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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 09:56:25, 6 September 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 currently 09:56:25, 6 September 2024 (UTC) (Update).

Place your request here.

January 13, 2016

Requests left here should be addressed on or before January 21, 2016.

Rhain1999 → Rhain

Status: In progress

Current username: Rhain1999 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Target username: Rhain (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: 00:29, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
Reason: Target is a much simpler (yet still fairly similar) username. Removes the distracting numbers, which I now find unnecessary. Target has 23 edits, the most recent of which took place nearly eight years ago.

– Rhain☔1999 ^{(talk to me)} 00:29, 13 January 2016 (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 23 undeleted edits and 2 deleted edits, for a total of 25 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 25 total edits on 1 wiki. Requesting user has 9798 undeleted edits and 546 deleted edits, for a total of 10344 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 10495 total edits on 36 wikis. AnomieBOT ⚡ 00:38, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

January 17, 2016

Requests left here should be addressed on or before January 25, 2016.

(none) → Cyberpower

Status: In progress

Target username: Cyberpower (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: 18:37, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
Reason: I'm not requesting a rename from my current name to Cyberpower, but rather a placeholder account to redirect to. The user page of this user has been redirecting to my page for a couple of year now, but it would be nice to own the account too. In other words, I would like to move the Cyberpower account to a different username, to create my own Cyberpower account as a redirect account. The account has been inactive with one edit so I believe this qualifies for an inactive usurp. I will create the placeholder account myself to maintain transparency over account ownership.

—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 18:37, 17 January 2016 (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. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 1 total edit on 1 wiki. AnomieBOT ⚡ 12:07, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The bot needs to not follow redirects. I clearly left a message.—^cyberpower_{Chat:Limited Access} 17:30, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's fine. We will process after the hols period. –xeno^talk 17:41, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(none) → Musicanimal

Status: In progress

Target username: Musicanimal (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: 22:29, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
Reason: Doing something similar to Cyberpower678 above. The Musicanimal account has never been used for editing and I'd like to take it over as a doppelgänger. So I am not renaming MusikAnimal, just want to usurp Musicanimal so I can create a new account under that name. Many thanks

— MusikAnimal ^talk 22:29, 17 January 2016 (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. AnomieBOT ⚡ 12:07, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]