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 = <!--don't change this line-->
|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.

Yelysavet[edit]

Status:    In progress
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Some people think that I'm female because of my user name. Therefore I want to change it. My request was rejected with formulation "Your account is blocked on the russian Wikipedia". But my main activity is in Ukrainian wiki, I have no plans to participate in Russian wiki more. --Yelysavet (talk) 13:57, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
@Yelysavet: The problem here that you blocked in ruwiki due to use sock puppetry! so we can't change your name. I think you should request to unblock you in ruwiki! --Alaa :)..! 17:28, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

SportMediaService[edit]

Status:    In progress
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Il vecchio nome è stato rifiutato

--SportMediaService (talk) 14:35, 19 October 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.

MIAW[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: I thought better and I have decided to choose this new name, it is more of my preference (I do not like capital letters /"MIAW"/, it's like shouting). From the beginning I wanted to usurp the username "Miau", but the account has 40 valid editions. It was a bit complicated for me to choose a new name for this reason, but now I have decided Face-smile.svg. The username I'm requesting (Miaow) has an unconstructive single edit (it was reverted) in tr.wiki, and it's inactive. PS: sorry for my english. Regards!

--MIAW (talk) 00:51, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 30 October --Alaa :)..! 15:52, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Wang Qiliang[edit]

Status:    In progress
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: The old user name is my real name, which involves my personal privacy.

--Wang Qiliang (talk) 13:58, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Please notice that this account is controlled by Wang Qiliang (See zh:User:WQL), and is used under the zhwp's Puppet policy.--WQL (talk) 14:02, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
This is a usurp request. --Wang Qiliang (talk) 14:06, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
Done --J.Wong 17:10, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Kstorvik-I[edit]

Status:    Not done
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: I would like to remove the "-I" from my username while retaining Kstorvik. I created the user "Kstorvik" on the Norwegian Wikipedia in December 2006 and I think it may be me that created an user named "Kstorvik" on the English Wikipedia too around that time. However, during this time I have lost track of which e-mail account I used and password.

During the single-user login renaming thing you did in 2015, my username on the Norwegian Wikipedia was changed first to "Kstorvik~nowiki" and then finalized to the global "Kstorvik-I". While the username from the English Wikipedia remained as "Kstorvik". The "Kstorvik" account exist, as I have already explained, but have only a single edit from 2007. I therefore request to usurp the "Kstorvik" username since it is not active, and btw; I think it may be mine anyway. It is a combination of the first letter in my given name and the whole of my surname. I think this must be very much like the request from Mr. Birch further up on this page, is it not? Thank-you for considering this request. --Kstorvik-I (talk) 10:59, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Did you try to recover the password? Ruslik (talk) 20:29, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
X mark.svg Not done no response since 7 days --Alaa :)..! 15:18, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

I5ogand[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: First, I dont like my current username and 2nd, Im active in persian wikipedia so I want my username to be in persian. thamk you

--I5ogand (talk) 10:55, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

Note for renamers: I have left a message on سوگند's talk page about this usurpation request: here. --Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 14:34, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
Time2wait.svg On hold until 10 November --Alaa :)..! 16:52, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Black&White[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: unification with other services

--Black&White (talk) 21:08, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 12 November --Alaa :)..! 22:51, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Викизавр[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Hello! I would like to usurp an account with only one insubstantial edit. User is notified today.

--Викизавр (talk) 07:58, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 13 November --Alaa :)..! 09:56, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Typhoon Lionrock[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: Originally wanted to use "Michael Chan", but has been used.

--Typhoon Lionrock 16:29, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until November 13, 2017. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 18:30, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

A2093064[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: More easy to identify.--A2093064 (talk) 16:47, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 17 Nov 2017.--J.Wong 16:56, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

GammaRadiator[edit]

Status:    In progress
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: I originally created this account in 2015, when I was younger and had vastly different interests. To reflect the change in interests, I'd like to change my name. A quick look using the global account information thing has shown that the name was/is in use on the Spanish Wikipedia, however edits there are sparse and insignificant. The most 'recent' edit was in early 2009. The account in general also appears to be inactive, with it last being used in 2015. Also, the more I look at my username and its internal capital, the more gawky it looks to me.

--GammaRadiator (talk) 22:37, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Meaningness[edit]

Status:    On hold
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: This is the historical name of my birthplace, And I write about history.

--Meaningness (talk) 00:53, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold until 20 November --Alaa :)..! 12:15, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Wise mike~arwiki[edit]

Status:    In progress
  • Stewards/Global renamers: rename user
  • Reason: My original username Wise_mike was changed on ar.wikipedia.org to "Wise mike~arwiki", but all my log-ins should have the same username "Wise_mike". They are both with the same email. Thanks

--Wise mike~arwiki (talk) 06:17, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

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