Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations

"WP:USURP" redirects here. For the guide regarding usurping a page title, see WP:USURPTITLE.

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 09:02:26, 9 September 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 09:02:26, 9 September 2024 (UTC).

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September 21, 2012

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

Heitor CJ → Chronus

Status:     Done

• Current username: Heitor CJ (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Chronus (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: 06:38, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: Courtesy vanishing

Heitor CJ (talk) 06:38, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

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 ptwiki) exists for the target user, with 56950 total edits on 1 wiki. The local account is NOT attached. 2 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 0 total edits. Requesting user has 436 undeleted edits and 3 deleted edits, for a total of 439 edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 1035 total edits on 53 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 06:40, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

 Done Maxim_(talk) 21:32, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

September 22, 2012

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

Ravigunz → Ravigunz

Status:     Not done

• Current username: Ravigunz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Ravigunz (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: 17:16, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: It's my gmail, yahoo, nick name

Ravigunz (talk) 17:16, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

 Clerk note: The target username "Ravigunz" is equivalent to the original username "Ravigunz". Please follow the instructions at the top of the page to correctly file your request. AnomieBOT⚡ 17:21, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

 Not done Maxim_(talk) 21:32, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

September 23, 2012

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

Rayman95 → Et3rnal

Status:     Done

• Current username: Rayman95 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Et3rnal (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: 15:00, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: The Et3rnal account was created on September 3, 2005 at 17:32, and has no contributions to its name. My current account name has the number 95 in it, which I don't like, and the name in general is a bit stupid.

Rayman^{95 (talk)} 15:00, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Note:

• This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (nlwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 4 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 3 total edits. Requesting user has 1860 undeleted edits and 6 deleted edits, for a total of 1866 edits. 2 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with the requesting user's name, with 19 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 15:05, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

 Done. The user "Et3rnal" has been renamed to "Et3rnal (usurped)"; the user "Rayman95" has been renamed to "Et3rnal". 28bytes (talk) 19:24, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

September 25, 2012

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

Rstabile → LiV Vodka

Status:     Not done

• Current username: Rstabile (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: LiV Vodka (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: 17:26, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: Originally created the username as my name, but would like to change the page to the name of the company.

Rstabile 17:26, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Note:

• This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (commonswiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 1 deleted edit. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 2 total edits on 2 wikis. Requesting user has 6 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 17:37, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

 Clerk note: Your username should reflect you as an editor, and not the subject of any article you're working on. Further, use of a company, organization, group, website, or product name as a username is prohibited by the username policy. Concerning the article, please review the response to your previous Articles for creation submission to see what is required for an article on the company to be included — Frankie (talk) 20:09, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

I've put a spamblock on that Vodka name, since it was previously used as a spamusername to advertise the vodka. I don't see any way on earth we could permit a change of username to a company name, especially since Rstabile seems to have some connection to the company in question. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:21, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

 Not done, per Frankie and Orangemike. Maxim_(talk) 21:32, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

September 26, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 4, 2012.

MrIndustry → DS

Status:     Not done

• Current username: MrIndustry (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: DS (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: 02:54, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: Honestly, my name is pretentious and I hate it. This one has no edits and I'd really appreciate it.

MrIndustry (talk) 02:54, 26 September 2012 (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. No SUL account exists for the target user. 11 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 7547 total edits. Requesting user has 633 undeleted edits and 213 deleted edits, for a total of 846 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 851 total edits on 17 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 03:00, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

 Not done Too many SUL conflicts. User:DS@nowiki edited today, and has a greater claim to the SUL name (in addition to their >7200 edits). Maxim_(talk) 21:32, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

NitRav → Nithin

Status:     In progress

• Current username: NitRav (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Nithin (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: 14:06, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: I created this account way back in 2007, from a office computer(CVG),and lost the password. I would like to have the access back as I found about usurp only now! I previously had tried to remember the password, and try the password reset - Both were unsuccessful. Thanks a bunch in advance.

