Steward requests/Username changes

From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
← Requests and proposals Steward requests (Username changes) latest archive→
Shortcut:
SRUC
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
Meta-Wiki requests


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

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 ~~~~ 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.

トイレとバスは東洋陶器[edit]

Status:    Done

--トイレとバスは東洋陶器 (talk) 14:12, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

@Rxy: is it acceptable username? Because in google translation =(Toilet mania likes toilet)! --Alaa :)..! 16:01, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
Yes check.svg Done; is acceptable username. --rxy (talk) 17:16, 20 June 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.

J. E. C. E.[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
  • Old Username: J. E. C. E. (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
  • New Username: JECE (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
  • Previous renames: View log entries
  • Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
  • Reason: I requested 'J. E. C. E.' on 16 August 2008 in an e-mail to accounts-enwiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org, but received no response. As I explained at the time, ". . . the account 'Jece' was created 23:26, 27 July 2006 and I was not allowed to create a simmilar account. The account 'Jece' has made a single log other than creating his account. . . ." At the time I was an IP user, active from at least 30 November 2006 to 27 July 2010. I probably would have requested 'JECE' back then, but ultimately requested 'J. E. C. E.' in my e-mail since I must have assumed that 'JECE' was too similar a username to 'Jece' to get approved. When I returned to editing Wikipedia in November 2017, I again requested the username 'J. E. C. E.' because 'JECE' was already taken by an account with zero edits and there appeared to be no way to usurp an account when you didn't have an account of your own. (I notice now that a new 'Jece' account from the Russian Wikipedia also exists that must have replaced the old 'Jece' account when the Unified Login was introduced. I'm not sure what happened to the original 'Jece' account, but the Russian account has been inactive since 2015. In any case, I am interested in usurping 'JECE', in all caps, not 'Jece'.)

--J. E. C. E. (talk) 22:31, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 29 June, 2018. Target user notified. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 04:48, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

HaDi[edit]

Status:    On hold

--HaDi (talk) 07:39, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold untill 4 July, 2018. Target notified. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 11:30, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Hamishcn[edit]

Status:    On hold

-- CreampieGS LEADS 3-0 07:01, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 12 July --Alaa :)..! 02:37, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

Okanfan@global[edit]

Status:    On hold
@Okanfan: So you want to be usurped to username Hazan? Just confirming as I am confused with your reason. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 11:45, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
@1997kB:, Yes. Okanfan (talk) 11:54, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
Time2wait.svg On hold untill 16 July, 2018. Target notified. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 11:58, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

Sietske @global[edit]

Status:    In progress
This is to confirm that I am Sietske. SietskeEN (talk) 20:49, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Status:    In progress
@Sietske: We can't merge accounts as you can see a notice on this section. So only option you have is start using Sietske account on both commons and English Wikipedia. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 02:50, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
@stewards: I suggest to switch the enwiki local accounts between the global accounts Sietske and SietskeEN. This request was also posted on the Dutch helpdesk [1]. A steward can delete the global accounts, and locally rename the local enwiki accounts. Afterwards Sietske can recreate both global accounts. That way her main global account has the main enwiki account. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 03:53, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
@علاء, MarcoAurelio, and Ajraddatz: ‐‐1997kB (talk) 04:05, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

See also[edit]

Archives:



Cooperation requests for: comments (local) (global) · translation · logos

Retrieved from "https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steward_requests/Username_changes&oldid=18146200"