Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations

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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.

Notes

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

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.
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}}

Preview the changes and make sure both names are spelled correctly. Click "Publish changes".
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 19:36:44, 3 August 2024 (UTC) (Update).

Place your request here

Current requests

Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. It is 19:36:44, 3 August 2024 (UTC).

Requests relating to single-user login and/or global accounts can now be found at Wikipedia:Changing username/SUL

Click here to place your request.

April 24, 2009

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than May 2, 2009.

Slide Usurp → Slide

Current username: Slide Usurp (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Slide (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 21:57, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username (1) (2)

Slide Usurp (talk) 21:57, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 3 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 21:58, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Looks ok, may have trouble unifying at itwiki and enwikibooks. MBisanz ^talk 01:35, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've been told by an it bcrat that if I wait a bit, I can usurp on it. I'm still waiting for a response from en wikibooks. Slide Usurp (talk) 05:14, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Doesn't matter either way. Looks good to go forward tomorrow. —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 14:57, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

April 26, 2009

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than May 4, 2009.

Tigerfool → moho

Current username: Tigerfool (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: moho (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 02:11, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username (1) (2)

Tigerfool (talk) 02:11, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username has an email address set.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 37 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 02:12, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Target name is in use at jawiki; however, SUL account doesn't exist. Kingturtle (talk) 12:00, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pixle1234 → Pixle

Current username: Pixle1234 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Pixle (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 15:57, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username (1) (2)

Pixle1234 (talk) 15:57, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 3 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 16:02, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Everything is in order for 4 May. Kingturtle (talk) 13:26, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

April 27, 2009

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than May 5, 2009.

JCutter → 7

Current username: JCutter (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: 7 (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 05:45, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username (1) (2)

JCutter^{{ talk to me}} 05:45, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Want to move away from real name all together. This is my favorite number, and seems to be unused. JCutter^{{ talk to me}} 05:45, 27 April 2009 (UTC) -- I believe none of the target users 6 edits in 2005 will be viewed as GFDL significant. JCutter^{{ talk to me}} 06:01, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
User has 6 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 6 total edits. Requesting user has 4549 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 05:45, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Edits are indeed of little to no GDFL significance. —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 11:43, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Looks fine to rename, svwiki might be trouble if you want an SUL, but that account is inactive for our purposes. MBisanz ^talk 23:30, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fine living with out an SUL. Thanks. JCutter^{{ talk to me}} 23:58, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

April 28, 2009

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than May 6, 2009.

Owen6789 → Mengkiat

Current username: Owen6789 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Mengkiat (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 22:03, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username (1) (2)

Owen6789 (talk) 22:03, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: User "Mengkiat" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU instead. ClueBot VI (talk) 22:04, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Target name is active and in use on en.wiki. Kingturtle (talk) 12:04, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

April 29, 2009

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than May 7, 2009.

CaptainHMorgan → CaptainMorgan

Current username: CaptainHMorgan (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: CaptainMorgan (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 03:55, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username (1) (2)

CaptainHMorgan (talk) 03:55, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The target account made only minor edits (4 of them) nearly four years and has been inactive ever since. If the account holder does not object, I hope it can be believed that his/her minor edits and extended absence is a sign s/he is not wishing to be an active participant and therefore wouldn't mind relinquishing his/her username to someone that wishes to be an active member by the username I love. Since the turn of the century I've gone by the username CaptainMorgan in every Internet avenue where possible. I signed up to Wikipedia this past January, making positive contributions where I see fit while striving to be an active member of the community... I'd like to do so in the username I've used for so long that I've come to admire. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CaptainHMorgan (talk • contribs) 04:09, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
User has 4 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 4 total edits. Requesting user has 30 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 03:56, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: everything is in order for 6 May. Kingturtle (talk) 12:06, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tieum p → Nakor

Current username: Tieum p (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Nakor (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 14:42, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username (1) (2)

Tieum p (talk) 14:42, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Unification with my renamed fr.wiki account. Thanks in advance. Tieum p (talk) 14:42, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
User has 1 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 1 total edits. Requesting user has 119 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 14:44, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Everything is in order for 7 May. Kingturtle (talk) 12:07, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Burning Flame → Flamelai

Current username: Burning Flame (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Flamelai (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 15:42, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username (1) (2)

Burning Flame (talk) 15:42, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
--Burning Flame (talk) 15:42, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to gloailize my wikimedia account, the only edit was forgot logout and confirm the situlation.--Burning Flame (talk) 01:45, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
User has 1 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 1 total edits. Requesting user has 462 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 15:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Everything is in order for 8 May. Kingturtle (talk) 12:08, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deadlymethane2 → Pikamander2

Current username: Deadlymethane2 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Pikamander2 (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 21:16, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username (1) (2)

Deadlymethane2 (talk) 21:16, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I am known as Pikamander2 on every website that I go on. I've even managed to get "Pikamander2" as a suggested search term on Google. I created this Wikipedia account before I made the name "Pikamander2". I would like my name to be Pikamander2 here, also. A few months ago, I created an account named "Pikamander2" on Wikipedia, but then I realized that my contributions wouldn't show on that account.

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 146 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 21:18, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Everything is in order for 8 May. Kingturtle (talk) 12:09, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

anabus_maximus → anabus

Current username: anabus_maximus (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: anabus (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 23:11, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username (1) (2)

-anabus_maximus (Talk to me) 23:11, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username has an email address set.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 23:14, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Everything is in order for 7 May. Kingturtle (talk) 12:09, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

May 1, 2009

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than May 9, 2009.

Irdicent → Anhamirak

Current username: Irdicent (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Anhamirak (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 00:17, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username (1) (2)

Ir di ce nt 23 00:17, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: I created Anhamirak a few minutes ago as a doppelganger account, but now I want the user name. (Sorry!)

--Ir di ce nt 23 00:17, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
User has 1 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 1 total edits. Requesting user has 5094 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 00:17, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Out of curiosity, may I ask why you keep changing your username? This is your fifth request in the past year. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:28, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really know, I have been trying to find a username that I really like. This is my final one-I mean it!! I really like this name so I won't change after this, ever! --Ir di ce nt 23 00:31, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

CadenS → Caden

Current username: CadenS (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Caden (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 03:19, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username (1) (2)

Caden ^{is cool} 03:19, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
User has 1 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 1 total edits. Requesting user has 1637 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 03:23, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Everything is in order for 9 May. Kingturtle (talk) 11:39, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keneater → Kenplz

Current username: Keneater (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Kenplz (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 15:44, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username (1) (2)

60.52.83.18 (talk) 15:44, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
User has 1 undeleted edits, 2 deleted edits, and 3 total edits. Requesting user has 21 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 15:47, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Please log in to file a request. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:21, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thehunt → Theehunter

Current username: Thehunt (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Theehunter (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 17:05, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username (1) (2)

129.33.49.251 (talk) 17:05, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 0 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 17:07, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aliberti12! → Vincenzo Aliberti

Current username: Aliberti12! (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Target username: Vincenzo Aliberti (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
Datestamp: 18:21, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username (1) (2)

Aliberti12! (talk) 18:21, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]