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]

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.

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.

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)
@Dr.khatmando and Jdcounselling: can you explain? --Alaa :)..! 16:06, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
Sorry for my tardiness. I would like to know if after moving the account Jdcounselling to Dr.khatmando, the edit statistics and join date of the Jdcounselling account would be associated with the Dr.khatmando account. Cheers, Dr.khatmando (talk) 01:18, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
@Dr.khatmando: yes of course, the logs of Jdcounselling name well be moved to Dr.khatmando name, can we start the rename process now? --Alaa :)..! 08:46, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
My apologies Alaa for my tardiness. Yes please start the process. I do appreciate your patience and attention to my request. Warm regards Dr.khatmando (talk) 11:16, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

CodeCat[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: To fit the name I use elsewhere online. This name no longer fits me.

--CodeCat (talk) 21:13, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 22 September --Alaa :)..! 15:58, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Nihlus Kryik[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: This was the preferred name when registering. I figured I would establish myself as an editor before requesting to usurp a 1 edit fr account. Thanks.

— nihlus kryik  (talk) 08:24, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 22 September --Alaa :)..! 15:54, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Şeyx Şamil[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Privacy and short nickname

--Şeyx Şamil (talk) 18:08, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 24 September --Alaa :)..! 09:02, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Geordie.birch[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: I would like to remove my surname from my username while retaining my given name. There is conflicting information on the availability of the username "Geordie". If an account with this username exists, it has a very low profile, with no or possibly a single edit. Thank-you for considering this request.

en.wikpedia.org indicates the account is no longer registered and had zero edits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Geordie "User account 'Geordie' is not registered. This user has been renamed. The rename log is provided below for reference. 2015-04-21T10:46:12 Maintenance script (talk | contribs) renamed user Geordie (0 edits) to Geordie~enwiki (SUL finalization) Wikipedia does not have a user page with this exact name. In general, this page should be created and edited by User:Geordie. If in doubt, please verify that "Geordie" exists. Start the User:Geordie page. Search for "User:Geordie" in existing pages of namespace User.

Special:CentralAuth indicates there is an account with a single edit and the username "Geordie", on no-wikipedia.org: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ACentralAuth&target=Geordie "Global account information Username: Geordie Registered: 2015-03-16T18:52:50 (2 years ago) Total edit count: 1 Number of attached accounts: 1 List of local accounts Local wiki Attached on Method Blocked Edit count Groups no.wikipedia.org 2015-03-16T18:52:50 home wiki(?) — 1"

Lastly, no.wikipedia.org indicates that the username "Geordie" is available (translated): https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruker:Geordie "User: Geordie Wikipedia has no article with this name. You can see if it is in Norwegian, Swedish or Danish. To create the article here, click create." — geordie (talk) 04:11, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 1 October --Alaa :)..! 08:49, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
Just a small note for clarification: the message "User: Geordie ... Wikipedia has no article with this name ..." means only that the user hasn't created their user page (yet), and doesn't imply availability. But that doesn't matter because the user is not active, so the name can be usurped in any case. — Yerpo Eh? 11:02, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the information.geordie 03:04, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

Bambadee[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: I have not used this account for years but I've recovered it and I would like a more mature username. The username I'm requesting already exists but has 0 edits.

--Bambadee (talk) 04:02, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 11 October --Alaa :)..! 12:09, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

کیامنش[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Not satisfied with current name.@علاء: i have more than 450 edits. New username is already taken, but the account did only 3 edits and has been inactive for 12 years.--کیامنش (talk) 16:21, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
Time2wait.svg On hold until 11 October --Alaa :)..! 12:11, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Dastan47[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: i have some issues with my current username and i wanna change it . thanks

--Dastan47 (talk) 05:56, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 11 October --Alaa :)..! 12:15, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Zotic0[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Italian inappropriate name

--Zotic0 (talk) 21:57, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

please @Zotic0: before we do this request, I think you should ask to unblock you in it.wiki --Alaa :)..! 05:03, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

SimDes[edit]

Status:    Not done
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: My account was registered in 2010, and someone else's with similar name in 2015. The username I'm requesting already exists but has 0 edits.

--SimDes (talk) 00:23, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

X mark.svg Not done as mentioned here that "User who requests usurpation must have at least 400 edits or be an administrator on some Wikimedia project" --Alaa :)..! 19:52, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

JeslynYT XD[edit]

Status:    Not done
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: i'm more comfortable in the name JYT, as it is a nickname of mine, and a name that i use on most online websites. yes, i know i have only been here for a few months, but still, yea...

--JeslynYT XD (talk) 07:25, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

You should notify this account on the talk page. Ruslik (talk) 12:18, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
X mark.svg Not done as mentioned here that "User who requests usurpation must have at least 400 edits or be an administrator on some Wikimedia project" --Alaa :)..! 01:54, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

MIAW[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: The username I'm requesting already exists but has 0 edits on it.wiki.

--MIAW (talk) 13:02, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 17 October --Alaa :)..! 13:50, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Kontos~...[edit]

Status:    In progress

--Sanyi4 (talk) 22:40, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

A confirmation message can be found on the talk pages for each account on the corresponding wiki. // "Kontos~ltwiki" is apparently registered on more than one wiki; it should only be renamed at lt.wikipedia.org.

--Sanyi4 (talk) 00:03, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

The Hammer of Thor[edit]

Status:    Not done
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Simple name preferred. The current user account is inactive with very few edits. The primary account was closed a long time ago. -- The Hammer of Thor (talk) 17:55, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
X mark.svg Not done Username already exists. ~ Moheen (keep talking) 17:51, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
I've waited many years. Is there a remedy for me to usurp an inactive username. -- The Hammer of Thor (talk) 03:23, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

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