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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

Ericbonetti → Citsejam

  •  Clerk note: As SoxBot was kind enough to inform you of, this account already exists, though it meets the criteria for usurpation. However, due to the reason behind your request you might not wish to wait the 7 days that it takes for an usurpation to be carried out. Is there another name, not listed at Special:ListUsers, that you would prefer? @Kate (parlez) 23:11, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hasan_alikhattak → hasanalikhattak

aLieNzwOrkshOp (talk) 00:10, 10 December 2009 (UTC) its my full name and it looks for good to me[reply]

 Clerk note: Moved from WP:CHU/U. @Kate (parlez) 02:07, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Bureaucrat note: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? I'm assuming it's okay based on your current username, but I want to make sure. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 02:41, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RiverBendAcademy → GopherGirl85

RiverBendAcademy (talk) 02:33, 10 December 2009 (UTC)}}[reply]

 Clerk note: Moved from WP:CHU/U. @Kate (parlez) 02:35, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Bureaucrat note: Please provide a reason for renaming. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 02:42, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I assume that it might have to do with this. @Kate (parlez) 02:43, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You're probably right; thanks, Kate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nihonjoe (talk • contribs)
 Bureaucrat note: Your RiverBendAcademy account has a unified login, though you only have one edit on Commons and no edits on Meta (see here). Are you fine with being renamed just on this wiki, which will detach this account from your global account? ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 02:51, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Edallanhawryliw → Edward Allan Hawryliw-Artist Culinare`

 Clerk note: Seems a tad promotional to me, but I would like to hear other clerk's and bureaucrat opinions. @Kate (parlez) 00:21, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lifewooddata → Lifewood

To simplify the username Lifewooddata (talk) 10:07, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and a problem(s) was found. Target username exists, and it has edits, deleted edits, and/or log edits; Target account conflicts with SUL. SoxBot (talk) 10:18, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rodrigodc01 → {{{new}}}

==== Master Templar ==== 15:52, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

  • SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and a problem(s) was found. Target username exists, and it has edits, deleted edits, and/or log edits. SoxBot (talk) 15:54, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Could you please file another correctly formatted request? Thanks. –Juliancolton | Talk 03:18, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done Filed below. —Anonymous DissidentTalk 14:51, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

JUSTICEBOT → JUSTICEROBOT

Still ends in bot... Abductive (reasoning) 00:35, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Malformed request fixed. Usernames are case-sensitive; your username is not JUSTICEBOT (talk · contribs) but JusticeBot (talk · contribs). Do you wish your target username in camel case as well? (perhaps moot, as it still ends in bot) Intelligentsium 00:39, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
My understanding is that names ending in -bot are allowed if there's no reasonable chance of confusion arising that the account is actually a bot. I seem to remember someone whose real name was "Sabot" or something similar being allowed to use it in their username, for example. -- Soap Talk/Contributions 04:10, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This guy's real name is not Justice Robot. The name should be rejected. Abductive (reasoning) 13:36, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Yeh; I'm gonna have to agree with Abductive and Intelligentsium. The requested name still violates username policy (since it still makes it resemble an automated account); I'd advise you choose a different name. -Jeremy (v^_^v Stop... at a WHAMMY!!) 07:36, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done. Usernames ending in "bot" or "robot" should be used for automated accounts. WJBscribe (talk) 13:45, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

judwa.nayaka → judwa.nayak

 Clerk note: As SoxBot told you, the target username exists, though it meets the criteria for usurpation. However, your account is too new to usurp another one. In order to ensure that usurped usernames be put to good use, we prefer only to grant requests from reasonably well-established users. Is there another name, not listed at Special:ListUsers, that you would prefer? @Kate (parlez) 17:27, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Is it possible that Judwa.nayak is him too and he just forgot his password? Both names were registered on the same day, so it would be a pretty big coincidence if they were different people. -- Soap Talk/Contributions 21:17, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

EliotStudentCommittee → Eliot Student Committee

 Clerk 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. @Kate (parlez) 18:53, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done. WJBscribe (talk) 13:45, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Passawuth → Yellowishme

 Clerk note: I'm sorry, but as stated at the top of the page, we do not rename accounts that will retire. To exercise your right to vanish, simply request deletion of your user space with {{db-user}} on your user page and do not use your account again. —Duncan (that's me!)What I Do / What I Say 07:10, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Actually, we do rename accounts that are exercising their right to vanish. @Kate (parlez) 20:57, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Bureaucrat note:Yes, but we often rename them to nondescript names like "Vanisheduser05" and not specifically requested names. Passawuth, are you planning on leaving English wikipedia entirely? -- Avi (talk) 06:29, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I am leaving English Wikipedia entirely, and I am happy that you rename me in to anything - I don't know. Just please rename. Thanks. --Passawuth (talk) 05:29, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Eerway → Eerway

 Clerk note: The requested username is the same as your current name, aside from the first letter being in lowercase. Due to technical limitations, usernames must start with an uppercase letter. However, you may use the template {{lowercase title}} on your user and user talk pages, and change your signature to reflect your preference. @Kate (parlez) 22:01, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done. All username start with a capital letter. WJBscribe (talk) 13:46, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OiseauTemp → Waz

 Not done. WJBscribe (talk) 13:49, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rays of Sunshine Children's Charity → Rays of Sunshine

 Not done. WJBscribe (talk) 13:49, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nettrust → Smrdamudic

 Not done - please make the request while signed in to the account that is to be renamed. WJBscribe (talk) 13:49, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

KulturFilms → GraphicsDPT

  •  Clerk 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. It seems that the username is now intended to be something similar to "Graphics Department". Could still be considered inappropriate. —Duncan (that's me!)What I Do / What I Say 13:42, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Irteza786 → Thug4life

 Not done - please make the request while signed in to the account that is to be renamed. WJBscribe (talk) 13:49, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ezc3m → 97YU7ea


  • SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot (talk) 23:09, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deliciouslycreative → DeliciouslyCreative

 Clerk note: Probably a promotional username. As per the username policy, promotional usernames are blocked. Useight (talk) 23:00, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done. WJBscribe (talk) 13:54, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AleekPauline → Wikistudenteditor1

 Bureaucrat note: Please provide a reason for your request. I'm not sure how I feel about the target username; it looks more like a user class than a username, a characteristic which is usually discouraged. —Anonymous DissidentTalk 14:20, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Williamscollegemusuemofart → SuzannePublicRelations

Lehan117 → Thelankanball

 Done bibliomaniac15 01:21, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Poh Tay Toez → PohTayToez

 Done bibliomaniac15 01:25, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Higordouglas → Higor Douglas

Sandro hawke → Sandro Hawke

 Done by MBisanz --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 07:00, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rodrigodc01 → {{{new}}}

 Not done Your rename has already happened. Log out and log in as User:Jedi_Master_Yavin4. —Anonymous DissidentTalk 12:17, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

=== CURRENT Flipperblue → NEW Flipper ===

Ukip sheffield → Wayne Harling

Richard Isay → Psyche3458

Richard Isay → Psyche3458

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