Nithin (talk) 14:06, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Note:

• This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (svwiki), 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. 12 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 7 total edits. Requesting user has 65 undeleted edits and 9 deleted edits, for a total of 74 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 74 total edits on 12 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 14:15, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Comment: I'm not comfortable granting this rename; there are 12 wikis with potential conflicts, and User:Nithin@mlwikibooks registered within the past calendar year. Maxim_(talk) 21:32, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Titodutta → Tito

Status:     Not done

• Current username: Titodutta (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Tito (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: 16:13, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: Tito Dutta is my real name. For last few months I have thinking to change username. First, I thought to change the name to "There is the North Pole" (a line from Jules Verne's novel "The Adventures of Captain Hatteras", but later changed mind because– the username is completely different from my current username and in world wide web I generally participate using real identity (some other forums like Ubuntu, Official Gmail forum, Official Orkut forum etc). That's why later I thought of changing my username to "T. Dutta", "Tito D" etc. But, I think username "Tito" will be the best because 1) it'll give me anonymity to some extent (Tito Dutta is a very uncommon name, if you search in world wide web, you'll get all results related to me. But, only Tito is exactly opposite– very common name. 2) It is still real identity.

Tito Dutta ✉ 16:13, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Note:

• This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (idwiki), 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. 40 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 219 total edits. Requesting user has 20625 undeleted edits and 149 deleted edits, for a total of 20774 edits. An SUL account (primary enwikiversity) exists for the requesting user, with 22405 total edits on 103 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 16:22, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

 Not done Too many SUL conflicts; User:Tito@bgwiki edited within the past two months. Maxim_(talk) 21:32, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

SigaE → Siga

Status:     In progress

• Current username: SigaE (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Siga (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: 17:24, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
• Confirmation link: here
• Reason: unify global login (User Siga in

SigaE (talk) 17:24, 26 September 2012 (UTC) --SigaE (talk) 17:24, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Note:

• This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (commonswiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary commonswiki) exists for the target user, with 10080 total edits on 65 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 10 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 17 total edits. Requesting user has 12 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 17:25, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

September 27, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 5, 2012.

Rpla → Pla

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Rpla (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Pla (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: 17:13, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: As I wrote in my user page, I thougt that was a great idea to have one user account for wikipedia diferent languages editions. Some time later Wikimedia does this great step, and my user name in several wkimedia sites I contribute is 'Pla' (my real familiy name). I couldn't get it in en.wikipedia, because seems to have one user with this username, but also seems that this user doesn't wrote any contribution. I would get 'Pla' user name for my account in order to heve the same user name in all Wikimedia editions. Thank You

Rpla (talk) 17:13, 27 September 2012 (UTC)--Rpla (talk) 17:13, 27 September 2012 (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 617 total edits on 23 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 3 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 0 total edits. Requesting user has 11 edits. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with the requesting user's name, with 7 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 17:15, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

September 28, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 6, 2012.

Ariam1 → Ariam

Status:     Done

• Current username: Ariam1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Ariam (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: 15:58, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: I would like to have the same username as I use on svwp.

Ariam1 (talk) 15:58, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Note:

• This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (svwiki), 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. 6 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 6677 total edits. Requesting user has 1 edit. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 1 total edit on 1 wiki. AnomieBOT⚡ 16:03, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

 Done Maxim_(talk) 21:32, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

September 29, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 7, 2012.

Wiki erudito → Comet21

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Wiki erudito (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Comet21 (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: 14:12, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: I would like to have the same

Wiki erudito (talk) 14:12, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has Wikipedia user logs entries. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 2 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. Requesting user has 51 edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 133 total edits on 86 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 14:15, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Cyan Gardevoir → Kuroko

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Cyan Gardevoir (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Kuroko (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: 22:30, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: This name is more preferable for me. The requested name has no SUL.

Cyan Gardevoir ^{(used EDIT!)} 22:30, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Note:

• This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (frwiki), 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. 5 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 10 total edits. Requesting user has 4887 undeleted edits and 324 deleted edits, for a total of 5211 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 5249 total edits on 22 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 22:35, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

October 1, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 9, 2012.

Brad LP → Hosam007

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Brad LP (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Hosam007 (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: 18:25, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: hosam007 is my account too. i'm a user in arabic wiki and my name there was Brad LP and when i requested to change it (on ar. wiki) they approved it and Hosam007 is attached with my name on ar. wiki. so i want to move my page (Brad LP) to the other name (hosam007) so i can use the same account in arabic wiki and english wiki. and i have some edits i don't wanna lose them. PS, i'm an editor in ar. wiki

hosam007 (talk) 18:25, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Note:

• This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (arwiki), 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 363 total edits on 5 wikis. Requesting user has 365 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 369 total edits on 39 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 18:25, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Aleksandrjung → Kapooht

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Aleksandrjung (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Kapooht (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: 20:43, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: Created "Aleksandrjung" first. Time passed, I forgot the password and therefore created a new account "kapooht". I then remembered the password and would therefore like to merge the two accounts - to the username "kapooht".

Aleksandrjung (talk) 20:43, 1 October 2012 (UTC)