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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 22:20:31, 14 June 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 22:20:31, 14 June 2024 (UTC).

October 13, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 21, 2011.

Kamina-it → Kamina

Status:     In progress

Kamina-it (talk) 18:01, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 45 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary itwiki) exists for the target user, with 1529 total edits on 4 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 9 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 4 total edits. Requesting user has 2 edits. An SUL account (primary commonswiki) exists for the requesting user, with 58 total edits on 14 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 18:10, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
 Bureaucrat note: This is more a question for other 'crats. The it.wiki account was created in 2009, but the enwiki account was created in 2005 and edited until 2009, albeit intermittently. Would that make it inadvisable to grant this rename request? Maxim(talk) 15:22, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It's a bit of a borderline request. The rough SUL handling guidelines I drew up would not consider such an account on another project to be a barrier to local usurpation so that is something to consider. The target user has email enabled, perhaps someone should email them. –xenotalk
Pardon, I don't understand if I should e-mail him myself or if that ought to be done by a bureaucrat (in the first case, I haven't found any e-mail addresses where to contact him). Or maybe should I just stand and wait? Thank you. --Kamina-it (talk) 17:33, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You could try Special:EmailUser/Kamina. Cordially, -- Quentinv57 (talk) 08:28, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, I've just sent a mail in order to explain the situation. -- Kamina-it (talk) 14:17, 26 October 2011 (UTC) - No answers; how long do I have to wait to have the account usurped? Are there any problems still? Thank you.--Kamina-it (talk) 17:20, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Any thoughts from other bureaucrats? As I mentioned, our SUL handling guidelines would consider the Kamina account (were it on another project) not to be a barrier to usurpation because it has less than 25 edits per year of inactivity. So, perhaps a bit of a 'good for the goose, good for the gander' situation. –xenotalk 17:33, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

October 23, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 31, 2011.

None (SUL request) → Deepak

Status:     In progress

117.204.88.88 (talk) 16:24, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • The target username has Wikipedia user logs entries. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 3417 undeleted edits and 213 deleted edits, for a total of 3630 edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 49 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 3382 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 16:34, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think this user has far too many edits to qualify for usurpation. You could perhaps re-apply once you've secured the SUL, but you should have probably should have checked the global account usage and local policies before renaming earlier this month at ml.wiki. –xenotalk 13:55, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

October 28, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before November 5, 2011.

Chapel-en-le-Frith High School → RcsprinterBot

Status:     In progress

Chapel-en-le-Frith High School (talk) 15:45, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • This user is currently blocked by Cirt for {{uw-ublock}}
  • Target user has 7 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 7 total edits on 3 wikis. Requesting user has 3 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 3 total edits on 1 wiki. AnomieBOT⚡ 16:28, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

October 29, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before November 6, 2011.

None (SUL request) → FlatEric

Status:     In progress

86.186.81.96 (talk) 15:34, 29 October 2011 (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.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 2 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 16:24, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

October 30, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before November 7, 2011.

Ferret99gt → Ferret

Status:     In progress

ferret (talk) 01:01, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (ptwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 8 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 368 total edits. Requesting user has 723 undeleted edits and 5 deleted edits, for a total of 728 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 01:08, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

None (SUL request) → Nihir

Status:     In progress

99.226.100.17 (talk) 07:43, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (simplewiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary simplewiki) exists for the target user, with 5 total edits on 2 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 1 total edit. AnomieBOT⚡ 07:47, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

De Mike 333 → Mirrakor

Status:     In progress

De Mike 333 (talk) 11:44, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 2 undeleted edits and 2 deleted edits, for a total of 4 edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 3 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 241 total edits. Requesting user has 3 edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 9 total edits on 14 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 15:23, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

October 31, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before November 8, 2011.

Wikiburger → Solipse

Status:     In progress

Wikiburger (talk) 23:44, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 1 undeleted edit and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. Requesting user has 372 undeleted edits and 29 deleted edits, for a total of 401 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 23:52, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

November 4, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before November 12, 2011.

Athos Fere → Athos

Status:     In progress

Athos Fere (talk) 12:50, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 1 undeleted edit and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 22 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 301 total edits. Requesting user has 7 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 10 total edits on 4 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 12:50, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

November 5, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before November 13, 2011.

Shivakhanal → Shiva Khanal

Status:     In progress

Shivakhanal (talk) 06:30, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • The target username has Wikipedia user logs entries. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 150 undeleted edits and 13 deleted edits, for a total of 163 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 342 total edits on 11 wikis. Requesting user has 3 edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 514 total edits on 27 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 06:39, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I want access to IDOpen. Will IDOpen accept my icelandic ID ?

None (SUL request) → TARGET NAME

Status:     In progress

  • Please fill out this template correctly, replacing TARGET NAME with your Target username.
  • For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user
  • Datestamp: 09:25, 5 November 2011 (UTC)You have not added a confirmation link! Replace this message with the url that confirms that you hold the SUL for TARGET NAME.
  • Reason: YOUR REASON
  • Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

157.157.203.47 (talk) 09:25, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

St. Michael's School of Padada → St. Michael's School of Padada (SMSPians)

Status:     In progress

St. Michael's School of Padada (SMSPians) (talk) 10:12, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: The requested username "St. Michael's School of Padada (SMSPians)" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT⚡ 10:22, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Zois → Zois

Status:     In progress

91.45.120.211 (talk) 12:14, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: The target username "Zois" is equivalent to the original username "Zois". Please follow the instructions at the top of the page to correctly file your request. AnomieBOT⚡ 12:24, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I haven't got any username in the English Wikipedia. I only want to connect my other Wikipedia account with the English Wikipedia, but Wikipedia didn't do it automatically. I don't know how to do this. Thanks for all usefull answers. How can I "clear" this problem?--217.94.243.40 (talk) 13:25, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

November 6, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before November 14, 2011.

Soewinhan → Swh

Status:     In progress

SWHtalk 11:08, 6 November 2011 (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.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 4 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 0 total edits. Requesting user has 2183 undeleted edits and 46 deleted edits, for a total of 2229 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 2266 total edits on 42 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 11:12, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please, add an empty account on English version to my global registration

None (SUL request) → Chomsky

Status:     In progress

80.188.211.223 (talk) 13:27, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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