Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations
Any requests for usurpation of global accounts with attachments on other projects should be made at meta:Steward Requests/Username changes. Only requests to usurp en.wiki accounts without significant attachments on other projects will be processed here. |
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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
- 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
- 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.
- Click here to place your request.
- Replace "
TARGET NAME
" with the username you wish to usurp. - Replace "
YOUR REASON
" with a description of why you want to usurp the account. - Leave the "Subject/headline" field blank.
- Replace "
- 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
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- Preview the changes and make sure both names are spelled correctly. Click "Publish changes".
- 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 12:22:52, 28 October 2024 (UTC) (
).Current requests
Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. It is 12:22:52, 28 October 2024 (UTC).
September 26, 2012
Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 4, 2012.
NitRav → Nithin
Status: In progress
- Current username: NitRav (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Nithin (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
- Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
- For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
- Datestamp: 14:06, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
- Reason: I created this account way back in 2007, from a office computer(CVG),and lost the password. I would like to have the access back as I found about usurp only now! I previously had tried to remember the password, and try the password reset - Both were unsuccessful. Thanks a bunch in advance.
Nithin (talk) 14:06, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
- Note:
- This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (svwiki), 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 7 total edits. Requesting user has 65 undeleted edits and 9 deleted edits, for a total of 74 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 74 total edits on 12 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 14:15, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
- Comment: I'm not comfortable granting this rename; there are 12 wikis with potential conflicts, and User:Nithin@mlwikibooks registered within the past calendar year. Maxim(talk) 21:32, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
- I am fairly regular on the Wikipedia, and occasionally browse other sites related to the WIKIMEDIA foundation, that probably explains how that account got created, And since the account is originally mine, I don't think there should be a problem with conflicts. Nithin (talk) 00:43, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Hi, any updates on this one? Nithin (talk) 16:47, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- Clerk note: If you control the accounts on both sv.wiki and ml.wikibooks, could you please log in as Nithin and make an edit to their talk pages for confirmation? — Frankie (talk) 17:33, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you for the reply Frankie, I do not have control over the account as I have forgotten the password, which was the reason for the usurp request. I attempted to reset the password, but I guess, I hadn't set up an email address earlier! Please advise Nithin (talk) 16:12, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
- It is within a bureaucrat's discretion, but regular practice is not to grant requests that would effectively take away the SUL claim from a user in another project (see WP:Handling SUL conflicts). If this request is not granted the best option I can see is to wait some time, at least a year, for the accounts to be considered stale — Frankie (talk) 17:44, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
- If that's the regular practise, so be it, and thanks for the update Frankie, I was wondering as there wasn't any information provide earlier. Cheers! Nithin (talk) 18:13, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
- It is within a bureaucrat's discretion, but regular practice is not to grant requests that would effectively take away the SUL claim from a user in another project (see WP:Handling SUL conflicts). If this request is not granted the best option I can see is to wait some time, at least a year, for the accounts to be considered stale — Frankie (talk) 17:44, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you for the reply Frankie, I do not have control over the account as I have forgotten the password, which was the reason for the usurp request. I attempted to reset the password, but I guess, I hadn't set up an email address earlier! Please advise Nithin (talk) 16:12, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
October 1, 2012
Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 9, 2012.
Aleksandrjung → Kapooht
Status: In progress
- Current username: Aleksandrjung (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Kapooht (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
- Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
- For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
- Datestamp: 20:43, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
- Reason: I created Aleksandrjung first some years ago. I then forgot the password and created Kapooht. During the period before remembering the password to Aleksandrjung I *did* make edits. However, only a small amount to few pages. The biggest edit is to a page which has been deleted. Then, as mentioned, I remembered the password to Aleksandrjung and have only now discovered how to rename accounts.
Aleksandrjung (talk) 20:43, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
- Note:
- The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, 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 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 41 undeleted edits and 44 deleted edits, for a total of 85 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 85 total edits on 6 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 20:53, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
October 2, 2012
Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 10, 2012.
Mxdxcxnx → Czar
Status: In progress
- Current username: Mxdxcxnx (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Czar (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
- Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
- For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
- Datestamp: 18:16, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- Reason: I'm planning on being much more active and would prefer to use my contemporaneous nickname. The target nick lies fallow after reorganizing an article (any OC since overwritten). And there are no unmanageable SUL conflicts.
mxdxcxnx T C 18:16, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- 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. 15 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 28 total edits. Requesting user has 360 undeleted edits and 50 deleted edits, for a total of 410 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 410 total edits on 8 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 18:19, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
October 5, 2012
Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 13, 2012.
Karthikeyankc → Karthikeyan
Status: In progress
- Current username: Karthikeyankc (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Karthikeyan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
- Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
- For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
- Datestamp: 12:24, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Reason: I created the page with the username: Karthikeyan and so I would like to switch my current username "Karthikeyankc" with "Karthikeyan"
Karthikeyan 12:24, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
- Note:
- This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (tawiki), 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. 15 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 108 total edits. Requesting user has 9 edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 9 total edits on 14 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 12:34, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
October 6, 2012
Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 14, 2012.
BBOONNEE → Bone
Status: In progress
- Current username: BBOONNEE (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Bone (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
- Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
- For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
- Datestamp: 21:05, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Reason: I plan on becoming much more active on Wikipedia and would like my online identities to be more congruent. Thank you.
BBOONNEE (talk) 21:05, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Note:
- The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
- Target user has 4 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 21 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 72 total edits. Requesting user has 60 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 60 total edits on 3 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 03:52, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
- Clerk note: edits don't appear to be GFDL significant. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:14, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
October 9, 2012
Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 17, 2012.
