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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 07:49:11, 7 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 07:49:11, 7 June 2024 (UTC).

April 9, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 17, 2012.

Rax05 → Rahul mehta

Status:     Not done

rahul mehta (talk) 06:34, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: The requested username "Rahul mehta" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT⚡ 06:35, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done. WJBscribe (talk) 13:27, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

BoydScottProdcutions → BoydScott Productions

Status:     Not done

BoydScottProdcutions (talk) 10:51, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: The requested username "TARGET NAME BoydScott Productions" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT⚡ 11:01, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 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. Maxim(talk) 13:34, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done. WJBscribe (talk) 13:27, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 10, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 18, 2012.

Hurricanefan24 → Hurricanefan25

Status:     In progress

hf24 21:02, 10 April 2012 (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 8937 undeleted edits and 776 deleted edits, for a total of 9713 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 10120 total edits on 309 wikis. Requesting user has 1111 undeleted edits and 30 deleted edits, for a total of 1141 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 1141 total edits on 5 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 21:07, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Bureaucrat note: Have you tried emailing a dev who could reset your email or password? Sometimes they've willing (at least in the past they were) to help out; I'm not sure if they do it anymore, though. Maxim(talk) 13:34, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 11, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 19, 2012.

Kondicherry → Kondi

Status:     In progress

--kondi talk/contribs 10:36, 11 April 2012 (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 5 undeleted edits and 14 deleted edits, for a total of 19 edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 5 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 6 total edits. Requesting user has 1128 undeleted edits and 26 deleted edits, for a total of 1154 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 1376 total edits on 36 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 10:47, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

نوژن مدینه ای → Nojan

Status:     Done

نوژن مدینه ای (talk) 21:41, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (fawiki), 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. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 1 total edit. Requesting user has 32 edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 81 total edits on 79 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 21:43, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Maxim(talk) 02:12, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 13, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 21, 2012.

None (SUL request) → ToBeFree

Status:     Done

84.60.176.225 (talk) 21:32, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (dewiki), 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. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 17 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 00:20, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Done - SUL request. WJBscribe (talk) 13:27, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 14, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 22, 2012.

Zoxtannin → Sandip_81

Status:     Not done

Zoxtannin (talk) 02:51, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: The requested username "Sandip 81" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT⚡ 02:57, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done. WJBscribe (talk) 13:30, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Flammard → Plamen

Status:     Done

Flammard (talk) 14:24, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (srwiki), 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. 16 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 8878 total edits. Requesting user has 54 undeleted edits and -2 deleted edits, for a total of 52 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 160 total edits on 26 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 14:25, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Done - SUL request. WJBscribe (talk) 13:30, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Peter b → Peter B.

Status:     In progress

Peter b (talk) 14:28, 14 April 2012 (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. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 0 total edits. Requesting user has 217 undeleted edits and 2 deleted edits, for a total of 219 edits. 2 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with the requesting user's name, with 45036 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 14:36, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Department of Redundancy Department → DoRD

Status:     Done

​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:03, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (flaggedrevs_labswikimedia), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • The target user has edited since this request was filed. Unless the edit was to give permission to usurp, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 1 total edit on 3 wikis. Requesting user has 5715 undeleted edits and 238 deleted edits, for a total of 5953 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 6026 total edits on 53 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 17:11, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Done - both accounts belong to the same person. You may want to check your userpages have ended up where there should be and that there aren't double redirects etc. WJBscribe (talk) 13:37, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I had a few templates stored under User:DoRD that needed to be moved, but otherwise, everything looks good. Thanks! ​—DoRD (talk)​ 14:44, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 16, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 24, 2012.

None (SUL request) → Zofo

Status:     Done

92.100.252.178 (talk) 12:09, 16 April 2012 (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. An SUL account (primary ruwiki) exists for the target user, with 1580 total edits on 78 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. AnomieBOT⚡ 12:09, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Done - SUL request. WJBscribe (talk) 13:39, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hopelesscross → Mimmi

Status:     Not done

Hopelesscross (talk) 21:02, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (fiwikiversity), 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. 17 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 61 total edits. Requesting user has 7 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 7 total edits on 4 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 21:02, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done. You haven't made many contributions to Wikipedia yet - usurpation of existing accounts is restricted to users who have been reasonably active on Wikipedia so that we can make sure that potentially popular names will be put to good use. Feel free to make another request once you have been around for a while and made some decent contributions to articles. WJBscribe (talk) 15:18, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 17, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 25, 2012.

Cremembo → Crawler

Status:     In progress

Cremembo (talk) 00:35, 17 April 2012 (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 9 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 11 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 32 total edits. Requesting user has 5 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 5 total edits on 1 wiki. AnomieBOT⚡ 00:45, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Bureaucrat note: What was the name of your previous account? WJBscribe (talk) 15:18, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

None (SUL request) → Autumnfallen

Status:     Done

46.147.253.3 (talk) 15:23, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (ruwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary ruwiki) exists for the target user, with 3 total edits on 2 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 15:31, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Done - SUL request. WJBscribe (talk) 15:18, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 20, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 28, 2012.

Ket anddog → Ket

Status:     In progress

Ket anddog (talk) 08:18, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (bgwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary bgwiki) exists for the target user, with 8252 total edits on 44 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 13 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 17 total edits. Requesting user has 11 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 08:25, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I missed that step but now it is corrected--Ket anddog (talk) 08:30, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Presler

None (SUL request) → Presler

Status:     In progress

91.221.60.84 (talk) 12:40, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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