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 04:45:44, 18 June 2024 (UTC) ().

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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 04:45:44, 18 June 2024 (UTC).

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September 21, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before September 29, 2011.

Earle Martin → Hex

Status:     On hold awaiting instructions from user

• Current username: Earle Martin (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Hex (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: 00:58, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: Consolidating online presence. I have owned the target name for nine years.

-- Earle [^t/_c] 00:58, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Note: I requested this before a year ago but was told that a zh.wiki user was blocking me from being able to get SUL. I've spent the last year trying to contact them, without success. He or she is an infrequent editor and I don't believe they will ever edit outside the zh namespace, on meta, or elsewhere, while it's almost certain that I will. Therefore I'm requesting that I be allowed to unify under the new name.

Should that still not be allowed (which would be very disappointing) I want to switch names anyway, and will just have to cope with not having SUL, which will be a major pain in the backside but hey ho. It's been nine years since I registered the user name Hex, and now I'd like to use it.

Thank you very much. -- Earle [^t/_c] 00:58, 21 September 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 4 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary zhwiki) exists for the target user, with 112 total edits on 3 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 15 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 4 total edits. Requesting user has 6417 undeleted edits and 350 deleted edits, for a total of 6767 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 6871 total edits on 49 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 01:09, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

• There is nothing that local bureaucrats can do to allow you to claim the SUL - only Stewards can delete the SUL. –xeno^talk 13:50, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
  • Where would you recommend I go to ask? Thanks. -- Earle [^t/_c] 15:21, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
    • Probably you should start at ja:WP:USURP or m:SR/SUL. –xeno^talk 15:22, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

October 13, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 21, 2011.

Kamina-it → Kamina

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Kamina-it (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Kamina (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: 18:01, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: I am creating a unified account; I'm not sure whether it is possible to simply usurp the current user in this project, although he has only 45 edits and has been inactive since September 2009. If there are issues about this, please contact me at my discussion page (otherwise I may not read them in short time). Here is the confirm from my home wiki userpage. Thank you very much, Kamina-it (talk) 18:01, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Kamina-it (talk) 18:01, 13 October 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 45 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary itwiki) exists for the target user, with 1529 total edits on 4 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 9 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 4 total edits. Requesting user has 2 edits. An SUL account (primary commonswiki) exists for the requesting user, with 58 total edits on 14 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 18:10, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

 Bureaucrat note: This is more a question for other 'crats. The it.wiki account was created in 2009, but the enwiki account was created in 2005 and edited until 2009, albeit intermittently. Would that make it inadvisable to grant this rename request? Maxim_(talk) 15:22, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

It's a bit of a borderline request. The rough SUL handling guidelines I drew up would not consider such an account on another project to be a barrier to local usurpation so that is something to consider. The target user has email enabled, perhaps someone should email them. –xeno^talk

Pardon, I don't understand if I should e-mail him myself or if that ought to be done by a bureaucrat (in the first case, I haven't found any e-mail addresses where to contact him). Or maybe should I just stand and wait? Thank you. --Kamina-it (talk) 17:33, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

You could try Special:EmailUser/Kamina. Cordially, -- Quentinv57 (talk) 08:28, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, I've just sent a mail in order to explain the situation. -- Kamina-it (talk) 14:17, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

October 18, 2011

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

Mnidaydwisww → Mnid

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Mnidaydwisww (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Mnid (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: 12:08, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: See WP:Changing_username/Simple#Mnidaydwisww → Mnid

–Mnid ^{(Let's talk about it!)} 12:08, 18 October 2011 (UTC) –Mnid ^{(Let's talk about it!)} 12:08, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Note:

• This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (zhwiki), 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. 2 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 1 total edit. Requesting user has 234 undeleted edits and 7 deleted edits, for a total of 241 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 278 total edits on 123 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 12:15, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

October 21, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 29, 2011.

Mkar ritu → MKar

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Mkar ritu (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: MKar (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: 03:10, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
• Confirmation link: here
• Reason: Consolidating online presence.MKar is my unified login name

Mkar ritu (talk) 03:10, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. 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.
• The target user has edited since this request was filed. Unless the edit was to give permission to usurp, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 36 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary orwiki) exists for the target user, with 425 total edits on 8 wikis. Requesting user has 3 edits. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with the requesting user's name, with 2508 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 03:20, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

• You already have many edits with the local "MKar" account. We can't merge the usernames. –xeno^talk 16:57, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

October 23, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 31, 2011.

None (SUL request) → Deepak

Status:     In progress

• Target username: Deepak (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: 16:24, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
• Confirmation link: here
• Reason: I am active in ml.wikipedia with user name Deepak .The user with Deepak@en.wiki no longer active in en.wikipedia ( he edited last at 31 March 2007 .Also he placed retirement tag on his user page). Please take actions to use Unified Login with User name Deepak
• Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

117.204.88.88 (talk) 16:24, 23 October 2011 (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.
• Target user has 3417 undeleted edits and 213 deleted edits, for a total of 3630 edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 49 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 3382 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 16:34, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

October 24, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before November 1, 2011.

