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.

Cherryblossom8642 →

• Current name: Cherryblossom8642 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Newname (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
• Datestamp: 13:59, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
• Reason: db-user Cherryblossom8642 (talk) 13:59, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

Robot clerk note: The requested username is already registered; see Special:Listusers. However, as this requested account has made no edits, it meets the criteria for being usurped; if you wish to usurp it, please read and follow the process at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations. If you do not wish to usurp the username, please choose another name to be renamed to. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 14:00, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

@Cherryblossom8642: Accounts cannot be deleted, but you can simply stop using your account or scramble the password for it. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 15:17, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

Alex Romam → Alex Roman

• Current name: Alex Romam (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Alex Roman (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
• Datestamp: 22:05, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
• Reason: When I created my account, I made a misspelling in my last name, "Romam". It ends with N, not M, so its Roman. Alex Romam (talk) 22:05, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

Robot clerk note: The requested username is already registered; see Special:Listusers. Please choose another name that does not appear on that list.—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 22:10, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

 Renamer note: Please pick a new name; the username you have requested has already been taken. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 07:35, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

The Rasel Biswas → Raselbiswas

• Current name: The Rasel Biswas (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Raselbiswas (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
• Datestamp: 05:17, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
• Reason: Placing 'The' before my name was a bad idea. Correcting my name. The Rasel Biswas (talk) 05:17, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 05:20, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

 Renamer note: The requested username is too similar to existing account: Rasel Biswas. Please pick another one. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 07:46, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Jesupaleta → Wikisucks

• Current name: Jesupaleta (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Wikisucks (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
• Datestamp: 18:41, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
• Reason: infoinmyuser Rulerworld (talk) 18:41, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Robot clerk note: There is already a global account registered for Wikisucks (primary wiki: dewiki).—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 18:50, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

 Renamer note: Unfortunately the username you have requested is already registered. Please pick a new name. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 01:41, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Houseplantsindia → Houseplants India

• Current name: Houseplantsindia (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Houseplants India (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
• Datestamp: 11:22, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
• Reason: due to text error Houseplantsindia (talk) 11:22, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 11:30, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

 Renamer note: The username appears to be promotional. Use of a company, organization, group, website, or product name as a username is prohibited by the username policy. Please choose another name. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 18:21, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Reverie → Cuibonobo1

• Current name: Reverie (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Cuibonobo1 (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
• Datestamp: 14:51, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
• Reason: The Reverie username is extreeemly old... I'd like to update it to what I'm using currently across platforms. Reverie (talk) 14:51, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 15:00, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

@Reverie: Hello, it looks like someone (User:Jen Montes) made a request through queue to be renamed to the same username and has been renamed. Was it you? ‐‐1997kB (talk) 18:30, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

@1997kB: Hi there. Yes, I changed my name on the Mediawiki site also. --Cuibonobo (talk) 19:35, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

@Reverie: I see, but the thing is you can use one account all over the Wikimedia projects and mediawiki is one of them. So if that account has been renamed to Cuibonobo, then this one can't be renamed to Cuibonobo. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 01:57, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Edward the Music Man → Edward Campbell

• Current name: Edward the Music Man (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Edward Campbell (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
• Datestamp: 09:54, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
• Reason: My old username sounded childish. Edward the Music Man (talk) 09:54, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 10:00, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

 Renamer note: The chosen username is too similar to an existing username: Edwardcampbell. Please choose another one. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 04:25, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Md Jalal Khan → Md Jalal Khan Rony

• Current name: Md Jalal Khan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Md Jalal Khan Rony (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
• Datestamp: 22:18, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
• Reason: Md Jalal khan (talk) 22:18, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 22:20, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

 Renamer note: Please provide a reason for renaming. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 04:26, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Nicodemus4 → oldsilenus

• Current name: Nicodemus4 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Oldsilenus (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
• Datestamp: 15:42, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
• Reason: I have used "oldsilenus" as a user name for at least five years. I asked a completely unrelated question in WP:TH and someone commented that this user name was "confusing." This is despite many friendly conversations with your Administrators. I, unthinkingly changed it. I would like to put it back to what it was, as no one else ever complained. I apologize for the extra work that this causes you. I guess the lesson here is to think before you jump or ask some else who you trust first. Sorry. Nicodemus (talk) 15:42, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Nicodemus (talk) 15:42, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 15:50, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Md Jalal Khan → Md Jalal Khan Rony

• Current name: Md Jalal Khan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Md Jalal Khan Rony (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
• Datestamp: 21:13, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
• Reason: Md Jalal khan (talk) 21:13, 11 August 2018 (UTC)