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.


Detetive Zero[edit]

Status:    Done
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Não mais satisfeito com o nome/No more satisfied with the name/I am not satisfied with the username, I prefer to use my personal name (translated by google translator}.--Detetive Zero (talk) 22:18, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
Yes check.svg Done --Alaa :)..! 18:25, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Sony dandiwal[edit]

Status:    Done
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: The current name is not my original name. it's my nick name. i want to use my original name. it makes easy to find out me for others. Should be change globally please. - Sony dandiwal (talk) 15:04, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
Yes check.svg Done --Alaa :)..! 18:21, 26 July 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.

CreativeC38[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: I would like to remove the numbers to have my normal nickname but a user with one edit has already taken it. He is inactive for 5 years so I think it is ok.
Edit: and his edit was vandalism because he got the Czech Test template on his discussion page

--CreativeC38 (talk) 18:53, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 28 July --Alaa :)..! 20:40, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
This is so long D: . A don't you warn him ? CreativeC38 (talk) 07:18, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
@CreativeC38: we must at least wait a month, so do you wanna wait or what? --Alaa :)..! 00:48, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
of course i'll wait. I'm fed up of these numbers CreativeC38 (talk) 07:39, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

南极的熊[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Chinese:原用户名不太简洁，南极熊这个用户名被占用，申请侵占此用户名。English:I think my old username is not easy enough,I want to changing my username .

--南极的熊 (talk) 06:12, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

The account the user going to usurp does not have valid edit. A notification for usurpation was issued. On hold until 5 August 2017.--J.Wong 15:58, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
  • @Wong128hk:please speak Chinese,my English level is not high enough.南极的熊 (talk) 01:49, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
  • 南极的熊君︰目標帳戶並無有效編輯。而奪取通知已經發出。按例，等候一個月。本案擱置至二○一七年八月五日。--J.Wong 04:20, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

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)

Oliver.hessling[edit]

Status:    In progress
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Oliver.hessling has been renamed to Oliver h before unified login (in 2009) and only on fr.wikipedia.org. As the rename has been done partially, and I thought it was renamed to Oliver H, I have continued to wrongly use different accounts over different interwiki sites. I want a global rename. The original reason of the rename was (and is still) to be more anonymous. I would like to merge definitively these four accounts Oliver.hessling, Oliver h, Oliver H and (WT-fr) Oliver H to one single username: Oliver H. I know this is a difficult task with many checks, corrections, verifications... Thanks very much to the stewards taking care of my demand. See Journal des changements de noms d’utilisateurs - Utilisateur:Oliver.hessling
* 9 septembre 2009 à 08:50 Céréales Killer (discuter | contributions) a renommé l’utilisateur Oliver.hessling en Oliver h (142 modifications. Motif : Demande de l'utilisateur)

Cheers, --Oliver H (talk) 00:13, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
I have finally reached to log in using account Oliver.hessling
--Oliver.hessling (talk) 23:53, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Oliver h[edit]

Status:    In progress
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Note the lowercase/uppercase H. I think my account has been duplicated when I have requested a username change of fr.wikipedia.org (before global login) and in the mean time I have created a similar account on other interwikis but with a mistake on the uppercase H, but I am not sure... Please let merge both account to avoid confusion when I log using the wrong username.

--Oliver H (talk) 00:36, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
--Oliver h (talk) 00:37, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

(WT-fr) Oliver H[edit]

Status:    In progress
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: I have contributed once on wikitravel, and wikitravel content has been imported into wikivoyage. But the usernames have been prefixed by "(WT-xx) ". I would like to unify my different usernames on all wikimedia interwikis.

--Oliver H (talk) 00:44, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
As a signature for User:(WT-fr) Oliver H, I have created this same request on my wikitravel.com user page Utilisateur:Oliver_H

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)

Min Ga[edit]

Status:    Done
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: My older name Roxedl had been changed to Min Ga, but not totally (renaming was made by de.WP). Now I would like to have all my accounts to Roxedl, primarily to keep the same name everywhere. If renaming would only be possible via a 3rd username and then back to Roxedl, I would not mind. --Min Ga (talk) 11:03, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
I just see I need to second this. I can log in with two different identities. But in reality these two accounts are one. --Roxedl (talk) 10:21, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
I will usurp your Roxedl account and then rename Min Ga to Roxedl. I, however, noticed that you have 39 edits under Roxedl account on Commons. I can move back your old Roxedl account on Commons, so that you can merge it with your newly renamed Min Ga account. Do you want this? Ruslik (talk) 20:37, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your answer. Yes, this sounds fine. --Min Ga (talk) 11:13, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
Yes check.svg Done Ruslik (talk) 19:44, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

GramNegative[edit]

Status:    In progress
  • 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)

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)

Alangi derick[edit]

Status:    Done
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Will need that the second name of the old name be capitalised since it's not a common noun and also following English conventions. The rename should be global please.

--Alangi Derick (talk) 19:27, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Done. —DerHexer (Talk) 19:54, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
Thank you very much DerHexer. I am very grateful :). --Alangi Derick (talk) 20:21, 23 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)

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