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.

Current requests

Add new requests to the bottom of the page.

Malayaliyan → PriyaK

Current name: Malayaliyan (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: PriyaK (rename user)
Reason: Like the name better, closer to my name. Malayaliyan (talk) 07:13, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: This is your second rename? If I do rename you again I won't do it a third time, you'll be stuck with this one. Secretlondon (talk) 07:33, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sosdude100 → Zach_Wehrmann23

Current name: Sosdude100 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Zach_Wehrmann23 (rename user)
Reason: Err please change it for me, I really want credit for my article by myself. I also will end up forgetting this sosdude100 account name sooner or later, I just want all my emails, and other accounts to match. Sosdude100 (talk) 18:42, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I thought this was your friend's account. Has he made edits using it too or only you? WjBscribe 17:28, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Webusability-es → Patwalshbcn

Current name: Webusability-es (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Patwalshbcn (rename user)
Reason: Old name required changing as did not meet guidlines. Webusability-es (talk) 16:39, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Only 2 edits outside this request. It is easier to create a new account Alexfusco5 16:41, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: - Contributions may indicate spam-only account. Rudget.talk 17:17, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not blocking based on those contribs; he self-reverted the one spam link he did add. -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 19:13, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Certified.Gangsta → NWA.Rep

Current name: Certified.Gangsta (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: NWA.Rep (rename user)
Reason: This change is requested due to traumatic effects after the conclusion of my arbCom case. This username caused me great distress and endured ridicule from people who obviously dislike me. I wish to change my username as turning over a new leaf in my life in wikipedia. Thank you--Certified.Gangsta (talk) 09:50, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: I think we'd need ArbCom approval before renaming you given that your parole has not yet ended. WjBscribe 17:49, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

HIYO → Blue Laser

Current name: HIYO (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Blue Laser (rename user)
Reason: It sounds cooler. HIYO (talk) 23:48, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Bureaucrat note: This is your second rename request, with the first having been performed on 16 August 2007. We will not keep changing your username every time you ask. Please be sure you want to keep this name. --Deskana (talk) 21:12, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thosmandas → HIS33407thosmandas

Current name: Thosmandas (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: HIS33407thosmandas (rename user)
Reason: Required for History course I am enrolled in. Thosmandas (talk) 00:56, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Could explain a little more about why you need a specific username for your course? WjBscribe 17:58, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Taylor21 → SeanTaylor21

Current name: Taylor21 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: SeanTaylor21 (rename user)
Reason: Made a mistake naming the first time and decided to honour the late Sean Taylor Taylor21 20:40, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: You claim to be requesting this name to honour Sean Taylor (who died yesterday). The username policy prohibits users from having usernames of well known individuals, so please choose another name — unless of course, Sean Taylor is your actual name. Thanks, Qst 08:14, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lolboblol → Joesmith2001

Current name: Lolboblol (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Joesmith2001 (rename user)
Reason: editor suggested it, had no clue that LOL was offensive. Lolboblol (talk) 21:24, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: I've no idea why you were warned. Secretlondon 13:39, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vtca → Cast_a_shadow

Current name: Vtca (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Cast_a_shadow (rename user)
Reason: new name is easier for others to remember Vtca (talk) 21:41, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: I noticed you have specified in your rename request you wish to have an underscore in your name. The system will automatically convert this to a space when you're renamed, so if you wish to edit your request because of this, please feel free. Qst 22:21, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

CURRENT → NEW

Current name: CURRENT (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: NEW (rename user)
Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Denistan 20:54, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: What do you wish to be renamed too? Qst 20:56, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Prof jerz → Dennis G. Jerz

Current name: Prof jerz (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Dennis G. Jerz (rename user)
Reason: More personal and democratic, and thus more fitting for Wikipedia. Dennis G. Jerz 06:00, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: I see that Dennis G. Jerz (talk · contribs) already exists and has made edits - is that account also yours? We can't merge two accounts contributions, but if you can show that they are both your accounts, we could transfer Prof jerz's edits to Dennis G. Jerz (but its own contributions would need to be assigned to a nominal account). WjBscribe 13:25, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WHONNOCKIAN → BRACHES

Current name: WHONNOCKIAN (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: BRACHES (rename user)
Reason: Unsatisfied by hiding under alias. 70.69.59.108 07:00, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: All requests must be made by the account to be renamed; this request was made by 70.69.59.108 (talk · contribs). Please sign in and confirm this request. -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 07:15, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done - please sign in to request a rename. Also, although usernames in caps are permitted, those without are prefered. WjBscribe 13:26, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

EdmundEzekielMahmudIsa → Edmundwoods

Current name: EdmundEzekielMahmudIsa (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Edmundwoods (rename user)
Reason: My name is too long for me now, and the capitalizations make the name hard to be typed. Furthermore, I don't feel that the name is mine. Changing to this new name suits me more, and save all my trouble to put capital letters.Thanks a lot! King Edmund of the Woods 08:58, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. WjBscribe 13:27, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Saffary → Wikikateb

