Steward requests/Username changes
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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. | This page hosts requests to
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Instructions[edit]
Before posting here[edit]
Please list the specific projects that you need to be renamed in under your request, unless you are requesting a global rename.
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]
Requests that need to be made in private should 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.
Wikicology[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Wikicology (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: T Cells (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: View log entries
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I have been subjected to recurring harassment under this current name in the past. In fact one account was blocked for that reason. I want to change my name to the new one suggested above. Thank you.
--Wikicology (talk) 00:27, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
Done The progress --Alaa :)..! 12:52, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
- @T Cells: I think it is better is you create a new account under name (Wikicology) and redicert it to your new name --Alaa :)..! 14:37, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
- User:Wikicology automatically redirect to User:T Cells. I don't think creating a new account is necessary. Regards. T Cells (talk) 15:22, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
- Making new account for old name is always good choice since that old name is open for creation and abuse. Seen lots of such case for established users. — regards, Revi 15:33, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
- User:Wikicology automatically redirect to User:T Cells. I don't think creating a new account is necessary. Regards. T Cells (talk) 15:22, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
Question: @علاء: and @-revi:, my signature on Wikimedia Commons still show my old name "Wikicology". What's going on? Please, help. See this for example. T Cells (talk) 09:17, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
- @T Cells: Have you changed your old signature in Commons preferences? ‐‐1997kB (talk) 09:24, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
Husseinzadeh02[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Husseinzadeh02 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Hüseynzadə (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: View log entries
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: That's my surname in Azerbaijani Latin-script alphabet.
--Husseinzadeh02 (talk) 08:43, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
Husseinzadeh02, Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name?--J.Wong 10:22, 23 April 2018 (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, accounts with valid edits are not usurped, and the target account must be notified at least one month before usurpation.
![]() | We are sorry to announce that Global User Account Merges are not possible, and will not be in a near or mid-term future. As such, we will not accept any request to merge user accounts as it is technically impossible at this moment to do so. |
Весельчак7[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Весельчак7 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Весельчак (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: View log entries
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I would like to get rid of a digit in my username
--Весельчак7 (talk) 00:06, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
- There is an existing user User:Весельчак. -Mys_721tx (talk) 03:19, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
On hold untill 26 Apr --J.Wong 06:28, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
- I'd like to usurp this user account.--Весельчак7 (talk) 10:47, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
- @Wong128hk: so?--Весельчак7 (talk) 08:47, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
- This is the standard procedure for account usurpation. The process can only be proceeded when a month notification was issued and received no objection. So that, please wait for it. --J.Wong 09:23, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
- I'd like to usurp this user account.--Весельчак7 (talk) 10:47, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
Bengtsson96[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Bengtsson96 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Autom (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: View log entries
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: My old user name contains personal information, and I already use Autom in many other (non Wikimedia) places.
--Bengtsson96 (talk) 12:33, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
Հրաչ 2002[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Հրաչ 2002 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Nerkararyan (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: View log entries
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: Thank you.
Hilarmont II[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Hilarmont (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Pan Tau (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: View log entries
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: User "Pan Tau" already exists, but without any log, date or edits. Thanks a lot! Maybe it will work now.
Shahin.shn[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Shahin.shn (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Shahin (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: View log entries
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: simply it's my name and nobody use this username except one in Persian wiki and he never use the account and didn't any editing since 2005
--Shahin.shn (talk) 11:17, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
Zack Tartufo[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Zack Tartufo (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Zax (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: View log entries
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: Inactive user with the same username on the Jappo wiki.
--Zack Tartufo (talk) 10:24, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
PhilEdits[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: PhilEdits (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Mrphilip (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: View log entries
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: request for this dormant account name to become available for my use finally came through- 5 weeks after it was made. I went ahead and started the work as PhilEdits. A new temp password for Mrphilip has been authorized and Jon Kolbert apologized for the delay out of all's control. Can you habdle this or should I just start from scratch as my edits are relatively few? --PhilEdits (talk) 07:57, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
@PhilEdits: can you explain your request in simple way? and what is the relation of @Jon Kolbert:? And if it for usurpation you should have at least 400 edits, but I see less than 100 edits --Alaa :)..! 14:27, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
- It appears that in the time PhilEdits was waiting for an account (an accountcreator was needed to create Mrphilip because there was a similarly-named existing account) they decided to create "PhilEdits" for use in the meantime. If the user can log in to both accounts and confirm they are the owner of both, I think it would be safe to rename and transfer the edits from the old account to the new name. Jon Kolbert (talk) 18:56, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
Gormflaith[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Gormflaith (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Julia (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: View log entries
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: Julia's my real name; current holder hasn't edited since 2008
– Gormflaith (talk) 04:09, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Gormflaith: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? 1997kB (talk) 06:50, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
- @1997kB: Yes, it's only my first name and Julia is a very common name. – Gormflaith (talk) 11:10, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
On hold until 23 May --Alaa :)..! 12:48, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
- @علاء: Thank you! – Gormflaith (talk) 14:01, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
Król Michał II[edit]
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Król Michał II (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Michał2003 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: View log entries
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: --Król Michał II (talk) 21:46, 24 April 2018 (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.
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