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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

Guitarpilot → GuitarPilot

 Bureaucrat note: What do you mean by publish? If you mean edit articles, you can do that now :) Kingturtle (talk) 13:36, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Naveh-Benjamin → Dambo36

  • Neither can do. Oversight will not address an editor outing himself, and admins cannot remove the edit summary short of deleting the article and selectively restoring diffs, which I do not see happening. My suggestion is to disassociate yourself as much as possible from the past name. -Jeremy (v^_^v Dittobori) 02:41, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done Please take your request to Talk:Memory and aging. Kingturtle (talk) 17:56, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ROCKHarbor Productions → RHP

 Bureaucrat note: RHP would still be promotional, and RHP is already taken. Do you have another name you'd like to use that is not affiliated with your business? Kingturtle (talk) 20:29, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wryspy → Comicist

 Not done — Preceding unsigned comment added by bibliomaniac15 (talk • contribs)

Astron-kz → Luqeran

 Bureaucrat note: Are you Luqeran from de.wiki? bibliomaniac15 18:47, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Techman224 Interwiki Bot → TechBot

A24.248.39.186 → Chcoc

Reignerok → Rêignerok

Spank fusion → Catalysto

Punieta → Jazweir Lee

Axmann8 → Axmann

I was also curious, if the username change is completed, how will I login? Can I use the name "Axmann" to login, or will I have to keep using "Axmann8" as my login name? Axmann8 (talk) 11:55, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Just to note, Axmann8: here was the right place for your request. Requests at WP:USURP concern those wishing to take the usernames of existing accounts. —Anonymous DissidentTalk 11:57, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Not done We have a user already called User:AxMann. As can be seen in your request, above, you're a little confused by the inclusion/exclusion of upper case. You must have tried originally to register AxMann. I'm disinclined to allow this request: while AxMann is inactive, they may return and potentially having an Axmann and an AxMann is confusing. Sorry. I recommend you take one of three courses of action. Either stick with your current name, choose another alternative altogether, or, indeed, head over to WP:USURP. (NB AxMann does have GFDL-significant edits - read the instructions at USURP). --Dweller (talk) 12:12, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hong-Jiang Zhang → ParisJones

 Done Kingturtle (talk) 15:14, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

CURRENT Ken_oostende → NEW .IT
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