Panda ass4sin → DarkShadow

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Panda ass4sin (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: DarkShadow (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: 00:16, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: this is my official online name, and i would love to have it for every site

Panda ass4sin (talk) 00:16, 24 October 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 13 undeleted edits and 2 deleted edits, for a total of 15 edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 4 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 1 total edit. Requesting user has 7 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 7 total edits on 1 wiki. AnomieBOT⚡ 00:17, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

 Clerk note: In order to ensure that usurped usernames be put to good use, we prefer only to grant requests from reasonably well-established users. Please feel free to re-file this request in the future after your account has been established. — frankie (talk) 16:35, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

None (SUL request) → Kizar

Status:     Done

• Target username: Kizar (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: 15:08, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
• Confirmation link: [[1] here]
• Reason: I want to edit on the English Wikipedia with my global account.
• Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

212.183.199.90 (talk) 15:08, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Note:

• This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (eswiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary eswiki) exists for the target user, with 5859 total edits on 65 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 15:17, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

 Done –xeno^talk (autosigned by AnomieBOT) 12:58, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

October 25, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before November 2, 2011.

None (SUL request) → Kilroy was here

Status:     In progress

• Target username: Kilroy was here (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: 11:27, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
• Confirmation link: here
• Reason: Usurpation for my SUL account.
• Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

194.127.8.18 (talk) 11:27, 25 October 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. An SUL account (primary dewiki) exists for the target user, with 2 total edits on 20 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 2 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 11:35, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

October 27, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before November 4, 2011.

Phixxor → Semitones

Status:     Done

• Current username: Phixxor (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Semitones (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: 05:14, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: I've become known on irc.freenode.net under the nick 'semitones.' I'd also like to participate more actively in wikipedia under this name. I don't want to abandon my current name since it has four years of history. My origins as a wikipedian, so to speak. I registered the username I'm requesting just before finding out about name changing. I will log on after posting this in order to agree to the usurpation. Thanks, phixxor/semitones

Phixxor (talk) 05:14, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• The target user has edited since this request was filed. Unless the edit was to give permission to usurp, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 1 undeleted edit and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 1 total edit on 1 wiki. Requesting user has 68 undeleted edits and 9 deleted edits, for a total of 77 edits. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with the requesting user's name, with 6 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 05:24, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
• Other issues aside, the target user has consented WilliamH (talk) 17:14, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

I would also like to change my wikimedia account from Phixxor->Semitones, and use a Single User Login if that's possible.--Phixxor (talk) 03:45, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

 Done –xeno^talk (autosigned by AnomieBOT) 12:57, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Nethagshan → Nethagshani

Status:     Done

• Current username: Nethagshan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Nethagshani (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: 21:31, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: name spealt wrong first time.

Nethagshan (talk) 21:31, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

 Clerk note: The requested username "Nethagshani" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT⚡ 21:41, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

 Done –xeno^talk (autosigned by AnomieBOT) 12:58, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

October 28, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before November 5, 2011.

Chapel-en-le-Frith High School → RcsprinterBot

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Chapel-en-le-Frith High School (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: RcsprinterBot (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: 15:45, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: Chapel-en-le-Frith High School is a sock of Rcsprinter123 used to usurp the name Rcsprinterbot to it as the password to RcsprinterBot has been forgotten. This needs to take place as RcsprinterBot is shortly to go through a Bot Trial Period.

Chapel-en-le-Frith High School (talk) 15:45, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• This user is currently blocked by Cirt for {{uw-ublock}}
• Target user has 7 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 7 total edits on 3 wikis. Requesting user has 3 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 3 total edits on 1 wiki. AnomieBOT⚡ 16:28, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Pegbeard → Chazilla

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Pegbeard (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Chazilla (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: 16:52, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: Would prefer this

Pegbeard (talk) 16:52, 28 October 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 2 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 2 total edits on 1 wiki. AnomieBOT⚡ 17:00, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

 Clerk note: In order to ensure that usurped usernames be put to good use, we prefer only to grant requests from reasonably well-established users. Please feel free to re-file this request in the future after your account has been established. — frankie (talk) 17:11, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Reclaiming my original username 'FlatEric'

None (SUL request) → TARGET NAME FlatEric

Status:     In progress

• Target username: TARGET NAME   FlatEric (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: 15:34, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: YOUR REASON As offered by Fred Bauder, account creation team. I wish to reclaim my original username 'FlatEric'. My email address is: s.kinner@btinternet.com. Thanks your help.
• Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

86.186.81.96 (talk) 15:34, 29 October 2011 (UTC)