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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Anachronist (talk | contribs) at 07:05, 10 November 2016 (→‎Amatulic → Anachronist: logging off). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Changing username/Simple
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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:

  1. Read this page first. You must be aware of, and understand, all of that information before requesting a username change
  2. 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.
  3. Do not create an account under the new name or move/redirect your userpages. We'll do that for you.
  4. Log in with your present username in order to place your request. Renames will not be approved if the requester is not logged in.
  5. 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=
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.



MadDogMcCree → Psycho Killer

Robot clerk note: No problems found—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 20:20, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Renamer note: Two things:

MacftraxMC → MaRoFu

Robot clerk note: No problems found—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 21:20, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Done —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 23:11, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Korodno → Dr_Wolf_365

Robot clerk note: No problems found—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 01:30, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Done, Jmvkrecords ⚜ Intra talk 05:57, 10 November 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Amatulic → Anachronist

Robot clerk note: There is already a global account registered for Anachronist.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 05:50, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Amatulic: Let me just try this all over again...Log in to the Anachronist global account and post a note here confirming you own that SUL, and then this should be able to be done. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 05:59, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Ks0stm: You will notice that on the list at sulutil:Anachronist, the Commons account userpage Commons:User:Anachronist was previously renamed to Amatulic and it already redirects to my User:Amatulic account here. On Wikiquote, the user page https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/User:Anachronist has a soft redirect to my en-wiki user page User:Amatulic. The user page Wiktionary:User:Anachronist redirects to Amatulic already. They are mine. Good enough? If not, I'll have to figure out what password was used on those accounts. ~Amatulić (talk) 06:04, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, we usually need verification directly that a user owns an SUL they're going to be renaming to, or else it has to be treated as a usurp, though in this case if you can't figure out the password to those accounts I would probably ping the other renamers to see what they think. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 06:09, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Ks0stm: Hmm. I did manage to figure out my password for my global Anachronist account, and I logged in over at Wikiquote, but when I came to this page, I was just an IP address again, so I couldn't post anything here from that account. This is probably because when the global Anachronist account was created, there was already an "Anachronist" account existing here on en-wiki conflicting with it (which is now renamed to Anachronist-enwiki). How should I proceed? ~Amatulić (talk) 06:13, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Amatulic: A post on the Wikiquote account's talk page would suffice. =) What would you like the Anachronist SUL renamed to? Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 06:15, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Ks0stm: OK, I posted a statement here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Anachronist - will that suffice? I'd like to be "Anachronist" everywhere, not Amatulic in one place and Anachronist in others. ~Amatulić (talk) 06:20, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That gets more complicated. We can't merge user accounts at present (see here), so the accounts presently at Special:CentralAuth/Anachronist will have to end up somewhere to clear the way for Amatulic to be renamed to Anachronist. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 06:26, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You mean en.wikipedia.org can't simply be added to the list at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Anachronist ? The original purpose behind this request was to have a consistent username across all projects. So if we rename my en-wiki account to Anachronist, I lose the Anachronist username everywhere else? That's even less optimal than the current situation. ~Amatulić (talk) 06:30, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Amatulic: Well, not really? All of the accounts presently at Special:CentralAuth/Amatulic would be renamed to Anachronist, whereas all the accounts presently at Special:CentralAuth/Anachronist can be renamed to the username of your choice. You can then edit any Wikimedia project under the Amatulic→Anachronist account with Anachronist as the username. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 06:34, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I think I get it. I was concerned that my contributions in my global Anachronist account would be lost, but I now see the bulk of those contributions are in "Anachronist" accounts that have already been renamed to "Amatulic", such as in Wikimedia Commons. What remains in the global Anachronist account are minimal inconsequential contributions that I won't miss.
So let's do this:
Anachronist SUL → Anachronist-retired (I don't intend to use this)
Amatulic SUL → Anachronist
Will that work? ~Amatulić (talk) 06:59, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Amatulic: That'll be perfect. Since you have a lot of edits, you may want to log out while the rename takes place just in case. I'll post a link here when I've started the rename where you can monitor its progress. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 07:02, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Logging out now. Please leave a note here how I am expected to log back in. New username with same password as Amatulic? ~Amatulić (talk) 07:05, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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