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* Reason: Privacy Reasons. [[User:Imanovic|Imanovic]] ([[User talk:Imanovic|talk]]) 22:13, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
* Reason: Privacy Reasons. [[User:Imanovic|Imanovic]] ([[User talk:Imanovic|talk]]) 22:13, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

=== Glenn Sisson → GPS73 ===
{{renameuser2|1=Glenn Sisson
|2=GPS73
}}
* Reason: Request by employer due to harrassment. [[User:Glenn Sisson|Glenn Sisson]] ([[User talk:Glenn Sisson|talk]]) 22:46, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

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Changing username/Simple
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This page is a forum in which users can request, and global renamers (including stewards) can consider and carry out, requests to rename accounts to usernames that are not yet taken on any Wikimedia project. While global renamers carry out renames, other users (including bots) help by "clerking" the mechanics of this process. If you wish to help as a clerk, please read the linked page carefully.
Instructions
For help 'vanishing' from Wikipedia,
please see courtesy vanishing.

Once you have decided on the name you would like:

  1. Read this page first. You must be aware of, and understand, all of that information before requesting a username change
  2. Check to make sure this username is not already in use. Do this by searching for the name here. If the name appears in the results, even if on another Wikimedia project, it is taken.
  3. Do not create an account under the new name or move/redirect your userpages. We'll do that for you.
  4. Log in with your present username in order to place your request. Renames will not be approved if the requester is not logged in.
  5. Click here to place your request.
    • Add your desired username after NEW=
    • Add a reason for the change after REASON=
    • Do not change anything after CURRENT=
  6. Make sure that you have spelt your desired name correctly, including capitalization and spacing. Save the page. If your request is submitted malformed, please remedy it according to this page.
  7. Check back on this page periodically to answer any questions that may arise regarding your request. Please be patient. It may take a few days for your request to be completed. If you do not answer any questions, your request may be declined due to no response.
  8. Once your request has been completed, please do not remove or change your request. It will be archived automatically by a bot.
  • Requests that do not adhere to these instructions or that are grossly malformed are subject to removal.


Important Notes After you are renamed...
  • Due to technical limitations, usernames may not start with a lowercase letter. However, you may use the template {{lowercase title}} on your user and user talk pages, and change your signature to reflect your preference.
  • Underscores and spaces are considered identical by the MediaWiki software.
  • Use of a company, organization, group, website, or product name as a username is prohibited by the username policy.
  • Please understand the implications of using your real name before requesting a name change to it.
  • ... your name will be changed to the new one in the page history of every page you've edited.
  • ... your userpage and any subpages will be moved to the new name automatically. Please do not attempt to move them yourself.
  • ... links left by your previous signatures will still point to the old userpage; however, a redirect will be left behind to your new userpage.
  • ... your request will be automatically moved to the archives in the interest of transparency.


Current requests

Popesilas → Silaswrites

 Bureaucrat note:Since you are not an active editor and have barely participated in the past, why do you need visibility? --Dweller (talk) 12:23, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ahyman → JamesAmoeba

I realize now that using my last name in my username was a bad idea Ahyman (talk) 07:00, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: I refactored this request. Original post here. Useight (talk) 07:06, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

St. Elizabeth's → St. Elizabeth's Dahlonega, Georgia

Your userpage should be about you, as a contributor to Wikipedia, and not about your church. Also, your account should be yours, used only by you (a single person), and not by various people "speaking for" your church. If you think your church is notable enough for an article in Wikipedia, please create the article in the main (article) namespace (see Wikipedia:Namespace for details), and not on your userpage. If you'd like to be renamed to something other than the name of your church -- your name, or your favorite nickname, or a clever handle of some kind -- let me know. — Dan | talk 21:40, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done Sorry, but your username appears promotional. bibliomaniac15 03:08, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jvella7 → acmilanokaka22

 Bureaucrat note: Please confirm that you have read the various warnings placed on your user talk page and will adhere to our policies. Kingturtle (talk) 08:02, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ConceptualArtsJDE → JeanJacques

