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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.

Cross-wiki requests
Meta-Wiki requests


Instructions

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SUL finalization

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If you are requesting a merge of a global account with one or more unconnected local accounts as part of finalizing your single unified login (SUL) username, please specify which wikis and accounts you want to merge into your global account. These accounts were typically named "account name~wikiname". Please note that we can only merge a local account into a global account when the global account has no edits on the same wiki as the local account.

How to add an entry here

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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

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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

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Account renames are not private, once renamed many links from the old username to the new username will be permanently made. The reason submitted on the rename form (Special:GlobalRenameRequest) is private, and only visible by the renamers. Additional information that needs to be made in private may be sent using this direct wiki-email interface while logged-in.


Simple rename requests

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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

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Shortcut:
USURP

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 and consensus, accounts with valid edits are not usurped, and the target account must be notified by renamer at least two weeks before usurpation.

Wogone

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Status:    On hold

--Wogone (talk) 05:31, 3 October 2026 (UTC)reply

 On hold until 18 October 2026, target notified via both talk page and email. --Hamish one great show can change the world 22:56, 3 October 2026 (UTC)reply

Ow0cast

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Status:    On hold

--Ow0cast (talk) 02:32, 4 October 2026 (UTC)reply

 On hold until 18 October 2026, also notified via email. Borhan (talk) 14:17, 4 October 2026 (UTC)reply

Toketaa

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Status:    On hold

--Toketaa (talk) 13:23, 9 October 2026 (UTC)reply

CC also meta admin who blocks Dualcerb: @CptViraj. Veritas Sapientiae (talk | email) 15:25, 13 October 2026 (UTC)reply
@Asilvering Pinging an en.wiki administrator that's familiar with this user - would the community have any objection with this? Leaderboard (talk) 15:23, 13 October 2026 (UTC)reply
I don't see any reason why anyone would object. asilvering (talk) 05:27, 14 October 2026 (UTC)reply
 On hold until 28 October 2026. There's no need to ping the admin who blocked the target account. We generally allow usernames of blocked accounts to be usurped, unless the username is closely associated with a known LTA, for example, if SPI or LTA pages on multiple wikis link to that account. Max (talk) 13:15, 14 October 2026 (UTC)reply

.saccharine0

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Status:    On hold

--.saccharine0 (talk) 17:11, 9 October 2026 (UTC)reply

 On hold, until 24 October 2026, also notified via email. S.Marchenko (talk) 14:37, 10 October 2026 (UTC)reply

Estudi Volta

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Status:    Not done

--Estudi Volta (talk) 09:17, 14 October 2026 (UTC)reply

Not done A username change won't remove your existing block, and that's not what username changes are for. We don't rename accounts with active blocks, so please resolve your block on eswiki first, then submit a new request if you still want to change your username. Max (talk) 13:02, 14 October 2026 (UTC)reply
I want to change my username to avoid future problems; a wiki librarian misunderstood my username and the title of an article and thought there was a conflict of interest, when in reality there wasn't one. Estudi Volta (talk) 13:11, 14 October 2026 (UTC)reply
Then you should appeal your block on your eswiki talk page and come back here once it's lifted. Feel free to file a new request if this one gets archived in the meantime. Max (talk) 13:30, 14 October 2026 (UTC)reply
I have already appealed my block, and it no longer appears on my talk page, so it seems the block has been lifted. Therefore, I would like to change my username. Estudi Volta (talk) 13:37, 14 October 2026 (UTC)reply
The block still remain there. Veritas Sapientiae (talk | email) 13:41, 14 October 2026 (UTC)reply
Ok, I thought the block had been resolved because nothing was appearing on my talk page. The person who blocked me is asking for the following in order to unblock my account: I would need to request a username change, as the current one implies a violation of the cited policy. Estudi Volta (talk) 13:47, 14 October 2026 (UTC)reply

See also

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