User:DreamRimmer/Sandbox2
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 |
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| Meta-Wiki requests |
Instructions
[edit]SUL finalization
[edit]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
[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)
--~~~~
}}
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For global rename requests: === Example ===
{{SRUC
|status = <!--don't change this line-->
|domain = global
|Oldname = Example
|Newname = Foo
|reason = your remarks here
--~~~~
}}
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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]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
[edit]If your rename request is simple and does not involve usurpation of an existing account or other SUL issues, you have two options:
- Use the request form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest; or
- 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 and consensus, accounts with valid edits are not usurped, and the target account must be notified by renamer at least two weeks before usurpation.
| We are sorry to announce that Global User Account Merges are not possible as the UserMerge extension is incompatible with CentralAuth. As such, we will not accept any request to merge user accounts as it is technically impossible at this moment to do so. |
ScholastikosSVK
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: ScholastikosSVK (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Scholastikos (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I am an experienced editor. The desired username is shorter and does not indicate a nationality. The current holder has not made any edits since registering. Thanks!
--ScholastikosSVK (talk) 16:32, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
Zaurzu
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Zaurzu (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Chiv (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: Desired username is closer to my identity elsewhere on the internet. Current holder has no edits.
DelwarHossain
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: DelwarHossain (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Delwar (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I would like to shorten my username to make it easier to mention. The current holder 'Delwar' has not made any edits since registering. So request that my current username be renamed to Delwar, and that the old username be redirected to the new one.
--DelwarHossain (talk) 11:30, 7 August 2025 (UTC)
Silas Nicolaisen
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Silas Nicolaisen (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Nicolaisen (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I would like to shorten my username to protect my anonymity.
--Silas Nicolaisen(talk I contribs) 23:03, 7 August 2025 (UTC)
On hold until 22 August 2025. signed, Aafi (talk) 07:36, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
Note: This user was blocked indefinitely on Commons on August 9. ginaan(T/C) 13:38, 12 August 2025 (UTC)
- This editor seems rather an active contributor on da.wiki, and the Commons block is around copyright violations (a lot many seasoned Wikimedians have faced those). I will probably want to hear a second opinion from @CptViraj and @Queen of Hearts. signed, Aafi (talk) 15:44, 12 August 2025 (UTC)
Cactusisme
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Cactusisme (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Plutus (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: When I first created this account, I had no idea what Wikipedia was. Now, I realise that this name is quite puerile. Moreover, I recently got quite interested in Greek gods, and Plutus is one of them. The user who registered this account hasn't edited since registering in 2013.
ClockworkmanTemp
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: ClockworkmanTemp (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Clockworkman (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I have been trying to consolidate usernames over the years, and since the account has never Clockworkman has never edited and has not logged in since 2008, I figured why not finally create a Wikipedia account myself and stop editing behind an IP address.
--ClockworkmanTemp (talk) 05:20, 12 August 2025 (UTC)
Not done Usurpation is available only for well-established users. Please feel free to submit your request again after some time. —MdsShakil (talk) 08:18, 12 August 2025 (UTC)
See also
[edit]User:DreamRimmer/Sandbox2/archives
General requests for: help from a Meta sysop or bureaucrat · deletion (speedy deletions: local · multilingual) · URL blacklisting · new languages · interwiki map
Personal requests for: username changes · permissions (global) · bot status · adminship on Meta · CheckUser information (local) · local administrator help
Cooperation requests for: comments (local) (global) · translation