Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple

Changing username/Simple
This page is a forum in which users can request, and global renamers (including stewards) can consider and carry out, requests to rename accounts to usernames that are not yet taken on any Wikimedia project. While global renamers carry out renames, other users (including bots) help by "clerking" the mechanics of this process. If you wish to help as a clerk, please read the linked page carefully. Instructions For help 'vanishing' from Wikipedia, please see courtesy vanishing. Once you have decided on the name you would like: Read this page first. You must be aware of, and understand, all of that information before requesting a username change Check to make sure this username is not already in use. Do this by searching for the name here. If the name appears in the results, even if on another Wikimedia project, it is taken. Do not create an account under the new name or move/redirect your userpages. We'll do that for you. Log in with your present username in order to place your request. Renames will not be approved if the requester is not logged in. Click here to place your request. Add your desired username after NEW= Add a reason for the change after REASON= Do not change anything after CURRENT= Make sure that you have spelt your desired name correctly, including capitalization and spacing. Save the page. If your request is submitted malformed, please remedy it according to this page. Check back on this page periodically to answer any questions that may arise regarding your request. Please be patient. It may take a few days for your request to be completed. If you do not answer any questions, your request may be declined due to no response. Once your request has been completed, please do not remove or change your request. It will be archived automatically by a bot. Requests that do not adhere to these instructions or that are grossly malformed are subject to removal.
Important Notes	After you are renamed...
Due to technical limitations, usernames may not start with a lowercase letter. However, you may use the template {{lowercase title}} on your user and user talk pages, and change your signature to reflect your preference. Underscores and spaces are considered identical by the MediaWiki software. Use of a company, organization, group, website, or product name as a username is prohibited by the username policy. Please understand the implications of using your real name before requesting a name change to it.	... your name will be changed to the new one in the page history of every page you've edited. ... your userpage and any subpages will be moved to the new name automatically. Please do not attempt to move them yourself. ... links left by your previous signatures will still point to the old userpage; however, a redirect will be left behind to your new userpage. ... your request will be automatically moved to the archives in the interest of transparency.

Current requests

Add new requests to the bottom of the page.

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Malayaliyan → PriyaK

• Current name: Malayaliyan (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: PriyaK (rename user)
• Reason: Like the name better, closer to my name. Malayaliyan (talk) 07:13, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

 Bureaucrat note: This is your second rename? If I do rename you again I won't do it a third time, you'll be stuck with this one. Secretlondon (talk) 07:33, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

 Not done. More than a week without further comment from requestor. WjBscribe 16:44, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Sosdude100 → Zach_Wehrmann23

• Current name: Sosdude100 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Zach_Wehrmann23 (rename user)
• Reason: Err please change it for me, I really want credit for my article by myself. I also will end up forgetting this sosdude100 account name sooner or later, I just want all my emails, and other accounts to match. Sosdude100 (talk) 18:42, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

I thought this was your friend's account. Has he made edits using it too or only you? WjBscribe 17:28, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Webusability-es → Patwalshbcn

• Current name: Webusability-es (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Patwalshbcn (rename user)
• Reason: Old name required changing as did not meet guidlines. Webusability-es (talk) 16:39, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

 Clerk note: Only 2 edits outside this request. It is easier to create a new account Alexfusco5 16:41, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

 Clerk note: - Contributions may indicate spam-only account. Rudget.talk 17:17, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm not blocking based on those contribs; he self-reverted the one spam link he did add. -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 19:13, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

 Done. WjBscribe 16:45, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Certified.Gangsta → NWA.Rep

• Current name: Certified.Gangsta (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: NWA.Rep (rename user)
• Reason: This change is requested due to traumatic effects after the conclusion of my arbCom case. This username caused me great distress and endured ridicule from people who obviously dislike me. I wish to change my username as turning over a new leaf in my life in wikipedia. Thank you--Certified.Gangsta (talk) 09:50, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

 Bureaucrat note: I think we'd need ArbCom approval before renaming you given that your parole has not yet ended. WjBscribe 17:49, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

 Not done - user appears to have left Wikipedia. Should you return and wish to be renamed, please ask ArbCom to approve the rename. WjBscribe 16:50, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