 Bureaucrat note: There is a JeanJacques account on the Dutch Wikipedia that has more edits than you do. Is this you? If not, please request a new username... though, as you don't have any real edits to the project (just your userpage, talkpage, and this request), you can just register a new account. EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:34, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Faisalmurad1 → Faisalmurad

ar.wikipedia.org &
en.wiktionary.org &
sd.wiktionary.org &
ur.wiktionary.org &
and i need it at
en.wikipedia.org
as
Login unification not complete! without It
Faisalmurad1 (talk) 16:50, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • SoxBot has evaluated this request, and a problem(s) was found. Target username exists, and while it has no edits, the user requesting it is too new to usurp an account. Requesting user has 1 edit, to this page only. SoxBot VI (talk) 16:51, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Bureaucrat note: Where is your home wiki? None of the accounts you listed have any significant edits that I can tell, and none show up in your SUL report (though the servers are out of date, which could be the problem there). We'll also need evidence from your home wiki that "Faisalmurad1" is owned by the same person. EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:44, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bedfordgroup → Megan W

I would like to use my own name now.

Please log in as User:Bedfordgroup and sign your name here with four tildes (~~~~). J.delanoygabsadds 22:06, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Hi Megan, User:Juliancolton unblocked you so you can confim your request here, login to Bedfordgroup and click on [edit] by the Bedfordgroup → Megan W title then sign your name with four tildes (~~~~), then you should be renamed shortly. Regards, Matt (Talk) 04:55, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sac1128 → SCharron

 Bureaucrat note: On the fr.wiki a SCharron had five edits in 2005. Kingturtle (talk) 15:18, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Davidsperry → David Sperry

 Clerk note: Please read the Wikipedia policy about conflicting interests. Useight (talk) 20:12, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Leonidou → L07chleo3

  •  Clerk note: It is not possible to merge accounts, but it may simply be that the request for the accounts to be 'merged' is a mistake, since the latter account does not exist. — neuro(talk) 02:11, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Bureaucrat note: Chris, you must be referring to User:L07ChLeo3...But I am still confused by the request. Do you want User:L07ChLeo3 to become User:Chris Leonidou, perhaps? Kingturtle (talk) 16:19, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AQu01rius → Alessa

 Bureaucrat note: User:Alessa already exists. Was that your creation? If you want to retire User:AQu01rius into obscurity, we can change it to a generic unused name. Kingturtle (talk) 12:50, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Or if you want to keep your account history tied to Alessa, make the request on WP:USURP to have the account usurped by the new account, then log into both accounts and sign the request. (Continue to use the old account to make any edit changes, you don't want to create any GDLF significant edits with the Alessa account... but based upon the fact that the Alessa account is 3 years old, I'm guessing it isn't you. In which case you can place a usurp request to get it.)---Balloonman PoppaBalloon 16:48, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mlehri → MiastaoSturey

MelissaandDoug → MelisaaAndDoug

887mhz → Nyota TV

 Clerk note: Please read our policies on conflicting interests and what you may not have on your userpage. The content on your userpage may be removed. Useight (talk) 17:43, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done Promotional. Kingturtle (talk) 17:51, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

887mhz → Nyota TV

Zubeco → Priority Group

887mhz → Nyota

 Clerk note: It's not just that your userpage is being used to promote this radio station, the username you want also promotes that radio station. Please see the policy at WP:IU, regarding promotional usernames listed as a type of inappropriate username. This request also has the added problem that User:Nyota already exists and has edited. Useight (talk) 22:28, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note:While the Nyota user name has made edits, it is only one minor edit in 2007, and could potentially be WP:USURPed, but if it is seen as being usurped for promotional purposes, it will be denied.---Balloonman PoppaBalloon 22:49, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done As Balloonman has stated, take it to WP:USURP. Kingturtle (talk) 03:25, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

