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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Just Angelus (talk | contribs) at 02:07, 19 October 2012. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

"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 23:49:00, 11 October 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 23:49:00, 11 October 2024 (UTC).

October 10, 2012

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

Vicky Ng → Wiking

Status:     Done

Vicky Ng (talk) 20:36, 10 October 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 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)[reply]
 Done, but you need to request rename at Commons to get that account name. MBisanz talk 14:08, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

October 11, 2012

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

Geoffreyjhang → Jeffreyjhang

Status:     Done

Geoffrey Justo Shaodian Jhang (Discuss with me) 10:04, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (zhwiki), 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 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)[reply]
 Clerk note: Confirmation of ownership of target account [1] — Frankie (talk) 17:01, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Done MBisanz talk 17:19, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

October 12, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before October 20, 2012.

Wolfgangmcq → Wolfgang42

Status:     Done

Wolfgangmcq (talk) 19:17, 12 October 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 22 edits. An SUL account (primary mediawikiwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 22 total edits on 8 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 19:20, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Done MBisanz talk 15:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

October 13, 2012

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

RamSingh → Ram Singh

Status:     In progress

Ram Singh 06:42, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

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. 3 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 239 total edits. Requesting user has 36 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 06:43, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

October 14, 2012

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

French Tourist → Touriste

Status:     In progress

French Tourist (talk) 10:24, 14 October 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 15 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary frwiki) exists for the target user, with 31322 total edits on 126 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. Requesting user has 1349 undeleted edits and 45 deleted edits, for a total of 1394 edits. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with the requesting user's name, with 9 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 10:34, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]


October 15, 2012

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

None (SUL request) → Ocastro

Status:     In progress

177.98.104.74 (talk) 23:17, 15 October 2012 (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. An SUL account (primary ptwiki) exists for the target user, with 979 total edits on 34 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 2 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 23:19, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

October 16, 2012

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

Semesa1 → Semesa

Status:     In progress

Semesa1 (talk) 16:09, 16 October 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 1 edit. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 1 total edit on 1 wiki. AnomieBOT⚡ 16:10, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

MrIndustry → TV

Status:     In progress

MrIndustry (talk) 19:48, 16 October 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. 6 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 137 total edits. Requesting user has 733 undeleted edits and 214 deleted edits, for a total of 947 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 952 total edits on 24 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 19:53, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

None (SUL request) → Uter

Status:     In progress

89.252.69.75 (talk) 20:48, 16 October 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 414 total edits on 43 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 3 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 2 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 20:57, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

October 17, 2012

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

StrykerEnterprise → IStryker

Status:     In progress

StrykerEnterprise (talk) 19:25, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: The requested username "IStryker" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT⚡ 19:35, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cyrax Cyborg → Cyrax

Status:     In progress

LK-4D4 ¿0100 101? 23:34, 17 October 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. An SUL account (primary eswiktionary) exists for the target user, with 4497 total edits on 3 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 10 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 8 total edits. Requesting user has 72 undeleted edits and 28 deleted edits, for a total of 100 edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 726 total edits on 77 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 23:35, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

October 18, 2012

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

None (SUL request) → Lovetruth

Status:     In progress

  • Target username: Lovetruth (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: 11:33, 18 October 2012 (UTC)You have not added a confirmation link! Replace this message with the url that confirms that you hold the SUL for lovetruth.
  • Reason: I'm planning on being much more active and would prefer to use my contemporaneous nickname. Also, I was not able to find any posts of lovetruth, don't know if he/she (if there is any, I wasn't able to sign up with lovetruth because it said there is already one, although http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lovetruth said different - can it be just a bug? If so, how can I sign up for that username?...). What can I do? My gmail username is all4jesus; can I login using google account too?... Thank you for your promptitude!
  • Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

79.113.221.191 (talk) 11:33, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: The requested username "Lovetruth" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT⚡ 11:36, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Just Angelus → Angelus

Status:     In progress

Just Angelus (talk) 02:07, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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