HIYO → Blue Laser

• Current name: HIYO (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Blue Laser (rename user)
• Reason: It sounds cooler. HIYO (talk) 23:48, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
  •  Bureaucrat note: This is your second rename request, with the first having been performed on 16 August 2007. We will not keep changing your username every time you ask. Please be sure you want to keep this name. --Deskana (talk) 21:12, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

 Not done. More than a week without further comment from requestor. WjBscribe 16:44, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Thosmandas → HIS33407thosmandas

• Current name: Thosmandas (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: HIS33407thosmandas (rename user)
• Reason: Required for History course I am enrolled in. Thosmandas (talk) 00:56, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

 Bureaucrat note: Could explain a little more about why you need a specific username for your course? WjBscribe 17:58, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Taylor21 → SeanTaylor21

• Current name: Taylor21 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: SeanTaylor21 (rename user)
• Reason: Made a mistake naming the first time and decided to honour the late Sean Taylor  Taylor21  20:40, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

 Clerk note: You claim to be requesting this name to honour Sean Taylor (who died yesterday). The username policy prohibits users from having usernames of well known individuals, so please choose another name — unless of course, Sean Taylor is your actual name. Thanks, Qst 08:14, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

 Not done - name of recently deceased well known individual and so against username policy. WjBscribe 16:49, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Vtca → Cast_a_shadow

• Current name: Vtca (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Cast_a_shadow (rename user)
• Reason: new name is easier for others to remember Vtca (talk) 21:41, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

 Clerk note: I noticed you have specified in your rename request you wish to have an underscore in your name. The system will automatically convert this to a space when you're renamed, so if you wish to edit your request because of this, please feel free. Qst 22:21, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

CURRENT → NEW

• Current name: CURRENT (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: NEW (rename user)
• Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Denistan 20:54, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

 Clerk note: What do you wish to be renamed too? Qst 20:56, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

 Not done. Malformed request - please make a new one (including the name you want) if you still want to be renamed. WjBscribe 16:47, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Prof jerz → Dennis G. Jerz

• Current name: Prof jerz (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Dennis G. Jerz (rename user)
• Reason: More personal and democratic, and thus more fitting for Wikipedia. Dennis G. Jerz 06:00, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

 Bureaucrat note: I see that Dennis G. Jerz (talk · contribs) already exists and has made edits - is that account also yours? We can't merge two accounts contributions, but if you can show that they are both your accounts, we could transfer Prof jerz's edits to Dennis G. Jerz (but its own contributions would need to be assigned to a nominal account). WjBscribe 13:25, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Mrchestnuthill → Routyroute

• Current name: Mrchestnuthill (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Routyroute (rename user)
• Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Mrchestnuthill 04:30, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Mrchestnuthill → Routyrout

• Current name: Mrchestnuthill (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Routyrout (rename user)
• Reason: sounds better. Mrchestnuthill 04:31, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

 Clerk note: Which one? Routyrout or Routyroute? -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 04:47, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Kaisa.sipila → Einak

• Current name: Kaisa.sipila (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Einak (rename user)
• Reason: Don't wish to have an identified username. Kaisa.sipila 16:43, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done. WjBscribe 22:47, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Fabfacts → EFerington

• Current name: Fabfacts (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: EFerington (rename user)
• Reason: Prefer to use my name, not anonymous name. Fabfacts 20:36, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done. WjBscribe 22:48, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Yura Kundt → Screeching Halt

• Current name: Yura Kundt (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Screeching Halt (rename user)
• Reason: Current one is an offensive pun. Yura Kundt 22:28, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

 Clerk note: User's first edit. Suggest just creating the new account from scratch. 哦， 是吗？(review O) 22:35, 03 December 2007 (GMT)

 Done seeing as I'm here anyway and the current username is offensive. WjBscribe 22:49, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Donknotts → nensondubois

• Current name: Donknotts (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Nensondubois (rename user)
• Reason: Every other place I post at weather it's a forum has my name set to this as preferred. Donknotts (talk) 14:08, 03 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done. WjBscribe 23:56, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Andrew Eichen → Minjamonkeyw00t

• Current name: Andrew Eichen (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Minjamonkeyw00t (rename user)
• Reason: Using my own name was not a good idea. For privacy sake, please change this. Andrew Eichen 22:28, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done. WjBscribe 23:50, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Gregory.cohen → Gregory.Cohen

