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Changing username/Simple
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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:

  1. Read this page first. You must be aware of, and understand, all of that information before requesting a username change
  2. 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.
  3. Do not create an account under the new name or move/redirect your userpages. We'll do that for you.
  4. Log in with your present username in order to place your request. Renames will not be approved if the requester is not logged in.
  5. 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=
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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

Lescaramouche → Random5624565247568

 Not done Create a new username instead. =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:43, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Mathis → Mr. Howes

 Bureaucrat note: what is your connection with the account: Michael Collin Mathis (talk · contribs)? WJBscribe (talk) 01:32, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: ...and Feltic Felton (talk · contribs) and Cara Speicher (talk · contribs)? -Jéské (v^_^v Kacheek!) 16:42, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done - account is blocked indefinitely. WJBscribe (talk) 00:23, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. Scott Ehlen → Bill Barnhill

 Not done - as you've made no edits to any articles, I suggest you just create a new account with your preferred name. WJBscribe (talk) 01:31, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: I'm smelling something ducky here, am starting to think that a whole sockfarm is requesting renaming, and that Mr. Scott Ehlen is one of the socks. -Jéské (v^_^v Kacheek!) 16:44, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I would agree with that assessment also. I request a CU be done - perhaps one of the CUs can be contacted with regards to this. The last thing we want is to rename a whole sockfarm, then they become active and perhaps we get pointed at because we "never realised". Caulde 17:44, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The problem here is that the sockfarm's accounts all seem to be acting in good faith. No CU will run a check because there isn't any real abuse going on. all the same, I'll run this past one and see what she thinks. -Jéské (v^_^v Kacheek!) 17:50, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Alison (talk · contribs) uncovered a massive sockfarm here. There's impersonation attempts going on here indeed, but it's the Michael Mathis sockfarm trying to impersonate other (non-Wikipedians) and not the opposite. A school IP has been blocked as a result; the master account is indef'd Anthony Alda (talk · contribs). -Jéské (v^_^v Kacheek!) 23:50, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Collin Mathis → Dr. Barhydt

 Bureaucrat note: what is your connection with the account: Michael Mathis (talk · contribs)? WJBscribe (talk) 01:33, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: ...and Feltic Felton (talk · contribs), and Cara Speicher (talk · contribs)? Their requests are practically identical to yours. -Jéské (v^_^v Kacheek!) 16:41, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done - account is blocked indefinitely. WJBscribe (talk) 00:22, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Naeemahmedrasheed → Naeemahmedrasheed

 Not done Read the instructions please. =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:42, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rusithaukwatta → Rusitha Ukwatta

 Not done The target has more edits than you do and they are very recent. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:58, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Count Dooku of Serenno, → Count Dooku of Serenno

 Done — Rlevse • Talk • 01:59, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

110010011 → All Is One

 Done — Rlevse • Talk • 01:59, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Archeopteryx → Archaeopteryx

Dingo Kong → Over-Anilizer

 Bureaucrat note: The word is properly spelled "Overanalyze." Do you want to go with the correct spelling, or the alternate one? bibliomaniac15 04:35, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Pinch → Vanish2

Faraday Lee → Nevertalk
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