Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations
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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 14:25:46, 1 November 2024 (UTC) ().
December 4, 2020
Requests left here should be addressed on or after December 12, 2020.
Ectotep → Eteppo
Status: On hold
- Current username: Ectotep (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Eteppo (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: 11:21, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
- Reason: I changed my username previously to Ectotep for privacy reasons but now have no such need and request to change to Eteppo to use the same public identity across websites. Ectotep (talk) 11:21, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
- Note:
This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (fiwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 1 total edit on 9 wikis. Requesting user has 15 undeleted edits and 2 deleted edits, for a total of 17 edits. An SUL account (primary fiwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 724 total edits on 19 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 11:26, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
On hold until December 12. Pending Eteppo's response. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 13:39, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Jaiden Animations → Quahog
Status: In progress
- Current username: Jaiden Animations (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Quahog (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: 10:26, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
- Reason: I had been informed that registering an account under this username was useless as it wasn't protecting impersonation of a user on Wikipedia, so I thought it would be more useful to have this account be renamed as my old username (which is what I would definitely prefer). The only purpose this account will serve is as a doppelganger. I wasn't sure whether to post this request to WP:CHUS or WP:CHUU so I posted it here to be on the safe side. Jaiden Animations (talk) 10:26, 5 December 2020 (UTC)