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Hi! Please leave a message and I'll get back to you... Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have a question or need help. I'll do my best and can probably point you in the right direction if it isn't something I can sort out myself. Will

Forced user renames coming soon for SUL

Hi, sorry for writing in English. I'm writing to ask you, as a bureaucrat of this wiki, to translate and review the notification that will be sent to all users, also on this wiki, who will be forced to change their user name on May 27 and will probably need your help with renames. You may also want to help with the pages m:Rename practices and m:Global rename policy. Thank you, Nemo 13:07, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

WP:USURP

Hi! Please review my request here. Faizan -Let's talk! 10:20, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Sure. I can't see any issues, so you just need to wait 7 days from the time you first notified the target account. WJBscribe (talk) 10:24, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

OK, Thank you very much! Faizan -Let's talk! 10:30, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

And Will I get a global account? Faizan -Let's talk! 10:32, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

You should do. Once you've been renamed, log in with the new name, go to Special:MergeAccount and follow any instructions there. There are a few unattached accounts on other wikis, which won't be included in the global account until SUL finalisation is complete in about a month's time (or you get renames on each of those wikis separately before then). WJBscribe (talk) 10:36, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

OK, a last question, that the "SUL finalisation" will be automatic? Faizan -Let's talk! 10:43, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes. That's the current plan. WJBscribe (talk) 10:57, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Ty.... . Faizan -Let's talk! 11:05, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Seven days have passed! Please review my request there! Thanking you in advance. Faizan -Let's talk! 10:15, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! That is a SUL account right? Faizan -Let's talk! 11:36, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Go to Special:MergeAccount and follow the instructions there to make it a global account. WJBscribe (talk) 11:38, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

But I get this message then:"No accounts could be confirmed using this password." Faizan -Let's talk! 11:42, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

That makes sense. You don't have any accounts with the name on any other project. You have successfully created a global account however, see [1]. At end of the month, when SUL is finalised, the unattached accounts will be automatically renamed out of the way. In the meantime, you have a global account and can use it on every wiki without unattached accounts. WJBscribe (talk) 11:47, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Eating me up! Really! The link you gave me above does not even contains my en.wiki account! Lol! And when I go to other wikis, I am asked to create an account! Just a bit more guidance please! Faizan -Let's talk! 11:51, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

The link I have you does include your account, under the heading "List of local accounts" (it is the only account in that section). Try visiting Wikisource [2] by way of example. If you're not already signed in there, you will be able to login with your username and password (you won't need to create an account) Everything is in order, don't worry about it. WJBscribe (talk) 11:57, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

After the finalisation? Under the same password? Will my contributions be retained? If yes, how? Faizan -Let's talk! 12:04, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

No, now. Go log into Wikisource as Faizan using your own password. That should work. After finalisation, you will also be able to do that on the wikis that currently have unattached accounts in the way. WJBscribe (talk) 12:09, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Ok WJB! Love you! Sorry for asking so many questions! Faizan -Let's talk! 12:12, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

But I fear that I may be renamed like "Faizan-en" on other unattached wikis! Is that true? Faizan -Let's talk! 12:16, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

It is the unattached accounts that will be renamed. Accounts that are part of the global name (enwiki, now enwikisource) will not be renamed. WJBscribe (talk) 12:21, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

No edits exist for this previous "Faizan" at all, on most projects, so cannot I get a username of "Faizan" for all projects? Just the last query, I know me disturbing you a lot, Eh..? Faizan -Let's talk! 12:26, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

If you wanted, you could visit each project with an unattached account and request usurpation of the unattached account. But it would be a waste of time as this will all happen automatically when SUL is finalised at the end of the month. WJBscribe (talk) 12:33, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Oka! Thanking you, meet you after finalisation. Faizan -Let's talk! 12:34, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Username Usurpation : E3's Account → E3

Hello,

This concerns a request that I have placed about a Username Usurpation [3]. I am replying here as I was not quite sure if I should edit the aforementioned section or on this talk page. Sir, while reply was "Are you able to provide confirmation that this used to be your account? It only made one edit (6 years ago), so that doesn't give us much to go on.", yet I have not claimed that the account is mine, I saw that the account was old and unused and as I am commencing a fresh start on Wikipedia and I use the username "E3" on multiple platforms, I placed my request "to regain access to an old account and put it into effective use". I hope I did not cause a misunderstanding or confusion.

Please let me know if I could be of assistance. Best regards and thank you.

E3 (talk) 11:03, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

When you said you wanted to "regain access" to the account, that suggested you previously had access to it, which is why I asked what I did.
You say you are commencing a fresh start, did you used to edit under a different name? You don't have to tell me, but it might help with your request, as your current account is very new and we usually only allow usurpation of inactive accounts for established contributors (so we know the names will be put to good use). WJBscribe (talk) 11:09, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Hello. Yes, you are absolutely right. I merely wanted to imply my purpose, i.e., if the account is of no further use, would it be possible for me to gain access to the username. Sorry for the inconvenient misunderstanding. And yes, I used to edit under a different name, I have sent you an e-mail with a link to the old account. Best regards and thank you. E3 (talk) 12:05, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Noted. I will rename you. WJBscribe (talk) 13:01, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your much-appreciated assistance.

