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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.
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}}

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 15:48:06, 15 November 2024 (UTC) (Update).

Place your request here

Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. It is 15:48:06, 15 November 2024 (UTC).

Click here to place your request.

March 7, 2014

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 15, 2014.

None (SUL request) → JohnLewis

Status: Done

Target username: JohnLewis (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: 18:29, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
Reason: SUL conflict resolution. I own the username JohnLewis at Wikidata (d:User:JohnLewis, see Wikidata rename request) and wish to have it as a) a public account when necessary and b) A theoretical doppelgänger since I use JohnLewis on IRC. In the past, this has caused confusion see this diff. The JohnLewis account here has no edits which should make this fine to say the account was made back in '06. I hope this is the right place since it is a simple username change and not a usurpation even though the account here does not belong to me. Thanks,

John F. Lewis (talk) 18:29, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just to clarify - I want the username JohnLewis free in order to allow my Wikidata owned account to take the SUL over. After this, I will own John F. Lewis as my main account and JohnLewis as a public/dopple type account. John F. Lewis (talk) 18:37, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Amended. Please notify the target user. –xeno^talk 18:42, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Blurg - Thanks. Notified. John F. Lewis (talk) 19:03, 7 March 2014 (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. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 0 total edits on 1 wiki. 1 unattached account exists with this name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT ⚡ 18:44, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done –xeno^talk (autosigned by AnomieBOT) 13:41, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

March 9, 2014

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 17, 2014.

D abhi → Abhinav

Status: In progress

Current username: D abhi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Target username: Abhinav (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: 17:56, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Reason: It's my actual name (abhinav). Current one is a bit complex and cumbersome and this one is available to change to as it doesn't have any edits on wikipedia. I'll be glad if you could help me. Thanks for considering my request. :)

D abhi (talk) 17:56, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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. No SUL account exists for the target user. 20 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 7 total edits. Requesting user has 101 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 110 total edits on 21 wikis. AnomieBOT ⚡ 14:49, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

March 10, 2014

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 18, 2014.

None (SUL request) → Unicorn21

Status: Done

Target username: Unicorn21 (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: 14:32, 10 March 2014 (UTC)You have not added a confirmation link! Replace this message with the url that confirms that you hold the SUL for Unicorn21.
Reason: I own the username Unicorn21 in the German version if Wikipedia. Since Unicorn21 (English) has no edits, I would like to take over his/her username.
Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

193.5.173.150 (talk) 14:32, 10 March 2014 (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. An SUL account (primary dewiki) exists for the target user, with 35 total edits on 16 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT ⚡ 14:39, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done –xeno^talk (autosigned by AnomieBOT) 16:58, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

March 11, 2014

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 19, 2014.

Shonagon WPfr →Shonagon

Status: Done

Current username: Shonagon WPfr (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Target username: Shonagon (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

Hello. I would like to complete my SUL but I miss one account on WP[en], where there is a Shonagon with no contributions. Others users told me to ask here for this request. To prove my identity I have made the same request on Meta first https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/SUL_requests#Shonagon. I hope that it is possible. Thanks --Shonagon WPfr (talk) 02:42, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (wikidatawiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 1 deleted edit. An SUL account (primary commonswiki) exists for the target user, with 10143 total edits on 94 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. Requesting user has 15 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 19 total edits on 25 wikis. AnomieBOT ⚡ 03:43, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done –xeno^talk (autosigned by AnomieBOT) 13:42, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

March 13, 2014

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 21, 2014.

Cloudchased → Cloudchaser

Status: In progress

Current username: Cloudchased (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Target username: Cloudchaser (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: 02:14, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
Reason: This was the original username wanted; however, to be honest, I did not wish to bother with such issues at the time (i.e., after receiving approval to return from WP:BASC). I've spoken briefly to an arb, LFaraone, over IRC, and saw no objections but advised me to contact the BASC mailing list regarding this issue, which I intend to do within this next hour. Note that the target username is also taken on frwiki, and that this account – i.e., Cloudchased – may require SUL reunification later on other wikis.

Cloudchased (talk) 02:14, 13 March 2014 (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. An SUL account (primary frwiki) exists for the target user, with 0 total edits on 2 wikis. Requesting user has 1077 undeleted edits and -20 deleted edits, for a total of 1057 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 1103 total edits on 29 wikis. AnomieBOT ⚡ 02:20, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

...I think the bot's drunk, since I'm pressure I don't have -20 deleted edits. Cloudchased (talk) 02:23, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Cloudchased: You'll also have to request at fr:WP:USURP and m:SR/SUL. Peculiarly, a new account has been attached to Cloudchaser at login.wikimedia.org; perhaps the user got an email about the talk page note and has returned; I'm not sure. –xeno^talk 12:12, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

None (SUL request) → Huff

Status: In progress

Target username: Huff (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: 20:12, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
Confirmation link: here
Reason: I'm owner of the SUL account Huff (homewiki is dewiki) and am only missing enwiki here to complete my SUL unification.
Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

87.176.227.189 (talk) 20:12, 13 March 2014 (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.
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 28 undeleted edits and 1 deleted edit, for a total of 29 edits. An SUL account (primary dewiki) exists for the target user, with 42 total edits on 25 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. AnomieBOT ⚡ 20:17, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

{{subst:paritosh.nitp

|monukumarmishra
|reason=mostly known by tis

|link=|usurponly=}}

{{subst:paritosh.nitp

|paritosh.sahu
|reason=known as this

|link=|usurponly=}}

{{subst:paritosh.nitp

|abcdkuuuuu
|reason=known as this

|link=|usurponly=}}

{{subst:paritosh.nitp

|deleted. Encyclopedic
|reason=aa

|link=|usurponly=}}

Paritosh.nitp → Abcdkumar

Status: In progress

Current username: Paritosh.nitp (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Target username: Abcdkumar (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: 09:47, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
Reason: known by this

Paritosh.nitp (talk) 09:47, 14 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]