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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Insomniac (talk | contribs) at 03:13, 14 September 2010 (→‎N.samimi island → Insomniac). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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This page is for requests to take over an account name that is already registered. If you want your account renamed to a name that is still available, please use Special:GlobalRenameRequest or Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple.

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.

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  • 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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}}
  1. Preview the changes and make sure both names are spelled correctly. Click "Publish changes".
  2. 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 13:07:44, 9 September 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 13:07:44, 9 September 2024 (UTC).

August 12, 2010

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than August 20, 2010.

Jennavecia → Lara

Status:     On hold awaiting confirmation

Lara 17:36, 12 August 2010 (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 38113 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 04:32, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

September 1, 2010

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than September 9, 2010.

None (SUL request) → L

Status:     In progress

62.226.138.235 (talk) 12:02, 1 September 2010 (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 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 19:27, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I forgot the notify, but xeno added it on the talk page. --L temp (talk)

Ameena86 → Ameena

Status:     Done

Ameena86 (talk) 17:13, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • {{notdone}} As noted in the preamble, usurp requests are granted to established users to ensure that usurped usernames be put to good use. Please re-request this after you have been editing for a while. Otherwise it looks ok because only project where this username has edits is de.wiki and the user only edited their userspace and is inactive. –xenotalk 14:39, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I understand what you mean. But I have been editing from a Dynamic IP since 2007, and have only recently decided to register this account. I intended to go as "Ameena", but it was already registered. I created this account purely for the purpose of carrying out the Usurpation process. Thank you. Ameena86 (talk) 04:23, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Also, if it is possible and not against any rules, please do not transfer the edits from this account to the new account; because as I mentioned, I created this account purely for the purpose of carrying out the usurpation process. Thanks. Ameena86 (talk) 22:34, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. –xenotalk 17:27, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Fixed request to usurp only form. Also, creating this account for this purpose is unnecessary. You can create the request as an IP. Set Sail For The Seven Seas 23° 19' 15" NET 01:33, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well they've already created the temporary account, so it doesn't really make sense to make this 'usurp only'... Especially since if we vacate the name someone other than the requestor could scoop it up... I've just noticed target user hadn't been notified, so I've done this... Will need at least some hold period... –xenotalk 13:33, 10 September 2010 (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) 19:27, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

September 6, 2010

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than September 14, 2010.

Cassandra 73 → January

Status:     In progress

Cassandra 73 talk 16:27, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The thwiki and frwiki users seem inactive and none of them appear to have GDFL significant edits. This may indeed qualify for a speedy usurp. Set Sail For The Seven Seas 21° 24' 15" NET 01:25, 10 September 2010 (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 8665 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 19:27, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Igor.ratsy → ratsy

Status:     In progress

Igor.ratsy (talk) 17:41, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This may qualify for a speedy usurp. Set Sail For The Seven Seas 24° 3' 15" NET 01:36, 10 September 2010 (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 1 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 19:27, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

N.samimi island → Insomniac

Status:     In progress

N.samimi island (talk) 20:00, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Question: If I change my username here, does it effect my global users too? Or Should I ask bureaucrats of the related Wiki? N.samimi island (talk) 14:40, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Only the local user will be renamed. There is no global renaming yet. –xenotalk 13:10, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That's alright, I changed my username in Fa.wiki to Insomniac.Anyway, How much longer is this gonna take? Till the Ja.wiki agrees? N.samimi island (talk) 17:19, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If you are now fa:User:Insomniac then you could just make another 18 edits there, which will transfer the home wiki for insomniac to you, so you won't need to wait for the ja wiki user to confirm. Set Sail For The Seven Seas 17° 36' 45" NET 01:10, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Are you saying that if I make another 18 edits to my fa.wiki user then my en.wiki username will automatically change to Insomniac? Also, you made a notification here that since the user Insomniac has made an edit once, I can't change my username ... but,the en.wiki Inomniac has been inactive since 2003 ... N.samimi island (talk) 03:10, 14 September 2010 (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 263 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 19:27, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

September 7, 2010

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than September 15, 2010.

Butterfly voyages → Butterfly austral

Status:     Done

Butterfly effect 17:23, 7 September 2010 (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 17 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 19:27, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Are you fr:User:Butterfly austral? Since they have the best claim to the SUL account. Set Sail For The Seven Seas 16° 3' 45" NET 01:04, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I think they are. The account got created automatically on login.
 Bureaucrat note: Verification requested. Please log in to your home wiki and make an edit at your talk page certifying this request. –xenotalk 19:35, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
yes I'm Butterfly austral now (Home wiki => fr.wikipedia.org) : http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Butterfly_austral ; http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist/edit ; fr:wp => 7 septembre 2010 à 13:22 Céréales Killer (discuter | contributions) a renommé « Utilisateur:Butterfly effect » en « Butterfly austral » ‎ (7 917 modifications. Motif : Demande de l'utilisateur http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spécial:Journal/renameuser ; http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion_utilisateur:Butterfly_austral#Nouvelle_identit.C3.A9 Cheers --Butterfly austral (talk) 00:43, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

September 10, 2010

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than September 18, 2010.

None (SUL request) → Wikidao

Status:     In progress

Wikiscient (talk) 19:30, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have recently changed my username from "Wikiscient" to "WikiDao". I want to keep "WikiDao". My request here concerns the username "Wikidao" which exists but has not been used. May I usurp it solely for the purpose of redirecting it to "WikiDao" and is this request the right way to go about it? Note that "Wikiscient" has already been renamed to "WikiDao" and I am not asking to change it again here. Wikiscient (talk) 19:30, 10 September 2010 (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 2 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 19:33, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Request for doppelganger purposes - looks fine after hold. –xenotalk 19:38, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

September 11, 2010

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than September 19, 2010.

Der russische Patriot → Russe

Status:     In progress

Der russische Patriot (talk) 12:14, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • User has 2 undeleted edits, 2 deleted edits, and 4 total edits. Requesting user has 93 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 12:16, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've not already want to change my nick. Der russische Patriot (talk) 16:02, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

September 12, 2010

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than September 20, 2010.

Kedster → Tony Webster

Status:     Done

Kedster (talk / contribs) 04:15, 12 September 2010 (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 143 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 04:19, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

HtmFin → Htm

Status:     In progress

HtmFin (talk) 08:54, 12 September 2010 (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 30 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 08:59, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: I believe this qualifies for a speedy usurp, since the enwiki user is very dormant. Set Sail For The Seven Seas 266° 31' 45" NET 17:46, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

September 14, 2010

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than September 22, 2010.

Kaacper → Kashmiri

Status:     In progress

kashmiri (talk) 01:05, 14 September 2010 (UTC) kashmiri (talk) 01:05, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • User has 3 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 3 total edits. Requesting user has 330 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 01:08, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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