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"WP:USURP" redirects here. For the guide regarding usurping a page title, see WP:USURPTITLE.


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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 20:18:00, 17 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 20:18:00, 17 June 2024 (UTC).

June 14, 2012

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

Esamueljohnson → Samuel_Johnson

Status:     In progress

Samuel Johnson (talk) 18:47, 14 June 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 10 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 2 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 11 total edits. Requesting user has 7 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 7 total edits on 5 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 18:51, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Bureaucrat note: Do you have any means of confirming that this was your account? WJBscribe (talk) 20:51, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

July 15, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before July 23, 2012.

Matthew hk → Matthew_au

Status:     In progress

Matthew_hk tc 10:08, 15 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A confirmation of ownership. Matthew au (talk) 10:10, 15 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • This user was created less than 6 months ago, such usernames may not be usurped. You can file another request when the username is older than 6 months.
  • 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 117 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 117 total edits on 14 wikis. Requesting user has 99911 undeleted edits and 4486 deleted edits, for a total of 104397 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 107173 total edits on 77 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 10:20, 15 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrew

July 16, 2012

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

Kongsean → ACLEDA

Status:     In progress

Kongsean (talk) 04:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user was created less than 6 months ago, such usernames may not be usurped. You can file another request when the username is older than 6 months.
  • 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 0 total edits on 1 wiki. Requesting user has 3 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 3 total edits on 12 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 04:43, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: No usurpation required. It would seem that you've created the "ACLEDA" account already, and that username is not allowed per the username policy as a group account, so your current username would be preferable if you plan to continue editing Wikipedia. If you don't, you can mark your userpage with {{retired}}, and simply abandon the account — Frankie (talk) 17:53, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Joedabear1 → Joe Da Bear

Status:     In progress

Joedabear1 (talk) 13:31, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
  • The current owner of the target username has an email address set.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. Requesting user has 2 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 2 total edits on 1 wiki. AnomieBOT⚡ 13:34, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Seksen iki yüz kırk beş → Penna

Status:     In progress

Seksen (talk) 14:26, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (eswiki), 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. 10 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 19 total edits. Requesting user has 2474 undeleted edits and 45 deleted edits, for a total of 2519 edits. An SUL account (primary trwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 25932 total edits on 331 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 14:28, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

July 18, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before July 26, 2012.

Google Kurdish → Muhammed taha

Status:     In progress

Google Kurdish (talk) 07:40, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: Verification requested. Please log in to your home wiki and make an edit at your talk page certifying this request. — Frankie (talk) 20:30, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (ckbwiki), 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. 5 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 1003 total edits. Requesting user has 1 edit. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 1 total edit on 14 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 21:29, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

July 19, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before July 27, 2012.

Chikazuku → Randall

Status:     In progress

Chikazuku (talk) 02:17, 19 July 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 2 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 21 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 1076 total edits. Requesting user has 1270 undeleted edits and 1 deleted edit, for a total of 1271 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 1278 total edits on 42 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 02:21, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Andreateletrabajo → Ganimedes

Status:     In progress

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (eswiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary eswiki) exists for the target user, with 35855 total edits on 12 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 3 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 19 total edits. Requesting user has 256 undeleted edits and 4 deleted edits, for a total of 260 edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 1711 total edits on 74 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 02:49, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment: User has not edits in es:, It's me after change name. How long do you think it takes this operation? Thanks. --Andreateletrabajo (talk) 15:21, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: Confirmation of username change on es.wiki [1]. @Andrea, there shouldn't be any problem with this request but usurpations normally take at least a week to allow the current owner of the username to object — Frankie (talk) 15:33, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! --Andreateletrabajo (talk) 17:44, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sarefo → Hanauma

Status:     In progress

Sarefo (talk) 23:35, 19 July 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. An SUL account (primary dewiki) exists for the target user, with 2 total edits on 1 wiki. The local account is NOT attached. Requesting user has 15404 undeleted edits and 305 deleted edits, for a total of 15709 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 37449 total edits on 80 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 23:41, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • added comment to Hanauma talk page --Sarefo (talk) 23:46, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Please confirm that you and Hanauma are two different persons (i.e. that you do not want to change the username "Sarefo" to "Hanauma" on en.wiki, but this is rather an usurp only SUL request). Also, Hanauma needs to make an edit to their talk page on de.wiki confirming this request — Frankie (talk) 15:39, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
me and Hanauma are two different persons. Confirmation by de:Hanauma here. --Sarefo (talk) 18:28, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

July 22, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before July 30, 2012.