• Current name: Gregory.cohen (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Gregory.Cohen (rename user)
• Reason: Made a mistake with typing in my name. Gregory.Cohen 03:09, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done. WjBscribe 03:10, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Wheelybrook → Lwyx

• Current name: Wheelybrook (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Lwyx (rename user)
• Reason: I want my username to match other Wikiprojects, and I messed up a previous attempt to create an account. Now I see I should have gone through asking an admin to open the account for me: the bot handling new accounts says that the requested username is too similar to another one (lwyx, lowercase), which seems to be inactive. Sorry. Wheelybrook 03:27, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

 Clerk note: There isn't a "lwyx" with a lowercase "L" - All usernames start with a capital letter. It's more likely Lwyy (talk · contribs). -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 04:43, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done. WjBscribe 15:39, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Alice george communication → Alice George Communication

• Current name: Alice george communication (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Alice George Communication (rename user)
• Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Alice george communication 04:41, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

 Clerk note: Promotional usernames are blocked on sight. -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 04:46, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

 Not done - Wikipedia's username policy does not allow promotional usernames. WjBscribe 15:40, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Supersaiyanxero → SuperSaiyan Xero

• Current name: Supersaiyanxero (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: SuperSaiyan Xero (rename user)
• Reason: Wanted to unlink my username, sorry for the previous mistake. Supersaiyanxero 05:38, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done. WjBscribe 15:41, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

HomocidalArtist → Teddancin

• Current name: HomocidalArtist (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Teddancin (rename user)
• Reason: Didn't meet policy standards. HomocidalArtist 06:33, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done. WjBscribe 15:42, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Calnea → Seal1234try

• Current name: Calnea (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Seal1234try (rename user)
• Reason: Name was too similar to a company name. 86.154.102.219 10:07, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

 Clerk note: All requests must be made by the account to be renamed; this request was made by 86.154.102.219 (talk · contribs). Please log in to confirm this request. -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 10:28, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Calnea → Seal1234try

• Current name: Calnea (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Seal1234try (rename user)
• Reason: Name was too similar to a company name. Calnea 11:17, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done. WjBscribe 15:42, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Mcannac → M.cannac

• Current name: M.cannac (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Mcannac (rename user)
• Reason: Mcannac is best for me. Thanks. M.cannac 11:13, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done. WjBscribe 15:44, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Lemon Blue → Kanġi Oĥanko

• Current name: Lemon Blue (talk · contribs · logs · block log).
• Requested name: Kanġi Oĥanko (rename user) with a redirection from a not yet existing ‘Kangi Ohanko’, as it seems that the correct spelling with two special characters in it could be a problem when searching. Alternatively, if this is too much complicated, I would accept to rename my account Swift Crow (rename user).
• Reason: It was not cute enough from me, for personal and professional reasons (which I should not detail here) to take a screenname which is the same as the first part of my e-mail address , as I can sadly experience it for about three days. That is why I would also like to have the former username hidden. — Lemon Blue 13:55, 4 December 2007 (UTC) ^{Oh Lord! Hope I didn't mess around here with all these templates…}

 Done. WjBscribe 15:47, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Bfspltk → Schmoos

• Current name: Bfspltk (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Schmoos (rename user)
• Reason: incorrect before. Bfspltk 19:54, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done. WjBscribe 20:08, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Studioxx → Beewooxx

• Current name: Studioxx (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Beewooxx (rename user)
• Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Studioxx 20:06, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done. WjBscribe 20:10, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Slenpree → JonathanRidgway

• Current name: Slenpree (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: JonathanRidgway (rename user)
• Reason: Do not wish to use the alias Slenpree anymore for privacy reasons Slenpree 20:34, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done. WjBscribe 20:36, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

NEW → Reason for requested renaming.

• Current name: NEW (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: Reason for requested renaming. (rename user)
• Reason: please state a reason Turkhan ahmadov 20:46, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

 Clerk note: What do you wish to be renamed too? Qst 20:47, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Turkhan ahmadov → AZ

• Current name: Turkhan ahmadov (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Requested name: AZ (rename user)
• Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Turkhan ahmadov 20:48, 4 December 2007 (UTC)