Steward requests/Username changes
This page hosts requests to stewards and global renamers for a username change across the entire Wikimedia network. Please read the instructions before posting a request.
This is also the page where the usurpation of inactive accounts can be requested.
| Cross-wiki requests |
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| Meta-Wiki requests |
Instructions
[edit]SUL finalization
[edit]If you are requesting a merge of a global account with one or more unconnected local accounts as part of finalizing your single unified login (SUL) username, please specify which wikis and accounts you want to merge into your global account. These accounts were typically named "account name~wikiname". Please note that we can only merge a local account into a global account when the global account has no edits on the same wiki as the local account.
How to add an entry here
[edit]To add an entry, please copy and paste the text below into the appropriate section.
=== Oldname ===
{{SRUC
|status = <!--don't change this line-->
|domain = global
|Oldname =
|Newname =
|reason = (your remarks here)
--~~~~
}}
| Example |
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For global rename requests: === Example ===
{{SRUC
|status = <!--don't change this line-->
|domain = global
|Oldname = Example
|Newname = Foo
|reason = your remarks here
--~~~~
}}
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Making a request for your own account
[edit]For changing your username on one wiki:
Please include the following information in your request:
- the old username,
- the new username,
- please sign
~~~~request with your account for a simple move (first section), or sign this request with both the originating and the target accounts if you are requesting a merge (second section).
If anything is missing from your request, a steward will request more information. This helps ensure that you are requesting a rename for your own account. Please check before posting your request that the username you want is available.
You can test that by going to the (new) user page and looking into the sidebar. If there is a link to user contributions, the account already exists, or check via Special:CentralAuth.
Private requests
[edit]Account renames are not private, once renamed many links from the old username to the new username will be permanently made. The reason submitted on the rename form (Special:GlobalRenameRequest) is private, and only visible by the renamers. Additional information that needs to be made in private may be sent using this direct wiki-email interface while logged-in.
Simple rename requests
[edit]If your rename request is simple and does not involve usurpation of an existing account or other SUL issues, you have two options:
- Use the request form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest; or
- Submit the request below in this section.
Please use this tool to check if the username is taken before filing a request.
AdziaK
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: AdziaK (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: AdrianxBlackout (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: The reason for the username change is that my previous nickname has expired and is no longer relevant or in use.
Done --Alaa :)..! 07:26, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Mafia4Life
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Mafia4Life (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: UserLeonardo (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: My current name goes against username principles, so I would like to request that you change it to my real name to avoid potential future blocks and being unable to edit it encyclopedia. --Mafia4Life (talk) 20:55, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Done --Alaa :)..! 07:26, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Requests involving merges, usurps or other complications
[edit]Please add new requests at the end of the section. Sections should be titled your username and requests should be signed by the requesting user.
Please note: Per standard procedure and consensus, accounts with valid edits are not usurped, and the target account must be notified by renamer at least two weeks before usurpation.
We are sorry to announce that Global User Account Merges are not possible as the UserMerge extension is incompatible with CentralAuth. As such, we will not accept any request to merge user accounts as it is technically impossible at this moment to do so. |
Crushcrushcrush1
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Crushcrushcrush1 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Crushcrushcrush (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: Hi! I was wondering if I could drop the "1" from my username. I've been told there's a similar username, CrushCrushCrush, which I didn't know. The user has never made an edit in the more than 10 years since they registered, so I don't think there should be a problem of impersonation.
On hold until 11 May 2026. (en:User talk:CrushCrushCrush) Neriah - 💬 - 14:22, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
Eddmanx
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Eddmanx (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Eddman (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I always intended my username to be Eddman but it was taken back then. I see that that account does have a valid edit, however it's just a single one made in 2007 and no activity since then. I'm not exactly expecting this to be approved but thought I might try.
On hold until 20 May 2026 --Alaa :)..! 21:05, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
ArkHyena
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: ArkHyena (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Scourgezoned (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: personal preference and more closely aligned with my online identity elsewhere. account that has the name i wish to usurp doesn't appear to have any edits.
On hold until 20 May 2026 --Alaa :)..! 21:05, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
Peterxy12
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Peterxy12 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Peterxy (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I'd like to use "Peterxy" as my username, but it seems to be taken. Checking the global contributions,that this account seems to be inactive and has no valid edits, so I am requesting a change of hands here.
On hold until 20 May 2026 --Alaa :)..! 21:05, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
Alirezahayati
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Alirezahayati (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Hayati (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I legally changed my name, no longer using Alireza. Now I go by my last name everywhere, Hayati.
On hold until 20 May 2026 --Alaa :)..! 21:11, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
অর্ঘ্য বড়ুয়া
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: অর্ঘ্য বড়ুয়া (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: DotG (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I would like to change my username to a Latin script username for recognizability. The target username currently has no valid edits. --অর্ঘ্য বড়ুয়া (talk) 17:52, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
On hold until 22 May 2026 --Alaa :)..! 08:53, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
נעם12
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: נעם12 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: נעם1 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I want to do a Usurpation for this username because it is shorter and I also use it on a parallel site (hamichlol) Sorry for the bad English, I don't speak English good.
On hold until 27 May 2026 --Alaa :)..! 21:33, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Foshtx
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Foshtx (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Acronyx (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: When I tried to create an account with "Acronyx", it gave me an error. When i tried again later with a new name, it worked. I want my name changed to Acronyx
Not done Your edits to Wikimedia projects are low, therefore your account is not eligible for usurpation. --Alaa :)..! 07:19, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Nikolas Fernandez
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Nikolas Fernandez (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: NikolasKHF (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: NikolasKHF just changed its name, and I want to usurp this username. I control both accounts and will use this account as my public account.
On hold Nikolas Fernandez, please send email to me from the other account for confirmation --Alaa :)..! 07:22, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Hi! Done, please kindly check the email from my other account. Thank you very much for your consideration. Nikolas Fernandez (talk) 07:53, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Jezra upon daspin seo
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Jezra upon daspin seo (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Jezra (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: Jezra is how I am known. It is my identity. I no longer live upon Daspin Seo, and I'd like to keep things simple.
Not done Your edits to Wikimedia projects are low, therefore your account is not eligible for usurpation. --Alaa :)..! 07:19, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Xsj2003
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Xsj2003 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Odoo (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: The current username includes the user's name and year of birth. To prevent privacy breaches, a name change is requested. The target username has not been edited for over 15 years; permission to modify it is requested.
Not done Your edits to Wikimedia projects are low (event less than the account required to usurp), therefore your account is not eligible for usurpation. But due to the "privacy point", please choose a different username that has not been used before. --Alaa :)..! 07:25, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
See also
[edit]Archives:
- for this page: Category:Steward requests archive/Username changes
- for the former "Steward requests/SUL requests" page:
- 2008: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2009: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2010: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2011: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2012: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2013: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2014: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07
- for username changes
- 2014: 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2015: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2016: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2017: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2018: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2019: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
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