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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.

Notes

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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 17:24:31, 30 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 17:24:31, 30 June 2024 (UTC).

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]
  •  Bureaucrat note: Are you aware that this username exists on several other Wikimedia projects, and would require usurps there in order to unify your single unified login on Wikimedia projects? Pakaran 17:30, 6 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

July 26, 2012

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

JeardleyCrook → Yeardley

Status:     Not done

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 [1]. 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]
 Not done. See what Frankie said.

July 29, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before August 6, 2012.

위키백과당! → 권정우

Status:     In progress

위키백과당! (talk) 03:01, 29 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 22 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the target user, with 31 total edits on 54 wikis. Requesting user has 3 edits. An SUL account (primary kowiki) exists for the requesting user, with 430 total edits on 4 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 03:08, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note:; target account last edited June 9th of this year on en.wiki. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:10, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Bureaucrat note: target has not been notified, but in view of recent editing, this is not going to be done unless s/he consents. Pakaran 00:55, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

August 1, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before August 9, 2012.

Newcastle1448 → Cartport

Status:     In progress

Newcastle1448 (talk) 21:18, 1 August 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.
  • 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 2 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. Requesting user has 2 edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 2 total edits on 2 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 21:25, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: The target user's only contributions were to make[2] this exact request about a month ago... (twice) It was moved[3] to WP:CHU/S and presumably handled there. The user made the request[4] a second time, and may not have been aware that it had been handled. I surmise that the requester left for a while, and came back to find their old account nonexistent (as it had been renamed to the target) automatically recreated by SUL[5], so they recreated it. I recommend the requester attempt to log in to the target username. --NYKevin 03:13, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

August 3, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before August 11, 2012.

None (SUL request) → Torque

Status:     In progress

82.106.80.118 (talk) 10:54, 3 August 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 80 undeleted edits and 1 deleted edit, for a total of 81 edits. An SUL account (primary itwiki) exists for the target user, with 992 total edits on 17 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 16 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 216 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 10:57, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note:; the edits from the target username appear to be GFDL significant. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:34, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

News about it? – 82.106.80.118 (talk) 07:00, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

August 9, 2012

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

Fazu88 → Napier

Status:     Done

Fazu88 (talk) 02:55, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (eswiki), 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 eswiki) exists for the target user, with 1774 total edits on 12 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 3 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 18 total edits. Requesting user has 2 edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 29 total edits on 18 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 03:00, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Done

August 16, 2012

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

Der Ausländer → Ucevista

Status:     Done

Der Ausländer 02:59, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

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 1 total edit on 2 wikis. Requesting user has 283 undeleted edits and 19 deleted edits, for a total of 302 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 03:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I've just forget it. Der Ausländer 04:24, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
 Clerk note: Verification requested. Please log in to your home wiki and make an edit at your talk page certifying this request. Then post the diff here — Frankie (talk) 17:18, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Here's the diff. Der Ausländer (talk) 05:28, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Done. The user "Ucevista" has been renamed to "Ucevista (usurped)"; the user "Der Ausländer" has been renamed to "Ucevista". 28bytes (talk) 06:12, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

August 22, 2012

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

Inas66 → Inas

Status:     In progress

Inas66 (talk) 02:33, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (kowiki), 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. 12 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 1 total edit. Requesting user has 940 undeleted edits and 1 deleted edit, for a total of 941 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 997 total edits on 25 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 02:36, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Txcrossbow → Stella

Status:     In progress

Cheers! Stella BATPHONEGROOVES 04:03, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (kkwiki), 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. 74 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 899 total edits. Requesting user has 8529 undeleted edits and -260 deleted edits, for a total of 8269 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 8287 total edits on 4 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 04:10, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Are you also the user Stella on kk.wiki? — Frankie (talk) 17:16, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sofian62 → Sofian

Status:     In progress

Sofian62 (talk) 09:25, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (frwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary frwiki) exists for the target user, with 5099 total edits on 26 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 7 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 3 total edits. Requesting user has 34 undeleted edits and 6 deleted edits, for a total of 40 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 09:34, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

August 24, 2012

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

Herr Kriss → Krzysiu

Status:     In progress

Herr Kriss (talk) 00:51, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (plwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary plwiki) exists for the target user, with 30891 total edits on 5 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 0 total edits. Requesting user has 263 undeleted edits and 24 deleted edits, for a total of 287 edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 836 total edits on 176 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 00:58, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

August 25, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before September 2, 2012.

Carlblak → Carl Blak

Status:     In progress

Carl Blak (talk) 01:04, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: The requested username "Carl Blak" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT⚡ 01:09, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikinayla → Wikialma

Status:     In progress

Wikime 08:08, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

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. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 0 total edits on 1 wiki. Requesting user has 83 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 95 total edits on 3 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 08:18, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

None (SUL request) → Tpt

Status:     In progress

93.6.226.197 (talk) 09:17, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (frwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary frwiki) exists for the target user, with 9623 total edits on 164 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 09:21, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

August 26, 2012

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

FrankyTheFrench → Argosy

Status:     In progress

FrankyTheFrench (talk) 05:32, 26 August 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. 2 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 0 total edits. Requesting user has 83 undeleted edits and 5 deleted edits, for a total of 88 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 88 total edits on 4 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 05:41, 26 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dr.pragmatist → Доктор прагматик

Status:     In progress

доктор прагматик 06:39, 26 August 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 4 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 4 total edits on 1 wiki. Requesting user has 946 undeleted edits and 246 deleted edits, for a total of 1192 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 1201 total edits on 19 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 06:44, 26 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ozurbanmusic → Oz

Status:     In progress

Oz talk 12:54, 26 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (frwiki), 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. 37 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 4006 total edits. Requesting user has 23382 undeleted edits and 366 deleted edits, for a total of 23748 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 23768 total edits on 8 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 13:00, 26 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sepmix → Corabal

Status:     In progress

Sepmix (talk) 22:55, 26 August 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 47 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 47 total edits on 2 wikis. Requesting user has 1234 undeleted edits and 9 deleted edits, for a total of 1243 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 22:57, 26 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dustin Pearson → Pear285

Status:     In progress

dpearson 22:58, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

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