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Shortcut: WM:CHU This page permits users to request, and bureaucrats to consider and carry out, username changes. It is generally only possible to rename an account to a name which is not yet taken. Usernames with zero or very few edits may be usurped. Requests regarding SUL can also be filled here. See SRUC to request renames on wikis without bureaucrats.

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Contents 1 Instructions 2 Notes 3 Requests 3.1 Angelo Piccio → Pare Mo 3.2 Computerwiz908 → Logan 3.3 Chaser away → Chaser (away) 3.4 Ragasangam → Ragadeep 3.5 Pedro00pedro → Victor.spain 3.6 Alexander.b.markov → Alexander Markov

[edit] Instructions

Please follow these instructions carefully to ensure the correct processing of your request.

• Check that the username you are requesting does not yet exist, or has no edits. This may be done via the search function at Special:ListUsers; if the name appears in the list, even if the link is red, the name is taken. Be sure to capitalize the first letter of the username, as the software does not permit usernames that begin with a lowercase letter. Do not create an account under the new name.
• To have your username changed, add a request and follow this procedure:

1. Replace CURRENT USERNAME with your current username (no "User:" prefix).
2. Replace DESIRED USERNAME with the username you wish to take.
3. State your reason(s) for requesting a rename directly after reason=.
4. NOTE: do not fill in the section name. This is automatically done.
5. Check everything is right, and save the page.

Effects of a username change:

• When the rename has been completed, your account will have been renamed, and any contributions you have made (including deleted contributions) will be reattributed to your new account as a background process. Your account preferences, watchlist contents, password, etc. will all be preserved, and your user and user talk pages will have been moved to the new name (unless specifically asked not to).
• The change will appear in the user rename log. There is no way to rename accounts without logging the change.

[edit] Notes

• It is not possible for bureaucrats to merge two accounts, or to reattribute edits from IP addresses. Only registered accounts can be renamed.
• This page is for requests on the Meta-Wiki only. To change your username on another Wikimedia project, please ask a bureaucrat on that project or make a request here to have it done by a Steward for wikis without local bureaucrats.
• As an alternative, you may consider changing your signature. This will change your "public appearance" on talk pages and other places where you sign your username with ~~~~.
• It may be easier for you simply to create a new account (although due to technical restrictions, requests to change only the capitalisation or punctuation should be made here). You can then discontinue use of the old one. It does not need to be deleted; disused accounts are harmless and may be safely ignored.
• Account names requested here are regarded as being "reserved" until the request is accepted or rejected. If someone else registers the account while the request is here, it will be renamed if necessary to allow for the requested move.
• Be aware: This change will not affect signatures you have already left on talk pages, or other places where you signed your username with ~~~~. Those pages will continue to display your signature (including the link to your old username) unless edited manually.
• Once you have been renamed, your old account will no longer exist. In general the bureaucrat who deals with the name change should re-create the old account and block it indefinitely. To guard against impersonation, you may wish to check this.
• Of possible interest: the Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy; "Right to vanish"

[edit] Requests

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ADD A REQUEST (make sure to review the instructions first)

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[edit] Angelo Piccio → Pare Mo

• Current name: Angelo Piccio (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Pare Mo (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: usurpation for SUL purposes. I own both usernames. Angelo 00:05, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 00:20, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Computerwiz908 → Logan

• Current name: Computerwiz908 (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Logan (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: SUL Computerwiz908 21:46, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done, sorry for the delay. —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:19, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Chaser away → Chaser (away)

• Current name: Chaser away (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Chaser (away) (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: I'm doing the same username change on ENWP, so this is just to keep them the same across wikis. I'd like to keep my contributions together as much as possible, however, so I'm requesting a username change rather than just creating a new account. Thanks. Chaser away 22:19, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 01:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Ragasangam → Ragadeep

• Current name: Ragasangam (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Ragadeep (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: The name doesnot matching the precise meaning that i want to specify Ragasangam 07:00, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:24, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Pedro00pedro → Victor.spain

• Current name: Pedro00pedro (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Victor.spain (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: I'm trying to unify my new usename on all wikis Pedro00pedro 22:41, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 13:29, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Alexander.b.markov → Alexander Markov

• Current name: Alexander.b.markov (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Alexander Markov (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: SUL. Alexander.b.markov 04:22, 22 December 2009 (UTC)