MochaChipANJell → Neosiren
Status: In progress
- Current username: MochaChipANJell (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Neosiren (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
- Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
- For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
- Datestamp: 09:11, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- Reason: I have 2 'WikiMedia Project' account.
One is 'MochaChipANJell' and another is 'Neosiren'. Both of accounts using same e-mail address. But I was already confirm my e-mail address using 'Neosiren' account. Other reason… most of webpages, I had been using 'neosiren' user name. (Refer to http://about.me/neosiren) So, I want to merge my account to 'Neosiren'. MochaChipANJell (talk) 09:11, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- 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 kowiki) exists for the target user, with 0 total edits on 5 wikis. Requesting user has 12 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 13 total edits on 13 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 09:12, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- Clerk note: I understand you already own the account "Neosiren". If that's the case, please log in with it and make an edit here for confirmation — Frankie (talk) 17:21, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- Confirmation of ownership [1] — Frankie (talk) 13:56, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
GreatOrangePumpkin → Tomcat
Status: In progress
- Current username: GreatOrangePumpkin (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Tomcat (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
- Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
- For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
- Datestamp: 11:01, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- Reason: I feel that some people assume I am a very young person. My current name may be a bit childish and nonserious, but I wish to have this name redirected to my proposed username. User:Tomcat has only 3 edits on en.wikipedia but the same user made 80 edits to pl.wiki and 15 to ja.wiki, so I am not sure if the usurpation will function. Regards.--Kürbis (✔) 11:01, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
Kürbis (✔) 11:01, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- 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. 35 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 108 total edits. Requesting user has 26043 undeleted edits and 2292 deleted edits, for a total of 28335 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 29063 total edits on 141 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 11:11, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- I would like to withdraw this request. Regards.--Kürbis (✔) 12:56, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- (Non-bureaucrat or clerk comment): Not done; request withdrawn by user. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 17:51, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
Sir Tommy → TAP
Status: In progress
- Current username: Sir Tommy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: TAP (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
- Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
- For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
- Datestamp: 17:01, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- Reason: Would like to rename my doppelgänger account to this. "TAP" has not edited since 2006 on any wiki (14 edits to enwiki, 27 to dewiki). I have informed TAP.
Thine Antique Pen (talk) 17:01, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- Note:
- The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
- Target user has 14 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 2 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 27 total edits. Requesting user has 19 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 19 total edits on 2 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 17:09, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
None (SUL request) → Tambo
Status: In progress
- Target username: Tambo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
- For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user
- Datestamp: 18:48, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- Confirmation link: here
- Reason: I am registered user on Hungarian Wikipedia since 2009 and I would like to have my login unified. User:Tambo on enwiki does not have any contributions.
- Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.
80.99.3.14 (talk) 18:48, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- Note:
- This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (huwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
- Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary huwiki) exists for the target user, with 33521 total edits on 38 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 8 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 6 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 18:55, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
October 10, 2012
Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 18, 2012.
Vicky Ng → Wiking
Status: In progress
- Current username: Vicky Ng (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Wiking (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
- Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
- For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
- Datestamp: 20:36, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
- Reason: Actively using the same username (ru:Участник:Wiking) in ru-wiki (with high edit count, over 10k) since 2006 and often editing inter-connected articles and categories in both ru-wiki and en-wiki. The username I am attempting to usurp has been registered in en-wiki in 2004 and apparently abandoned a month later, having made a total of 19 edits in nine articles. I registered the corresponding meta:User:Wiking for SUL, although have not used it yet. If possible, would like to have commons:User:Wiking usurped as well (or, rather, commons:User:Vicky Ng renamed to commons:User:Wiking).
Vicky Ng (talk) 20:36, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
- Note:
- The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
- Target user has 19 undeleted edits and 1 deleted edit, for a total of 20 edits. An SUL account (primary ruwiki) exists for the target user, with 10540 total edits on 2 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 26 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 421 total edits. Requesting user has 1572 undeleted edits and 47 deleted edits, for a total of 1619 edits. 2 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with the requesting user's name, with 76 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 10:44, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
October 11, 2012
Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 19, 2012.
Geoffreyjhang → Jeffreyjhang
Status: In progress
- Current username: Geoffreyjhang (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Jeffreyjhang (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
- Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
- For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
- Datestamp: 10:04, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
- Reason: I have changed my name from native Wikipedia (Zh-Wikipedia, see here), both of these accounts are SUVed by myself, and both of these are mine (see here.)
Geoffrey Justo Shaodian Jhang (Discuss with me) 10:04, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
- Note:
- This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (zhwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
- Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary zh_min_nanwiki) exists for the target user, with 7195 total edits on 20 wikis. Requesting user has 155 edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 236 total edits on 67 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 10:44, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
None (SUL request) → Zafir
Status: In progress
- Target username: Zafir (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
- For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user
- Datestamp: 16:31, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
- Confirmation link: here
- Reason: I am registered user on Hungarian Wikipedia since 2007 and I would like to have my login unified. User:Zafir on enwiki does not have any contributions.
- Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.
195.228.214.135 (talk) 16:31, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
None (SUL request) → Anguish
Status: In progress
- Target username: Anguish (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
- For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user
- Datestamp: 17:15, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
- Confirmation link: here
- Reason: I am active as Anguish in dewiki and would like to unify my login. User:Angus has agreed to my request to rename his sockpuppet account User:Anguish so that I can use it.
- Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.