Steward requests/Username changes
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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. |
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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 be 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 --~~~~ }} |
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
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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.
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, accounts with valid edits are not usurped, and the target account must be notified by renamer at least one month 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. |
KirillQQ[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: KirillQQ (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Artur Random (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 participant with this nickname died on December 18, 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, served in the Territorial Defense of the AFU, I would like to take his nickname in memory of him. I don't have a death certificate, but I can prove his death if necessary.
Kaylorensen[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Kaylorensen (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Kayra (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: Hello, I used to use the name kaylorensen in some apps and I don't use it anymore and I like to be addressed by my name. Have a nice day.
--Kaylorensen (talk) 20:55, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
EstrellaSuecia[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: EstrellaSuecia (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Estrellato (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: Being constantly hunted by LTAs, constantly making puns about the latter part of my name I would like a fresh start. Estrellato is also more correct Spanish and the account Estrellato only exists on eswiki and has not been used in 13 years from what I can see. EstrellaSuecia (talk) 19:51, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
--EstrellaSuecia (talk) 19:51, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- @Ternarius: For your knowledge. EstrellaSuecia (talk) 04:41, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
On hold until 1 January 2024 --Superpes15 (talk) 00:55, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
MaterialWorks[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: MaterialWorks (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Hilst (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'm using the current username in other places and I'd like to have a different one for every website. Target account was created almost 10 years ago and has no edits. I'm completely unrelated to w:Hilda Hilst, just a fan of her works, in case this is a deterrent.
--MaterialWorks (talk) 16:48, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
On hold until
2230 December 2023. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she|they|xe) 00:04, 30 November 2023 (UTC)- @Tamzin "Target account must be notified by renamer at least one month before usurpation." You notified them on 30 November so this request should be on hold until 30 December not 22. —MdsShakil (talk) 16:20, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
- Sorry, I literally had that thought and then somehow still typed the wrong digits. Thanks for catching this. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|she) 22:36, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Tamzin "Target account must be notified by renamer at least one month before usurpation." You notified them on 30 November so this request should be on hold until 30 December not 22. —MdsShakil (talk) 16:20, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
Bison X[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Bison X (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: BX (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: Succinct form of current username. "BX" user on meta has 2 edits 18 years ago.
GeneThomas2[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: GeneThomas2 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: GeneThomas (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: Identity theft, same happened on guthub.com
--GeneThomas2 (talk) 02:43, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
Vladivok[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Vladivok (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: piyll (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Warning: A username cannot begin with a lower-case letter: piyll → Piyll
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: Please help I don't use the other name anymore I identify with piyll
Kryce Armonio[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Kryce Armonio (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Bryce Armonio (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: BGA
--Kryce Armonio (talk) 20:15, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
Akaibu1[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Akaibu1 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Akaibu (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 second upsurp attempt for this name, which is of an account that has no edits, on a single wiki, and has been the case for years. Last time was denied more or less because I didn't have enough edits, which I believe I have now.
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
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- 2021: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
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- 2023: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
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