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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 08:06:42, 9 September 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 08:06:42, 9 September 2024 (UTC).

November 26, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before December 4, 2012.

I Mystic I → Weka

Status:     Done

Zombie Kid90, ZK, Dan (talk) 09:18, 26 November 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. 10 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 53 total edits. Requesting user has 28 undeleted edits and 9 deleted edits, for a total of 37 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 09:21, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Usurpations normally take at least a week to be completed, so to give the target user a chance to object. Also note that the user Weka on uk.wikipedia edited earlier this year. Out of their 28 edits only 6 are visible, and as far as I can see they were only active regarding an article that has now been deleted, but it could still be a barrier to usurpation. A crat will decide on that when handling this request — Frankie (talk) 16:48, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Done MBisanz talk 06:46, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

December 1, 2012

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

None (SUL request) → The Ocean

Status:     Done

46.115.116.174 (talk) 17:14, 1 December 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. An SUL account (primary fawiki) exists for the target user, with 45 total edits on 5 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 17:24, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Done MBisanz talk 06:50, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

December 2, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before December 10, 2012.

Akarakas → Reiro

Status:     In progress

Akarakas (talk) 00:17, 2 December 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 30 undeleted edits and 1 deleted edit, for a total of 31 edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 3 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 7028 total edits. Requesting user has 1 edit. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 1 total edit on 2 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 00:27, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: User:Reiro was linked to the ko.wiki account during a previous username change. Could you please login to ko.wiki and make an edit to your talk page certifying this request? — Frankie (talk) 17:16, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

December 4, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before December 12, 2012.

Crl620 → Semenko

Status:     Done

crl620 (talk) 03:43, 4 December 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 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 284 undeleted edits and 15 deleted edits, for a total of 299 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 03:48, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Done MBisanz talk 06:51, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

December 5, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before December 13, 2012.

Johnye2e → Marian Ionita

Status:     In progress

Johnye2e (talk) 14:27, 5 December 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 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 77 total edits on 21 wikis. Requesting user has 1 edit. An SUL account (primary rowiki) exists for the requesting user, with 1 total edit on 4 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 14:34, 5 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Confirmation that the user controls the target account [1]. That said, your only edit as Johnye2e was to make this request, so you could just simply abandon that account and begin editing with the new one — Frankie (talk) 16:49, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tarifshams → Tarif

Status:     In progress

Tarifshams (talk) 20:05, 5 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (commonswiki), 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. 9 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 707 total edits. Requesting user has 1 edit. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 1 total edit on 2 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 20:15, 5 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

December 7, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before December 15, 2012.

None (SUL request) → Ort

Status:     In progress

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (jawiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary jawiki) exists for the target user, with 4 total edits on 118 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 3 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 2 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 18:16, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

December 8, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before December 16, 2012.

Raybesq → Ray Buenaventura

Status:     In progress

Raybesq (talk) 21:21, 8 December 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 4 undeleted edits and 0 deleted 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 1 wiki. AnomieBOT⚡ 17:37, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Previously done on 13 July 2012 [2]. @Raybesq: the prefix "User:" is added to every userpage automatically, and it cannot be removed. See WP:ARTICLE for information on how to write an encyclopedia article, but please make sure to also read and understand Wikipedia's guidelines on notability and writing an article about yourself — Frankie (talk) 17:52, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

December 9, 2012

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

None (SUL request) → Mitas

Status:     In progress

46.138.57.235 (talk) 21:11, 9 December 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 10411 total edits on 3 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 6 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 30 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 21:16, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Crock81 → Crock8

Status:     In progress

Crock81 (talk) 21:55, 9 December 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.
  • Target user has 129 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 129 total edits on 8 wikis. Requesting user has 17 undeleted edits and 1 deleted edit, for a total of 18 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 18 total edits on 3 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 21:59, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

December 10, 2012

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

None (SUL request) → Maxx

Status:     In progress

194.9.121.99 (talk) 13:29, 10 December 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 128 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary cswiki) exists for the target user, with 3264 total edits on 26 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 27 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 31 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 13:32, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Corporate Minion → Corporate

Status:     Not done

Corporate 14:53, 10 December 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. 9 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 53 total edits. Requesting user has 9034 undeleted edits and 996 deleted edits, for a total of 10030 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 14:57, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done Done elsewhere. MBisanz talk 14:28, 13 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

December 11, 2012

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

Jschnur → Helix

Status:     In progress

Jschnur (talk) 05:07, 11 December 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. 16 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 9 total edits. Requesting user has 7512 undeleted edits and 154 deleted edits, for a total of 7666 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 7695 total edits on 45 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 05:12, 11 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

December 13, 2012

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

Renegade Monster → No Future For You

Status:     In progress

Renegade Mons†er 18:45, 13 December 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 eswiki) exists for the target user, with 9484 total edits on 5 wikis. Requesting user has 85 undeleted edits and 2 deleted edits, for a total of 87 edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 109 total edits on 75 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 18:48, 13 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Buchibabu999 → Newname

Status:     In progress

Buchibabu999 (talk) 15:54, 14 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Buchibabu999 → Kuppenakuntla village

Status:     In progress

Buchibabu999 (talk) 15:56, 14 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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