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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 05:34:29, 15 June 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. It is 05:34:29, 15 June 2024 (UTC).

Click here to place your request.

March 15, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 23, 2012.

Markvs88 → Markvs

Status: Not done

Current username: Markvs88 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Target username: Markvs (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: 15:48, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
Reason: The "88" in Markvs88 doesn't actually mean anything. I was just trying out Wikipedia and hit the keyboard twice to make a unique name when I saw that Markvs was already taken. As of right now that user has 159 edits, the last one in May of 2004... so a little over 6 years later (that is, after I first logged in), here I am (asking to usurp a name not used in 8 years). Best, Markvs88 (talk) 15:48, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Markvs88 (talk) 15:48, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

<tap> <tap> <tap> Is this thing turned on? Best, Markvs88 (talk) 13:32, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm the only one who does this and was conflicted on whether to grant your request. I've asked for more help at Wikipedia:Bureaucrats'_noticeboard#Too_many_edits.3F. MBisanz ^talk 15:22, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That's fair enough, I understand that this request is a bit out of the ordinary. Thanks again! Best, Markvs88 (talk) 17:05, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
Target user has 154 undeleted edits and 4 deleted edits, for a total of 158 edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 4 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 6 total edits. Requesting user has 21380 undeleted edits and 297 deleted edits, for a total of 21677 edits. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with the requesting user's name, with 6 total edits. AnomieBOT ⚡ 15:49, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Sorry, but I don't share MBisanz's hesitation. The general rule is that we don't allow users to take over accounts that have previously been active and made good faith edits to articles. We've previously made exceptions where this has been necessary to unify global accounts, as the goal is to resolve username conflicts between various Wikimedia projects. In this case however, I think your request falls outside the area in which bureaucrats are allowed to perform usurpations. WJBscribe (talk) 23:06, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

March 19, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 27, 2012.

Daba newzealand → Dario

Status: In progress

Current username: Daba newzealand (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Target username: Dario (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: 08:48, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Reason: My current username is very country specific, and as I am also a Swiss citizen feel that this will be a barrier to obtaining credibility on Swiss page edits and would like it changed. The reason for choosing the username "Dario" is that it is my real first name and is a short username. Thanks.

dario 08:48, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Note:

This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (hrwiki), 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. 41 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 2548 total edits. Requesting user has 14 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 17 total edits on 3 wikis. AnomieBOT ⚡ 08:59, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: A user with this name has made many edits to the Croatian Wikipedia and Croatian Wiktionary, which gives them a claim to the account gobally across all Wikimedia projects. If that isn't you, I'm afraid this request can't be fulfilled. WJBscribe (talk) 12:10, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

User reply: No, these are not my accounts, and I had no prior knowledge of them. As these accounts haven't been used since 2007, can I serve them with a usurpation notice and then proceed if permission is given, or no reply is received? Daba newzealand (talk) 7:27, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

March 21, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 29, 2012.

Kapica → Want

Status: Done

Current username: Kapica (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Target username: Want (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: 12:14, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Reason: I want unified my login w:cs:User:Want for all Medawiki projects.

Kapica (talk) 12:14, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (cswikibooks), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary mediawikiwiki) exists for the target user, with 227 total edits on 10 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 2 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 0 total edits. Requesting user has 3 edits. 3 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with the requesting user's name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT ⚡ 12:22, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done - SUL request. WJBscribe (talk) 13:16, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

None (SUL request) → MadMan

Status: Done

Target username: MadMan (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: 19:33, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Confirmation link: here
Reason: SUL request
Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

83.61.147.182 (talk) 19:33, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 ruwiki) exists for the target user, with 104 total edits on 22 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 4 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 915 total edits. AnomieBOT ⚡ 19:36, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done - SUL request. WJBscribe (talk) 13:13, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

March 22, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 30, 2012.

Cremembo → Veritas

Status: In progress

Current username: Cremembo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Target username: Veritas (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: 02:40, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Reason: I used to edit alot on Wikipedia, but I lost my old account info. I'd love the account name Veritas, but it seems to be taken. Luckily, it also seems to be inactive.

Cremembo (talk) 02:40, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (ptwiki), 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 40 total edits on 47 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 27 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 211 total edits. Requesting user has 2 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 2 total edits on 1 wiki. AnomieBOT ⚡ 02:42, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: There are a lot of accounts named "Veritas" across different Wikimedia projects, see here. Please could you tell us which ones are yours? WJBscribe (talk) 12:05, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

None of those accounts are mine. My old account was called Inspector 34.Cremembo (talk) 13:54, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Brian Boru → Andreas Herzog

Status: Done

Current username: Brian Boru (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Target username: Andreas Herzog (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: 22:48, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Reason: In November 2006 I just moved my pt.wiki account from User:Brian Boru to User:Andreas Herzog. I still manage my en.wiki account with the old alias, although I also have an User:Andreas Herzog account (with only two editions), created via unified login. Therefore, I claim the usurpation/merger of both.