887mhz → N

 Clerk note: Sorry this has been so complicated. First, your page shouldn't be at User:887mhz. That is supposed to be the place where you write something about yourself. If you want to write about a radio station, it should probably be at Nyota Radio Télévision. You'll notice that link is red because the page doesn't exist yet. The material about the radio station should go there. However, the wording has to be neutral, which you have worked on, with edits such as this, and the article must give evidence as to why this particular radio station is notable. If these criteria aren't met, the page could be deleted. Useight (talk) 23:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done Sorry to keep doing this, but User:N is taken. Kingturtle (talk) 03:27, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hamish Ross' Gay Lover → CbDK2pHuFe

 Done including deletion of old username redirects. Kingturtle (talk) 12:40, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jaakovs → MASQUERAID

 Bureaucrat note: I don't see any edits Jaakovs has made that involve issues or discussions at http://masqueraid.livejournal.com/profile . I'd be happy with a simple promise from Jaakovs that MASQUERAID would not be used for commercial or promotional purposes, if indeed Jaakovs runs that livejournal. AS for the all-caps, usernames (such as Brion VIBBER and MONGO) and all-cap signatures (LittleMountain5) are in use, so that's not a red flag for me. Kingturtle (talk) 14:26, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Persuasive. Hope you don't mind, but I'll wait for a third Crat opinion, as it's been suggested in the past that I am a bit quick off the mark when asking for comment. --Dweller (talk) 14:33, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have no connection to that website and I wasn't even aware of its existence. Instead, my suggestion for a new username stemmed from my appeal to the sound of 'masquerade'; since that username is already in use, I took up a punny misspelling of it. I'd happy to take 'masquerade', but I don't know if I'd qualify for that usurpation. On another note, I'd be content with an all-caps version, or a version with a small first letter -- as long as it's not "Masqueraid". Jaakovs (talk) 15:22, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
What's the status of this request now? Jaakovs (talk) 21:19, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

CURRENT → NEW

hello, my name is [snipped by Dweller]... reason for this visit, I would like to have more information about your school, cause I like to send my niece there and if is possible, like to have a catalogs and application about school, this is my address. [snipped by Dweller]

thank you very much.....

PLEASE "reply" [snipped by Dweller]

Crudpoos → Sparklymaybell

 Bureaucrat note: Do you intend to actually work to improve the encyclopedia? Your only edits thus far have been to create a vaguely spammish userpage and request this rename. EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:03, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vinay Matrubai → Nayvik

 Bureaucrat note: This request was misplaced at CHUU. Kingturtle (talk) 15:16, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Kingturtle (talk) 15:17, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Leo T. Fitzpatrick → Leo Fitzpatrick

 Done EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:12, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

CancerResearchInstitute → Kelstar

 Done EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:13, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dramnewworld → ClarenceEmsworth

 Done Usually I would just say "register a new account", but since there was a potential WP:U violation in the username, a rename is the easiest way to eliminate concerns. EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:16, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lucebaz → Londondesigngirl

 Done Though you also could have just registered a new account. EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:17, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

David the Dogman → Walker the Wolfman.

 Clerk note: I just blocked David the Dograt as a vandalism only and for making legal threats. The account was created yesterday, so despite his claims, David the Dogman actually had his user name first.---Balloonman PoppaBalloon 19:52, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Bureaucrat note:If you're happy now to continue with this username, please let us know. If you don't respond here, we'll eventually assume that's the case, in a few days. In the meantime, if anyone makes threats of any kind to you on Wikipedia, please note that we do not tolerate that. Please inform an admin through WP:ANI, an individual admin's talk page or by sending an email to an admin. --Dweller (talk) 20:32, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: I left a message on his talk page earlier...---Balloonman PoppaBalloon 22:06, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Matt.Hack → Hackah

SveFrisko → Frisko

 Not done Make your request at WP:USURP. Kingturtle (talk) 21:20, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yasutta → Ktanchuk

 Not done since ktanchuk is not taken and your only edit as yasutta is here, then simply create the account yourself. Log out and then go here. Kingturtle (talk) 21:23, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Johnston&Murphy → Runwaynotes

 Clerk note:Since I know they the crats will ask it, please confirm that you are familiar with our COI rules and how they apply regardless of what your name happens to be.---Balloonman PoppaBalloon 22:25, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Imanovic → BananaBananaRepublic

Glenn Sisson → GPS73

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