Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations

This page is for requests to take over an account name that is already registered. If you want your account renamed to a name that is still available, please use Special:GlobalRenameRequest or Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple.

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.

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• 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

1. 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.
2. 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}}

3. Preview the changes and make sure both names are spelled correctly. Click "Publish changes".
4. 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 07:42:12, 8 June 2024 (UTC) ().

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Place your request here

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Current requests

Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. It is 07:42:12, 8 June 2024 (UTC).

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Click here to place your request.

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March 14, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 22, 2011.

None (SUL request) → Qban

• Target username: Qban (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user
• Datestamp: 13:59, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
• Filed per [1]. –xeno^talk 13:59, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 19 undeleted edits and 2 deleted edits, for a total of 21 edits. An SUL account (primary eswiki) exists for the target user, with 251 total edits on 7 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 2 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 1 total edit. AnomieBOT⚡ 14:01, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

March 15, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 23, 2011.

Pristina → Wingtip

Status:     Done

• Current username: Pristina (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Wingtip (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user

Problem in de.wiki

Please look here: de:Wikipedia:Benutzernamen ändern#2011-03-14 – Pristina → Wingtip.--Pristina (talk) 16:30, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

The problem is, that i (user at de.wiki) like to change name, but the name i want (User:Wingtip) is already took by a 0-edit-user, which created his acount some years ago.--Pristina (talk) 16:33, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Please inform the de.wiki bureaucrats they may proceed with the request at de, since our user is inactive since a very long time. You might also refer them to our own criteria on such requests at Wikipedia:Handling SUL conflicts, which they might consider adopting for use at de.

We will grant you the name here after a brief hold, per handling guidelines. –xeno^talk 16:37, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
• Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. Requesting user has 3 edits. An SUL account (primary dewiki) exists for the requesting user, with 7512 total edits on 104 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 16:43, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done. WJBscribe (talk) 23:53, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

March 17, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 25, 2011.

Blue Grey Wolf → Blue Wolf

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Blue Grey Wolf (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Blue Wolf (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 03:56, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: Tranlation Update

Blue Grey Wolf (talk) 03:56, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Note:

• This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (dewiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 9 total edits. Requesting user has 154 undeleted edits and 38 deleted edits, for a total of 192 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 194 total edits on 7 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 04:03, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Jerazol → TommyG

Status:     Done

• Current username: Jerazol (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: TommyG (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 08:13, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: TommyG is my username on other wikis I'm active on.

Jerazol (talk) 08:13, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Note:

• This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (nowiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the target user, with 5783 total edits on 182 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 0 total edits. Requesting user has 1660 undeleted edits and 49 deleted edits, for a total of 1709 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 1735 total edits on 58 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 08:19, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

• Added a confirmation that I own the account TommyG on nowiki on my norwegian talk page Jerazol (talk) 21:40, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done. WJBscribe (talk) 23:50, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

March 18, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 26, 2011.

Olsihysa → Olsi

Status:     Done

• Current username: Olsihysa (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Olsi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 17:02, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: Olsi is my username on other wikis I'm active on.

Olsihysa (talk) 17:02, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Note:

• This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (sqwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary sqwiki) exists for the target user, with 465 total edits on 6 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 3 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 30 total edits. Requesting user has 56 undeleted edits and 4 deleted edits, for a total of 60 edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 187 total edits on 63 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 17:07, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

• Added a confirmation that I own the account Olsi on sqwiki on my albanian talk page Olsihysa (talk) 17:29, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done. WJBscribe (talk) 01:10, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

March 19, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 27, 2011.

Bigdaveberg → Drasalax

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Bigdaveberg (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Drasalax (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 16:43, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: made this account a while back before people knew me as bigdaveberg and I dont want to be editing pages and people harrasing me if they dont like it. Also part of my name is used in my current username....

Bigdaveberg (talk) 16:43, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

 Clerk note: The requested username "Drasalax" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT⚡ 16:52, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

March 20, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 28, 2011.

AndalusiaHighSchool → TARGET NAME Tellatale

Status:     In progress

• Current username: AndalusiaHighSchool (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: TARGET NAME Tellatale (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 03:34, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: YOUR REASON need a change

AndalusiaHighSchool (talk) 03:34, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

 Clerk note: The requested username "TARGET NAME Tellatale" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT⚡ 03:38, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Roderick Spode → MrFlibble

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Roderick Spode (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: MrFlibble (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 13:52, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: I would like to change the name of this account

Roderick Spode (talk) 13:52, 20 March 2011 (UTC)