Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations
Any requests for usurpation of global accounts with attachments on other projects should be made at meta:Steward Requests/Username changes. Only requests to usurp en.wiki accounts without significant attachments on other projects will be processed here. |
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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 21:30:24, 9 May 2024 (UTC) (
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).February 9, 2017
Requests left here should be addressed on or before February 17, 2017.
Aetherway → Hexalectris
Status: In progress
- Current username: Aetherway (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Hexalectris (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: 05:48, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
- Reason: Gearing up to make a variety of botanical-related edits and would like to shed current username for reasons of anonymity.
Aetherway (talk) 05:48, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
- Note:
- The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
- The current owner of the target username has an email address set.
- Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary commonswiki) exists for the target user, with 0 total edits on 11 wikis. Requesting user has 5 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 5 total edits on 2 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 15:23, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
February 11, 2017
Requests left here should be addressed on or before February 19, 2017.
João Do Rio → João
Status: Not done
- Current username: João Do Rio (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: João (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: 02:53, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
- Reason: I would like to shorten my username in order to increase anonymity and to prevent any association with a historical figure by that same name. The account with the username I'm seeking appears inactive, with only 12 visible edits (on the Breton-language Wikipedia) made a over two-day period nearly eight years ago.
João Do Rio (talk) 02:53, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
- Clerk note: The requested username "João" 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⚡ 02:55, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
- João Do Rio, "João" does not appear to be eligible for usurpation; their edits are not insignificant enough to simply be ignored. Please pick a new name. You may also contact the user to see if they're willing to let you have the name, but if they do not respond or decline, we cannot process this request. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 13:34, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
- Not done per above. You could try at m:SRUC for additional opinions. –xenotalk 19:01, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
February 15, 2017
Requests left here should be addressed on or before February 23, 2017.
DarjeelingTea → Darjeeling
Status: Not done
- Current username: DarjeelingTea (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Darjeeling (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: 06:50, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
- Reason: When I registered this account it was just to make a few functional edits and I didn't plan to stick around. I arbitrarily chose the name "DarjeelingTea" because I happened to be drinking it at the time. I've drank Darjeeling tea maybe six times in my life and it has no special significance or meaning for me and I don't particularly like it. Dropping the "tea" portion would just save a few keystrokes when logging in.
DarjeelingTea (talk) 06:50, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
- Clerk note: The requested username "Darjeeling" 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⚡ 06:58, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
- @DarjeelingTea: This username isn't eligible for usurpation as it has made 127 edits on the French Wikipedia. See Special:CentralAuth/Darjeeling. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 12:39, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
February 16, 2017
Requests left here should be addressed on or before February 24, 2017.
Brianhe → Bri
Status: In progress
- Current username: Brianhe (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Bri (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: 01:08, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
- Reason: Prefer shorter username and greater personal privacy. Requested name has only been trivially used 3x on Italian Wikipedia in 2006, is apparently abandoned.
Brianhe (talk) 01:08, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
- Clerk note: The requested username "Bri" 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⚡ 02:06, 16 February 2017 (UTC)