Current name: Saffary (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Wikikateb (rename user)
Reason: I don't want to use my real name anymore. Saffary 10:41, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. WjBscribe 13:28, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alexlmuller → Alex.muller

Current name: Alexlmuller (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Alex.muller (rename user)
Reason: To be the same as some other minor (external) Wikimedia projects Alexlmuller 12:02, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. WjBscribe 13:29, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Inclusive disjunction → Inclusivedisjunction

Current name: Inclusive disjunction (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Inclusivedisjunction (rename user)
Reason: When I first registered the name, I didn't realize that "_" was treated as a space. On other sites that I have joined since that did not allow underscores, I have taken to calling myself "Inclusivedisjunction." I just want to keep things consistent across the board. Inclusive disjunction 13:46, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done Secretlondon 13:47, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thundermaster367 → Thundermaster

Current name: Thundermaster367 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Thundermaster (rename user)
Reason: I wish for my account to be renamed because the 367 on the end of my current name was to avoid making an account with the same name as another. However, recently I have discovered that there is no "Thundermaster" user account and this is why I want it to be changed. Thundermaster367^{Thundermaster's Talk} 14:52, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. WjBscribe 14:53, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dickiefredericks → Dickie Fredericks

Current name: Dickiefredericks (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Dickie Fredericks (rename user)
Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Qst 16:52, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Moved from WP:CHU/U (link). Request format fixed to correct current username and target username fields. Qst 16:52, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. WjBscribe 16:55, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Coach wears a skirt → Dream Painter

Current name: Coach wears a skirt (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Dream Painter (rename user)
Reason: Some may find my current one a tad offensive. Coach wears a skirt 17:38, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. WjBscribe 17:39, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Guydrury → Ninetyone

Current name: Guydrury (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Ninetyone (rename user)
Reason: Real name to alias Guydrury 18:33, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. WjBscribe 19:14, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Webber b → Ben Webber

Current name: Webber b (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Ben Webber (rename user)
Reason: Continuity over Wikipedia Commons and Wikipedia. Ben Webber 19:05, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. WjBscribe 19:15, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oliver20 → Oliv3r

Current name: Oliver20 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Oliv3r (rename user)
Reason: I don't like my current one. Oliver20 19:14, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. WjBscribe 19:16, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nexeninc → Oilwebguy

Current name: Nexeninc (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Oilwebguy (rename user)
Reason: request from administrator to change. Nexeninc 19:21, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. WjBscribe 19:25, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Arwen undomiel → Grey Maiden

Current name: Arwen undomiel (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Grey Maiden (rename user)
Reason: I don't want my name to be associated with just one thing (Lord of the Rings, in this case). Arwen Undomiel ^talk 03:01, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. WjBscribe 03:33, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikkiTikkiTavi → EHelmuth

Current name: WikkiTikkiTavi (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: EHelmuth (rename user)
Reason: Didn't realize current username is also the name of some wiki software - embarrassed and would like to change name. WikkiTikkiTavi 03:50, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. WjBscribe 03:55, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ScottKuberski → S001deleted

Current name: ScottKuberski (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: S001deleted (rename user)
Reason: I would like to protect my privacy. I apologize for the trouble. ScottKuberski 13:35, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. WjBscribe 13:50, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pack → Benlg

Current name: Pack (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Benlg (rename user)
Reason: Always forgetting username. Pack 14:26, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. WjBscribe 14:28, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Marksomerfield → Mark Somerfield

Current name: Marksomerfield (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Mark Somerfield (rename user)
Reason: To unlink my first name with my surname, apologies should have considered this when creating the account! Marksomerfield 15:27, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. WjBscribe 15:29, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Redconverse → Bobbo

Current name: Redconverse (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Bobbo (rename user)
Reason: Personal Preference. Bobbo is what i am known as on the Internet including on Open-Source projects etc and my Blog. There is an account with the name bobbo on Wikipedia but he/she has not contributed using at and has nothing to do with me Redconverse 17:07, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: The requested username is already registered; see Special:CentralAuth. However, as this requested account has made no edits, it meets the criteria for being usurped; if you are an established user and wish to usurp it, please read and follow the process at m:Steward requests/Username changes. If you do not wish to usurp the username, please choose another name to be renamed to. Qst 17:09, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done - usurp request made. WjBscribe 17:46, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Which one? Routyrout or Routyroute? -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 04:47, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Joeriwitteveen → Alamowit

Current name: Joeriwitteveen (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Alamowit (rename user)
Reason: Former username directed too straightforwardly to my names. Joeriwitteveen 11:59, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rael86 → Rael

Current name: Rael86 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Rael (rename user)
Reason: It's my user name on the Italian Wikipedia. Rael 86 ^{Fire walk with me} 12:12, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]