Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple

Changing username/Simple

This page is a forum in which users can request, and global renamers (including stewards) can consider and carry out, requests to rename accounts to usernames that are not yet taken on any Wikimedia project. While global renamers carry out renames, other users (including bots) help by "clerking" the mechanics of this process. If you wish to help as a clerk, please read the linked page carefully.

Instructions

For help 'vanishing' from Wikipedia, please see courtesy vanishing.

Once you have decided on the name you would like:

Read this page first. You must be aware of, and understand, all of that information before requesting a username change
Check to make sure this username is not already in use. Do this by searching for the name here. If the name appears in the results, even if on another Wikimedia project, it is taken.
Do not create an account under the new name or move/redirect your userpages. We'll do that for you.
Log in with your present username in order to place your request. Renames will not be approved if the requester is not logged in.
Click here to place your request.
- Add your desired username after NEW=
- Add a reason for the change after REASON=
- Do not change anything after CURRENT=
Make sure that you have spelt your desired name correctly, including capitalization and spacing. Save the page. If your request is submitted malformed, please remedy it according to this page.
Check back on this page periodically to answer any questions that may arise regarding your request. Please be patient. It may take a few days for your request to be completed. If you do not answer any questions, your request may be declined due to no response.
Once your request has been completed, please do not remove or change your request. It will be archived automatically by a bot.

Requests that do not adhere to these instructions or that are grossly malformed are subject to removal.

Important Notes After you are renamed...

Due to technical limitations, usernames may not start with a lowercase letter. However, you may use the template {{lowercase title}} on your user and user talk pages, and change your signature to reflect your preference.
Underscores and spaces are considered identical by the MediaWiki software.
Use of a company, organization, group, website, or product name as a username is prohibited by the username policy.
Please understand the implications of using your real name before requesting a name change to it.

... your name will be changed to the new one in the page history of every page you've edited.
... your userpage and any subpages will be moved to the new name automatically. Please do not attempt to move them yourself.
... links left by your previous signatures will still point to the old userpage; however, a redirect will be left behind to your new userpage.
... your request will be automatically moved to the archives in the interest of transparency.

SlyRedeemerJT → J0hnT_2000

Current name: SlyRedeemerJT (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: J0hnT_2000 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
For global renamer: rename user
Datestamp: 22:26, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
Reason: There is a socialism class that I am currently taking that is doing a semester-long project using Wikipedia. However, the professor requires us to use our first names within our usernames for easy identification. He will also not grade our work if that requirement is not met. SlyRedeemerJT (talk) 22:26, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 22:30, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@SlyRedeemerJT: The professor cannot require that per the WP:WIKIED policies and WP:REALNAME. I don't have the direct link to the policy. @Cabayi:, do you have it? ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:44, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps Helaine can comment. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:35, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nihonjoe, my apologies for taking so long to find the material to reply. WikiEDU publishes an Instructor basics guide which says on page 8 that students "can read Wikipedia’s username policy and consider how anonymous they want to be". As I understand it, the WikiEDU dashboard gives instructors the ability to link Wiki usernames with students' real life identities out of public view. Course instructor requests (on pain of failing the course) that their students DOX themselves, are unnecessary.

Ian has already emailed this course's instructor. SlyRedeemerJT's is the third request from this course that I've seen. Cabayi (talk) 09:06, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Cabayi: No worries. I've been out of town since last Thursday. Hopefully, the instructor will quit trying to get kids to dox themselves, and maybe the "Instructor basics" can be clarified to make that explicitly clear. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 15:57, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for the bot. Cabayi (talk) 07:40, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Marshmallo3535 → Miτch199811k

Current name: Marshmallo3535 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Miτch199811k (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
For global renamer: rename user
Datestamp: 01:07, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
Reason: Marshmallo3535 (talk) 01:07, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 01:10, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Marshmallo3535. You can use the Latin alphabet for your username, or you can use the Greek alphabet but you can't mix and match. Please choose another username. Cabayi (talk) 08:57, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Cabayi: I'm not aware of anything in the username policy that prohibits mixing alphabets in usernames. Can you point me to where that is? ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:36, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ọmọluabi ni mi → xhapana

Current name: Ọmọluabi ni mi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Xhapana (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
For global renamer: rename user
Datestamp: 18:48, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
Reason: new real name Ọmọluabi ni mi (talk) 18:48, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 18:50, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Ọmọluabi ni mi:

Renamer note: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:34, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Moving comment made here): I am aware of the consequences of using my real name Ọmọluabi ni mi (talk) 21:36, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]