Brian Boru (talk) 22:48, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
Target user has 2 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary ptwiki) exists for the target user, with 29326 total edits on 33 wikis. 1 unattached account exists with this name, with 5 total edits. Requesting user has 391 undeleted edits and 34 deleted edits, for a total of 425 edits. 16 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with the requesting user's name, with 4321 total edits. AnomieBOT ⚡ 22:58, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done - SUL request. Requesting and target account belong to same user. WJBscribe (talk) 13:20, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

March 23, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 31, 2012.

None (SUL request) → Sonny

Status: Done

Target username: Sonny (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: 07:01, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Confirmation link: here
Reason: I want unified my login ru:User:Sonny with login on en.wiki and wikimedia commons
Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

46.146.139.189 (talk) 07:01, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (ruwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary ruwiki) exists for the target user, with 2037 total edits on 28 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 37 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 707 total edits. AnomieBOT ⚡ 07:04, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done - SUL request. WJBscribe (talk) 13:08, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Valerius Myotis → Myotis

Status: Done

Current username: Valerius Myotis (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Target username: Myotis (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: 15:53, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Reason: I'm already known as Myotis in the German WP; now I've seen that this user Myotis has only made 1 edit in 2005, so I wanted to ask if I can have that name.

Valerius Myotis (talk) 15:53, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
Target user has 1 undeleted edit and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 6 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 2793 total edits. Requesting user has 980 undeleted edits and 44 deleted edits, for a total of 1024 edits. AnomieBOT ⚡ 15:57, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done - SUL request. You can unify your login by clicking on Special:MergeAccount. WJBscribe (talk) 13:19, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

March 24, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 1, 2012.

None (SUL request) → Quantus

Status: Done

Target username: Quantus (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: 08:33, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Confirmation link: here
Reason: Unifying SUL account.
Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

141.3.219.208 (talk) 08:33, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (dewikiversity), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary dewikiversity) exists for the target user, with 2 total edits on 8 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 3 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT ⚡ 08:41, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done - SUL request. WJBscribe (talk) 13:08, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dpkpm007 → Deepak (old)

Status: Done

Current username: Dpkpm007 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Target username: Deepak (old) (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: 16:56, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Reason: both account owned by me . I actually want User:Deepak which is not available in this wiki --Dpkpm007 (talk) 16:56, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dpkpm007 (talk) 16:56, 24 March 2012 (UTC) both account owned by me --Deepak (old) (talk) 16:58, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 2 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary commonswiki) exists for the target user, with 8 total edits on 12 wikis. 1 unattached account exists with this name, with 0 total edits. Requesting user has 555 undeleted edits and 67 deleted edits, for a total of 622 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 1726 total edits on 108 wikis. AnomieBOT ⚡ 17:02, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done - both accounts belong to the same user. WJBscribe (talk) 23:07, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

March 25, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 2, 2012.

None (SUL request) → Extern

Status: Done

Target username: Extern (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: 05:30, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Confirmation link: here
Reason: finishing account merging
Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

92.42.31.5 (talk) 05:30, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
Target user has 5 undeleted edits and 15 deleted edits, for a total of 20 edits. An SUL account (primary ruwiki) exists for the target user, with 443 total edits on 28 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. AnomieBOT ⚡ 05:37, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done - SUL request. WJBscribe (talk) 12:02, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for quick fulfilling my request.--Extern (talk) 13:40, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

March 26, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 3, 2012.

None (SUL request) → Ahmerkhan

Status: In progress

Target username: Ahmerkhan (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: 09:20, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Confirmation link: here
Reason: I want to unify my login de:User:Ahmerkhan with the logins on en.wiki and wikimedia commons. Both of those are unused.

212.183.20.34 (talk) 09:20, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 87 total edits on 5 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 1 total edit. AnomieBOT ⚡ 09:22, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fwortmann → Wortmann

Status: In progress

Current username: Fwortmann (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Target username: Wortmann (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: 17:56, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Reason: Hello I´am Fwortmann on de.wp and want to change my Account to the Name Wortmann (SUL).

Fwortmann (talk) 17:56, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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+====Fwortmann → Wortmann====
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+{{Usurp2| 1=Fwortmann | 2=Wortmann }}
+*Datestamp: 17:56, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
+*Reason: Hello I´am Fwortmann on de.wp and want to change my Account to the Name Wortmann (SUL).
+[[User:Fwortmann|Fwortmann]] ([[User talk:Fwortmann|talk]]) 17:56, 26 March 2012 (UTC)