Best regards

E3 (talk) 11:52, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Rename User:Weapon X (de)?

In light of Single User Login finalisation, would you like me to rename you to "Weapon X" here, so all your contributions are under the same name on each project? WJBscribe (talk) 13:23, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes please!  :-) (...I allready send an email to User:Dweller to do that and other things) Thanks very much !!! -- Weapon X (de) (talk) 13:28, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

No worries, will do. You'd best log out as it can confuse the system if we rename users who are logged in. I will rename you in 5 minutes. WJBscribe (talk) 13:30, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Done! You will need to go to Special:MergeAccount (possibly from dewiki) to add the account to your global one. WJBscribe (talk) 13:50, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Done! That was easy! ;-) -- Weapon X (talk) 13:56, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Could you do the same for my bother? Renaming User:Projekt2501 (en) to User:Projekt2501? He then will create the global user account by himself... -- Weapon X (talk, contribs) 16:16, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Done. WJBscribe (talk) 12:33, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks very much !!! :-) -- Projekt2501 (talk) 16:23, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Username change

Hey I listed my request to change my user name. But, you didn't operated my next request as the earlier name was listed (as shown by bot). Please, change my next request. Change my user name. Thanks:)Prashant talk 17:06, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Appreciation

Thank you for fixing my user name change! --VanBuren (talk) 07:58, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

RfB/Addshore

Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Addshore Q5A: Check out Question 9. BTW, I think 5 was a huge miss. Glrx (talk) 15:48, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Too late, never mind. Glrx (talk) 15:54, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for promoting me. I will do my best to be a good admin and make you proud of me. Best wishes. --Meno25 (talk) 16:52, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Tenmei → Enkyo

If you have time, please notice the reasons for a username change here. --Tenmei (talk) 17:58, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

A simple name change was done here --User:Enkyo2 (talk) 13:49, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Austria Hungary

I do not understand why you have protected this article as there is little vandalism and this article is not very popular. Ritviksaharan14.96.58.43 (talk) 12:34, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

It was protected due to edit warring over a content dispute. I see little sign that the dispute has been resolved, but have unprotected the article anyway. If the edit warring continues, the page will be protected again. WJBscribe (talk) 10:48, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Ideas

Hi Will. Based on some recent discussions I have quickly drafted this. It is in no way definitive, but the effort is to keep it very simple and on track. If you have time, you are most welcome to weigh in and develop this further on its talk page or tweak the draft until such times if and when a collaborative effort can be moved to RfC space. Cheers, Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:39, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Usurpation request

Can you please complete my usurpation request from Surfer → Surfer43? I regret usurping in the first place from Surfer43 → Surfer because every time I want to go edit another Wikimedia Project, I have to log in again. Coming back, same thing. You've completed other requests recently. Mine is a no-brainier because both accounts agree. Thanks, Surfer43 (talk) 13:48, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Wow, I'm in my old account Surfer43 (talk) 13:48, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Username change

Can you please change my username? Link → Vijay ^[talk] 21:22, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Thank you for granting the Bot flag to HasteurBot. Hasteur (talk) 18:51, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Adminship?

Hi. I'm considering running for adminship again next month. It's been a few years since I last ran and I think I've grown and matured as a person in that time. While you and I have occasionally disagreed, I value your opinion and guidance. I can also certainly appreciate (probably more than most) the time and dedication that you've put in here. While I doubt it would happen, I would certainly welcome any support in the process. :-) Hope you're well. --MZMcBride (talk) 16:05, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your note and kind words. As you say, we haven't seen eye to eye at times, but I think diversity of opinions is a good thing and that we should try to avoid parts of the project becoming an "echo chamber". My main concern with you being an administrator is that at times I think you act as if your way is the only way, and can be overly dismissive of other views/criticism. I haven't looked at your recent editing, and wouldn't judge you solely on past issues. If you are willing to approach the tools in a more measured way than in the past, taking more time to reflect before acting and being more responsive to the views of others (even when you disagree with them strongly), I'd have no issue with supporting an RfA from you. WJBscribe (talk) 16:19, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Crat discussion observation

Nice summary of some of the issues in the Trappist RfA. However, while you may be familiar with Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Template editor user right, it is possible some 'crats might have missed it. Given that it is so central to the issue, it might be worth mentioning. (Oddly, I lean toward acceptance, and the very real possibility of the new user right might weigh against that choice, but I think the 'crats should be fully informed.)--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:14, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you - I have added a link just in case. All users are of course welcome to offer comments on the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/Trappist the monk/Bureaucrat discussion and I have added a note to that effect. WJBscribe (talk) 15:22, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

