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 06:24:19, 3 September 2024 (UTC) (
).Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. It is currently 06:24:19, 3 September 2024 (UTC) (
).March 21, 2016
Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 29, 2016.
Mohans86 → Mohanasundaram
Status: In progress
- Current username: Mohans86 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Mohanasundaram (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: 11:54, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- Reason: I would like to have my real name as username
Mohans86 (talk) 11:54, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- 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. Requesting user has 5 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 7 total edits on 7 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 12:03, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- Target notified, hold 7 days. –xenotalk 16:33, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
March 25, 2016
Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 2, 2016.
MatheMezzaMorphis163 → Aleph Null
Status: In progress
- Current username: MatheMezzaMorphis163 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Aleph Null (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: 15:31, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
- Reason: I created the username MatheMezzaMorphis163 in my mid-teens very nearly ten years ago, and while the number 163 and the album Mezzamorphis are still very important to me, I'd like to request a username slightly more professional and more in line with my wider Internet identity, if that's okay. :) The username listed above does not exist on Wikipedia, only on Wikibooks, and has no recorded edits; the template I was instructed to leave on the user's talk page does not exist on Wikibooks, and so I am not entirely sure of the proper protocol I should have followed. If I need to perform any other steps, please let me know, and I will be happy to carry them out.
3M163//Leave a message 15:31, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
Clerk note: The requested username "Aleph Null" is not registered locally, but is reserved for a global account. If you own the global account, please ensure you have included a confirmation link. If you do not own the global account, this may preclude renaming. Requests for usurpation of global usernames with significant attachments on other projects must be made at meta:Steward requests/Username changes. AnomieBOT⚡ 15:38, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
- @MatheMezzaMorphis163: This user's primary wiki is not enwiki, so we can't process this request here. You will need to file a request at m:SRUC. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 13:09, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for letting me know! Request filed at m:SRUC as requested. —3M163//Leave a message 13:53, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- @MatheMezzaMorphis163: This user's primary wiki is not enwiki, so we can't process this request here. You will need to file a request at m:SRUC. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 13:09, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
March 26, 2016
Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 3, 2016.
Cwolfsheep → Unquietwiki
Status: In progress
- Current username: Cwolfsheep (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Unquietwiki (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: 06:49, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
- Reason: Some of my Wikimedia contributions are being used publicly, but have no connection to my active online presence as "unquietwiki"
Cwolfsheep (talk) 06:49, 26 March 2016 (UTC) Cwolfsheep (talk) 06:49, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
Clerk note: The requested username "Unquietwiki" is not registered locally, but is reserved for a global account. If you own the global account, please ensure you have included a confirmation link. If you do not own the global account, this may preclude renaming. Requests for usurpation of global usernames with significant attachments on other projects must be made at meta:Steward requests/Username changes. AnomieBOT⚡ 06:51, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
March 27, 2016
Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 4, 2016.
Are you freaking kidding me → Sir Cumference
Status: In progress
- Current username: Are you freaking kidding me (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Sir Cumference (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: 22:07, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
- Reason: I would like a less hostile name, and the user with this name has very few edits and has been blocked indefinitely since three years ago.
AYFKM (talk) 22:07, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
- Note:
The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
This user is currently blocked by Salvio giuliano for {{checkuserblock-account}}
Target user has 33 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 33 total edits on 1 wiki. Requesting user has 820 undeleted edits and -6 deleted edits, for a total of 814 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 844 total edits on 53 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 22:15, 27 March 2016 (UTC)