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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.

Marck Gibbs97@global[edit]

Status:    Done
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: I do not want to expose myself on the Internet anymore I need to change that name I need more privacy. --Leonardo g. Fábio (talk) 18:24, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
Yes check.svg Done --Alaa :)..! 15:50, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Sannita (MySociety)[edit]

Status:    Done
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: I made a tiny mistake with capitalisation, it shouldn't be too much of a hassle. --Sannita (MySociety) (talk) 12:28, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
Yes check.svg Done --Alaa :)..! 15:51, 22 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.

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)

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:    Done
  • 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)
  • Done--J.Wong 06:21, 22 August 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)

Darwinius[edit]

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T173159
Status:    Done
  • 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)
Yes check.svg Done. Global rename has been successfully completed. RadiX∞ 10:54, 22 August 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:    Not done
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: 1. For privacy (I don't want to use my name) 2. I want a simple username. But this username has already taken. But this is only in Croatian Wiki with 363 edits and last edit in 2006. [[1]] Can you change it?

--Şeyx Şamil (talk) 14:13, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

X mark.svg Not done unfortunately we can't usurped this account, as mentioned here that user accounts may be usurped if it does not have any edits except deleted or is a vandalism-only account where all the edits were straight reverted and can thus be deleted or has edits to userspace only that can be deleted --Alaa :)..! 16:04, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Şeyx Şamil[edit]

Status:    In progress
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Privacy and short nickname

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

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