This should be no big deal, right? RfA is way too much of a thing these days! Guy (Help!) 15:29, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Sorry for intruding, but I was curious how late !votes were taken into account. The RfA technically closed at 00:00 on September 16, but there were 5 or 6 supports and 1 oppose after the deadline. If they are not taken into account it changes the % support by about 0.6%, namely it lowers the percentage in favor below 70%, which is why I was curious. Thanks, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 15:34, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Comments are welcome after the stated end time, which is in effect the earliest that an RfA will be closed. WJBscribe (talk) 16:23, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification and for the thoughtfulness and care you are putting into this decision, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 17:11, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

I read in your comments that you are weighing the extent to which comments did or did not express reluctance or uncertainty. You might perhaps want to consider the difference between oppose commenters saying, on the one hand, that they were unsure about their oppose, and saying, on the other hand, that they felt bad about opposing but were nonetheless comfortable about their position. Thanks. --Tryptofish (talk) 17:00, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

all four legs or none at all

WRT the issue of "all or none" I would offer an analogy: A nation offers licenses to be a smith - gold, silver, black etc. The license allows a person to work in any of those fields - even though most only work in one material, and are not truly "jacks of all trades". If a person says "of course I will work in every metal", whether or not they actually will do so, their license is given. Woe betide the person who says "I will only work really in only one metal, because that is what I know" then they attract opposition. Not a single "oppose" of note was based on any actual actions undertaken by Trappist, and a small number used "civility" as their reasoning (I note that calling a hypothetical example given by an editor "bosh and twaddle" (Teddy Roosevelt phrase) was, indeed, found actionable by ArbCom recently - but I think the civility case against Trappist is weak). Collect (talk) 15:30, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Note: I would like to know precisely how many RfAs are closed precisely at 00.00 Universal Time. I suggest that in that direction les madness -- very few are started at that time either. And the proposed new "right" does not yet exist in Wikipedia, and I suspect it would take months to get a new specific flag added. Cheers. Collect (talk) 15:53, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Good point. I was taken aback at how fast the RfC was proceeding, but even if approved, there's probably quite some time until implemented. --SPhilbrick(Talk) 16:05, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

• As far as I recall, and I don't have time right now to check back, bureaucrats have the discretion to extend the RfA period in order to attract more participation in an attempt to establish consensus in a deadlocked situation. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:01, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

RfA for technical support

Hi, Wikid77 here. I am ready to run for admin, to support the complex protected templates and wp:CS1 Lua script modules which I have written, but also help to solve other technical issues and wp:Help_desk requests to clarify deleted articles. It is partly (mostly) my fault that the complex Lua Module:Citation/CS1 (talk·hist·links) is working (to support 2.1 million pages) but has no dedicated admin, because when I wrote that Lua module (and 70 updates), based on User:Uncle_G's cite prototype, I underestimated how the enormous complexity would be a burn-out for other editors or admins. You see, years ago, I equated adminship with "full-time manager" and I did not understand how admins can take occasional wikibreaks, and share the workload. However now, I realize how staying here for years as a volunteer computer scientist and creating numerous complex templates (Template:Convert/spell) or large Lua modules was also increasing the mindboggling difficulties for technical admins, to read what I am saying for {editprotected} updates but then fear installing those changes to complex tools I have written. Instead, it will be easier if I accept the duties of admin, and help side-by-side with other technical admins to maintain all these tools which other users depend upon. Also, with me solving more of the template/Lua problems, it will free the time of other admins to work on JavaScript gadgets or the wp:WMFLabs tools, or bug reporting for the wp:VisualEditor. Again, I am sorry I wrote these highly complex templates/modules but did not take the time to assume admin duties to support them, when I have been here the whole time, watching from the sidelines(!). I have an indef topic-ban (2 years) in wp:RESTRICT (re: Murder of Meredith Kercher) which I have left as a strong reminder to work in general consensus with numerous other editors, or face censure by them. I have asked for a wp:REQUESTNOM, but I might just self-nom, if needed. -Wikid77 (talk) 20:36, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

• (talk page stalker) Heya Wikid77. Have you also taken a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Admin Nominators? Just that it's another avenue to look into for a nominator. Best of luck, — -dainomite   16:33, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I have contacted User:Kudpung, and we plan to talk again in a few days about preparations. -Wikid77 16:42, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Sounds good, I look forward to your RfA Wikid. — -dainomite   17:29, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Socratic Barnstar
		To WJBScribe, thank you for your careful evaluation of the recent RfA. Axl ¤ [Talk] 09:45, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Best wishes. Axl ¤ [Talk] 09:45, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Unfinished usurpation

Hallo, I have successfully usurped username Ivannah (with 2 "N"s in the middle) on 26th of Sept., but en.wiki is still not attached to my global account... Could you please find out why? Thank you very much. --Ivannnah (talk) 06:36, 22 October 2013 (UTC)