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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 00:51:40, 29 July 2024 (UTC) (Update).

Place your request here

May 26, 2019

Requests left here should be addressed on or before June 3, 2019.

Math Maniac → 353

Status: On hold

Current username: Math Maniac (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Target username: 353 (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: 12:04, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
Reason: I like the number 353. It is prime. Math Maniac (talk) 12:04, 26 May 2019 (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 jawiki) exists for the target user, with 0 total edits on 2 wikis. Requesting user has 59 undeleted edits and 5 deleted edits, for a total of 64 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 64 total edits on 3 wikis. AnomieBOT ⚡ 12:11, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

~~{{not done}}.~~ @Math Maniac: Your account is not established enough to usurp someone else's username. If you wish to request usurpation, please remain active for some months and be reasonably established. If you wish to rename at this time, you can request to rename to a username that has not been taken. -★- PlyrStar93 _{→Message me. ←} 14:08, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have been here since 2006. Therefore, I am very established. User:353 was just created last year. When I checked recently to see if 353 was available, it had not been registered yet. I really like 353. I wish that I could have that username. Which prime numbers under 1000 are unused? Math Maniac (talk) 18:10, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: @Math Maniac: Typically we use number and timing of edits to determine whether an account is established - an established user should have hundreds if not thousands of edits and should be reasonably active in the months leading up to the request. As for which prime numbers are available, you can use Special:CentralAuth to determine which usernames are not taken. Aspening (talk) 19:03, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@PlyrStar93: I think user with account 10+ years can be considered established enough for a usurpation request. I think we should not make usurpation a big deal since it doesn't put that much load to servers, but here the issue could be that now we can't register username only containing numbers and this username is number only. Xeno any suggestions? ‐‐1997kB (talk) 11:49, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Agree that the user is established enough and usurpation of enwiki usernames should remain pretty lenient. Is the number thing a new technical restriction? –xeno^talk 11:53, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah it is a technical restriction. For eg. if I try registering 364 there's a warning: The username "364" is not allowed to prevent confusing or spoofed usernames: Does not contain any letters. Please choose another username. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 11:57, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I see... @Math Maniac: how about 353P or 353 Prime or something? –xeno^talk 12:02, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The user did a few non-constructive edits (not blatant vandalism) back in the day and left, then returned around 2016 with 20 something edits across the most recent three years. I expect usurped username to be put in somewhat active use, which is how the note in this page is written ("good use"). There are renamers using a certain number of edits as a threshold for usurpation in the past. While I don't have one, I personally do not consider 20 edits in most 3 years + 65 edits total with an inactivity of 8 years as established enough. There are other issues such as the target account seems to have logged in last year, home wiki is not English Wikipedia, but these might not be a big deal (and maybe the notes needs changing). However, I will not reject this user's request to usurp an account. If the user agrees with something like "353P" we can go right ahead. -★- PlyrStar93 _{→Message me. ←} 15:18, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

May 29, 2019

Requests left here should be addressed on or before June 6, 2019.

Paraknight → Yousef Amar

Status: In progress

Current username: Paraknight (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Target username: Yousef Amar (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: 15:30, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
Reason: Turns out that (unused) account is actually mine (I can log into it). I've already made edits under this account and would rather continue to do so under my real name. Paraknight (talk) 15:30, 29 May 2019 (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.
The target user has edited since this request was filed. Unless the edit was to give permission to usurp, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
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 2 wikis. Requesting user has 6 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 6 total edits on 23 wikis. AnomieBOT ⚡ 15:35, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Paraknight: Are you aware of the potential issues with using your real name? If you would like to proceed, please login to the target account and add a comment below using that account. -★- PlyrStar93 _{→Message me. ←} 16:07, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@PlyrStar93: Thanks for the warning. I've considered it and I think I would still like to proceed if that's ok. Yousef 16:26, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]