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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]

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 =
|domain = global
|Oldname =
|Newname =
|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 ~~~~ 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:

  1. Use the request form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest; or
  2. Submit the request below in this section.

Please use this tool to check if the username is taken before filing a request.

Leonardo.G1@global[edit]

Status:    In progress
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: It will take 4 months that I renamed my account I already made two requests and were refused what is happening personal? I want my real name because I'm forgetting a lot when I go to wikimedia.

--Leonardo.G1 (talk) 01:05, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

StevenJohnson88[edit]

Status:    In progress
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: 編集出来なくなっているから。

自分のページが編集出来なくなっているから。

@StevenJohnson88: We do not permit users to share accounts, nor do we allow users to "give" their accounts to someone else. Please create your own account at that username instead. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 00:18, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
@K6ka: K6ka, This is my account - It has my email address it is getting used on my PC. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by StevenJohnson88 (talk) 15:08, 1 August 2017‎ (UTC)

Los Vegas[edit]

Status:    In progress
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: I don't like my oldname.

--Los Vegas (talk) 21:58, 8 August 2017 (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.

Antero de Quintal[edit]

Status:    In progress
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Immediately after Antero de Quintal was renamed to JMagalhães, a vandal, probably Vhaslhv, created an account with the old username to impersonate the user and vandalize. I locked it as soon as the vandalism started. It is problematic to have the (old) username of an established user associated with vandal edits. It is misleading and causes issues, as you can see in the following discussions: [1], [2]. I think we should move that vandal account away, then create a Doppelganger under the name Antero de Quintal to prevent further impersonation by vandals. If not, at least the lock rationale of the vandal account needs to mention the impersonation. I can arrange either of these soluctions. Defender (talk) 17:40, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
I have moved the vandal account to Vandal account 001 and created a dummy account under Antero de Quintal to prevent further impersonation, but the section "Previous global account changes" on Special:CentralAuth still says I've locked Antero de Quintal (the old username of JMagalhães) as «Vandalism-only account», even though the only account that is in fact locked is Vandal account 001. @Ajraddatz:, @MarcoAurelio: what should we do now? I'm sorry if I've messed something up. Defender (talk) 04:06, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
Probably because the centralauth log does not update with renames. The Antero de Quintal account is not locked. Maybe we should ask at Phab that Special:Log/globalauth should also update when renaming an account. —MarcoAurelio 09:52, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
I suggest that after renaming a user, future anonymous users should not be able to create an account using the old username, unless if "it would be marked as available" while renaming or similar, or if it would be created by a registered, autoconfirmed user. That way this case would have been prevented. Poyekhali (talk) 05:51, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
Maybe T85023 and T72379 will be of help? --Terra ❤ (talk) 01:39, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Jdcounselling[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Jdcounselling is my old account used when I was at Ohio University, USA(2006). I have used Dr.Khatmando for the last two years. My old IT consultant at Ohio noticed that I had left login details of my old account on machines at the university. I would like to move anything associated with Jdcounselling to Dr.Khatmando to keep the editing statistics together and make account manageable easier. I have left notifications at both user pages for over 2months

--Jdcounselling (talk) 02:41, 12 July 2017 (UTC) --Dr.khatmando (talk) 02:45, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

@Jdcounselling and Dr.khatmando: You realize that we cannot merge the two accounts, correct? What you are asking for right now would move the "Jdcounselling" username to "Dr.khatmando" and "Dr.khatmando" to something like "Dr.khatmando (usurped)". They would remain two separate user accounts. Please confirm whether this is what you intended. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 15:28, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
Ks0stm Thank you for your guidance. Yes I note that two accounts cannot be merged. Before you action this. Can I confirm that the account Dr.khatmando would have at least the join Wikipedia date changed to that of the earlier account Jdcounselling, and anything thereafter I do on Wikipedia associated with Dr.Khatmando (of course if I was logged in under this account)? My apologies for being tedious. I've some mild dispraxia and dyslexia so I wan't to be sure I'm asking for something to be done in the "direction" I want in my mind, if that makes sense? Dr.khatmando (talk) 23:34, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

GramNegative[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: GramNegative is my alternative account (main account is Basalisk, which is an admin account on en-wiki). Due to a change in circumstances I will need to use my alternative account a lot more, and would like to use this name. I'm aiming to rename my main account to this name at a later date once I've tied up a few loose ends with the old name.

--GramNegative (talk) 16:34, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

@GramNegative: can you confirm that (Basalisk) is you main account (please sign by it below my comment to confirm that), because as mentioned here that (User who requests usurpation must have at least 400 edits or be an administrator on some Wikimedia project.) --Alaa :)..! 18:34, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
@علاء: Signing to confirm. Basalisk (talk) 22:18, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
Time2wait.svg On hold until 29 August --Alaa :)..! 14:18, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Jennifer0807[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Chinese:於註冊賬戶時由於尚未十分了解維基相關規範，不慎將個人資料暴露於使用者名稱上，希望能予以更改。English:I forget the name that will expose my personal information when I registered.

--人兒至秦 (talk) 17:25, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

  • The account going to be usurped does not have valid edit. A notification was issued. Time2wait.svg On hold until 22 Aug 2017.--J.Wong 15:52, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

DirtyRotten[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Not satisfied with current name, and it might violate wiki policy. New name is already taken, but the account did only 4 edits and has been inactive for 8 years.

--DirtyRotten (talk) 02:26, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 26 August --Alaa :)..! 18:29, 26 July 2017 (UTC)


Dr. Manavpreet Kaur[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: (I am Ph.D. not a medical doctor so to avoid any confusion, just want to keep it simple)

--Dr. Manavpreet Kaur (talk) 04:40, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 9 September --Alaa :)..! 02:41, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

کیامنش[edit]

Status:    Not done
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: I like use کیا user for my edits in wikipedia, also in work place my partner called me کیا :), my target account created in fawiki in 2005 and only have 2 edits.کیامنش (talk) 20:34, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
X mark.svg Not done @كيامنش: as mentioned here that user who requests usurpation must have at least 400 edits or be an administrator on some Wikimedia project. --Alaa :)..! 19:18, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
No problem, i will request when i do least 400 edits, is there any problem other than this?کیامنش (talk) 19:57, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
@كيامنش: no, just this one. --Alaa :)..! 02:16, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

so, can you tell me? please, in my case.what i do for this request. i read here but i thikn you known better than me.کیامنش (talk) 07:50, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Darwinius[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: When I renamed my account in 2009, I just wanted to get rid of my former user name as soon as possible for privacy reasons, and use something along with the signature I had (and the pen name I use for decades), "Darwin". As that username was already taken by then, I chose the name of a recently discovered species, Darwinius . I never identified with that animal, and with the passing of time I came to hate my nickname, as it always recalled the fossil. Now with the daunting limit of the 200.000 edition getting closer by the day, I feel anguished thinking I'll have to get stuck with the poor little fossile name for the rest of my days here. So, I humbly ask, can I please be granted this one time nickname change to "DarwIn"?--- Darwin Ahoy! 02:47, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

--- Darwin Ahoy! 02:47, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold. Given the edit count both on Commons and on ptwiki, a sysadmin will need to review this request before we proceed. I am going to file a task on phabricator. RadiX∞ 02:50, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
@RadiX: Thanks! Note: Without leaving a redirect, please.--- Darwin Ahoy! 00:22, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
@Darwinius: Ok. However global renames are stuck at this moment so that we'll have to wait until this task is solved. RadiX∞ 01:38, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Fairbrianchen[edit]

Status:    In progress
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: I want to change my name to my name used on the internet.

--Fairbrianchen (talk) 12:46, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

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