Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple

Changing username/Simple
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: Read this page first. You must be aware of, and understand, all of that information before requesting a username change 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. Do not create an account under the new name or move/redirect your userpages. We'll do that for you. Log in with your present username in order to place your request. Renames will not be approved if the requester is not logged in. 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= 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. 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. 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

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Ben O'Connor (Film Director)) → Ben O'Connor (Film Director)

• Current name: Ben O'Connor (Film Director)) (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Ben O'Connor (Film Director) (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For global renamer: rename user
• Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Ben O'Connor (Film Director)) (talk) 13:17, 17 February 2009 (UTC)Because there is an extra bracket on the end of my current username.
•  Bureaucrat note: Please first confirm you have read WP:COI and WP:SPAMMER. --Dweller (talk) 13:23, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

 Done Kingturtle (talk) 17:52, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Guitarpilot → GuitarPilot

• Current name: Guitarpilot (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: GuitarPilot (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For global renamer: rename user
• Reason: I wish to publish and I think this is why that option is not available to me yet Guitarpilot (talk) 13:27, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

 Bureaucrat note: What do you mean by publish? If you mean edit articles, you can do that now :) Kingturtle (talk) 13:36, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Thebudman623 → Craig Michaud

• Current name: Thebudman623 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Craig Michaud (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For global renamer: rename user
• Reason: Just want to have my name as my user name. Thebudman623 (talk) 16:26, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
• SoxBot has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot VI (talk) 16:27, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
•  Clerk note: please confirm that you aware of the implications of using your real name as your username. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 17:51, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

 Done Kingturtle (talk) 17:54, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Naveh-Benjamin → Dambo36

• Current name: Naveh-Benjamin (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Dambo36 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For global renamer: rename user
• Reason: Thanks for chnaging my username as per my request of yesterday from "Naveh-Benjamin" to "Dambo36". However, in the history of the "Memory and Aging" entry someone has made a change since then which now appears in most recent entry in the history, and it inlcudes my real name "(Undid revision 271751293 by Naveh-Benjamin)". I would appreciate it if you change there, too "Naveh-Benjamin" to "Dambo36" as you have done to the original change. Thanks a lot. S53V74 (talk) 17:43, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
• SoxBot has evaluated this request, and a problem(s) was found. Target username exists, and it has edits, deleted edits, and/or log edits. SoxBot VI (talk) 17:45, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
  •  Clerk note: That's not able to be solved by changing usernames. That's going to need some temporary admin assistance or oversight. Xclamation point 18:49, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

• Neither can do. Oversight will not address an editor outing himself, and admins cannot remove the edit summary short of deleting the article and selectively restoring diffs, which I do not see happening. My suggestion is to disassociate yourself as much as possible from the past name. -Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 02:41, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

 Not done Please take your request to Talk:Memory and aging. Kingturtle (talk) 17:56, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

ROCKHarbor Productions → RHP

• Current name: ROCKHarbor Productions (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: RHP (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For global renamer: rename user
• Reason: I did not realize that my username may be promotional. May I change it? ROCKHarbor Productions (talk) 20:21, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
• 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. SoxBot VI (talk) 20:24, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

 Bureaucrat note: RHP would still be promotional, and RHP is already taken. Do you have another name you'd like to use that is not affiliated with your business? Kingturtle (talk) 20:29, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Wryspy → Comicist

• Current name: Wryspy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Comicist (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For global renamer: rename user
• Reason: I need to distinguish myself from an organization using the name Wryspy. 71.143.161.3 (talk) 07:26, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
• SoxBot has evaluated this request, and a problem(s) was found. Request was made by ip 71.143.161.3, instead of the original account. SoxBot VI (talk) 07:27, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

   Clerk note: Request continued below, disregard this. — neuro^(talk) 15:56, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

 Not done — Preceding unsigned comment added by bibliomaniac15 (talk • contribs)

Astron-kz → Luqeran

• Current name: Astron-kz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Luqeran (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For global renamer: rename user
• Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Astron-kz (talk) 11:11, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
• SoxBot has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot VI (talk) 11:12, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

 Bureaucrat note: Are you Luqeran from de.wiki? bibliomaniac15 18:47, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

DTGardner → PizzaBox

• Current name: DTGardner (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: PizzaBox (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For global renamer: rename user
• Reason: Change from real initials and name. Thanks in advance. :) DTGardner (talk) 19:43, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
• SoxBot has evaluated this request, and a problem(s) was found. Although the requested username exists, the user has not made any contributions to Wikipedia. Therefore, you can place a request to usurp the username at WP:USURP. SoxBot VI (talk) 19:45, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

 Not done The name PizzaBox (talk · contribs) is already taken. As the account has no edits, it can be usurped; to do so, place a request at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations. Kingturtle (talk) 22:51, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Techman224 Interwiki Bot → TechBot

• Current name: Techman224 Interwiki Bot (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: TechBot (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For global renamer: rename user
• Reason: This is my bot I use to fix interwiki links, I want a shorter name for my bot. Techman224^Talk 18:54, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
• SoxBot has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot VI (talk) 18:57, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

A24.248.39.186 → Chcoc

• Current name: A24.248.39.186 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Chcoc (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For global renamer: rename user
• Reason: guy on talk page said to change it since it is an ip A24.248.39.186 (talk) 21:30, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
• SoxBot has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot VI (talk) 21:36, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Reignerok → Rêignerok

• Current name: Reignerok (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Rêignerok (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For global renamer: rename user
• Reason: Unified Login. Reignerok (talk) 22:53, 22 February 2009 (UTC)