Gregcaletta → Grg

Status:     In progress

G (talk) 00:06, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
  • The current owner of the target username has an email address set.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 9 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 0 total edits. Requesting user has 5301 undeleted edits and 11 deleted edits, for a total of 5312 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiktionary) exists for the requesting user, with 6009 total edits on 34 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 00:14, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Guðsþegn → Thane

Status:     In progress

   GUÐSÞEGN   – UTEX – 00:46, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to modify my request to be "usurp only" instead of usurp and change username. Per my stated reason, a redirect from the target username to my current username would accomplish my goal, and given that all the other wikis with my current username are owned by myself, an SUL with my current username would be easier. If this is too complicated of a request modification, then please carry on with the standard usurp as originally requested. Thanks.    GUÐSÞEGN   – UTEX – 01:45, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I'm not trying to be wishy-washy here, but if you think (as a bureaucrat) that an SUL is possible with the target username, then please ignore my previous addendum and proceed with the usurp as originally requested. Thanks again.    GUÐSÞEGN   – UTEX – 02:00, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Reading through the target username contribs, only two are in article space from 2006 (the other is on a talk page in 2008), and all three can be fairly judged as minor and inconsequential. Of the two in article space, one is a link correction, the other a word-choice change (replacing "hurt" with "distressed").    GUÐSÞEGN   – UTEX – 12:18, 23 July 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 3 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 9 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 10 total edits. Requesting user has 2443 undeleted edits and 42 deleted edits, for a total of 2485 edits. 5 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with the requesting user's name, with 64 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 00:56, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Umbris → MrX

Status:     In progress

umbris 15:41, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has Wikipedia user logs entries. Due to licensing concerns, 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. 4 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 4 total edits. Requesting user has 728 undeleted edits and 18 deleted edits, for a total of 746 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 847 total edits on 12 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 15:46, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Clerk note: I found a few deleted contributions from the target account on en.wiki, all from 2006, and no live ones; the log was an image upload that was deleted per F5 in 2006. I don't think there are any GFDL issues. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:57, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

July 23, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before July 31, 2012.

Suckerpunch83 → Suckerpunch

Status:     In progress

Suckerpunch83 (talk) 01:35, 23 July 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. Requesting user has 246 undeleted edits and 2 deleted edits, for a total of 248 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 01:41, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Jonchapple → Jonc

Status:     In progress

— JonCॐ 10:55, 23 July 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. No SUL account exists for the target user. 7 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 8 total edits. Requesting user has 4371 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 4391 total edits on 54 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 11:00, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gary King → Gary

Status:     In progress

Gary King (talk · scripts) 19:55, 23 July 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. No SUL account exists for the target user. 42 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 296 total edits. Requesting user has 94447 undeleted edits and 5564 deleted edits, for a total of 100011 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 100363 total edits on 86 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 20:04, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

July 24, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before August 1, 2012.

Editwikiped → Starl8gazer

Status:     In progress

Editwikiped (talk) 15:44, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user was created less than 6 months ago, such usernames may not be usurped. You can file another request when the username is older than 6 months.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary dewiki) exists for the target user, with 0 total edits on 4 wikis. Requesting user has 5 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 6 total edits on 3 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 15:51, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Taoetis → Tapetis

Status:     In progress

Taoetis (talk) 23:27, 24 July 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. An SUL account (primary dewiki) exists for the target user, with 27 total edits on 2 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. Requesting user has 3 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 3 total edits on 13 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 23:32, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Verification requested. Please log in to your home wiki and make an edit at your talk page certifying this request. — Frankie (talk) 12:31, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

July 26, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before August 3, 2012.

FarzanehSarafraz → Farzaneh

Status:     In progress

Farzaneh (talk) 04:02, 26 July 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. 7 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 5 total edits. Requesting user has 441 undeleted edits and 13 deleted edits, for a total of 454 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 501 total edits on 13 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 04:11, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Clerk note: There is an account on fa.wiki with the name Farzaneh that's made 40 edits. Is that you or someone else (there could be SUL problems if that's someone else and you decide to edit on fa.wiki)? The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 16:35, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It is me now. My usurpation request has just been approved on fawiki. --Farzaneh (talk) 20:51, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Can you confirm that by either linking to the approval or making a confirmation post at your fa.wiki talkpage? The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:00, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Please see http://fa.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%AB_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%3AFarzaneh&diff=7529267&oldid=7523502 --Farzaneh (talk) 00:34, 27 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

JeardleyCrook → Yeardley

Status:     In progress

JeardleyCrook (talk) 10:40, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • This user was created less than 6 months ago, such usernames may not be usurped. You can file another request when the username is older than 6 months.
  • 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 199 undeleted edits and 5 deleted edits, for a total of 204 edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. Requesting user has 1 edit. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 1 total edit on 5 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 10:49, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: This rename was completed a couple of days ago [2]. If by "more than just wikipedia" you mean other Wikimedia projects, you can create your SUL by going to Special:MergeAccount — Frankie (talk) 13:23, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

None (SUL request) → TSB

Status:     In progress

90.219.65.250 (talk) 12:54, 27 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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