP:USURP&oldusername={{urlencode:Lfox-en}}&newusername={{urlencode:Lfox}}}} <span style="color:#002bb8">'''2'''</span>])</span><br> [[User:Lfox-en|Lfox-en]] ([[User talk:Lfox-en|talk]]) 17:18, 25 June 2008 (UTC)