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. |
Cross-wiki requests |
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Meta-Wiki requests |
InstructionsEdit
SUL finalizationEdit
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 be 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 hereEdit
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 |
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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 --~~~~ }} |
Making a request for your own accountEdit
For changing your username on one wiki:
Please include the following information in your request:
- the old username,
- the new username,
- please sign
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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 requestsEdit
Requests that need to be made in private should be sent using this direct wiki-email interface while logged-in.
Simple rename requestsEdit
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.
RubýnEdit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Rubýn (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: ýñ (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Warning: A username cannot begin with a lower-case letter: ýñ → Ýñ
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I try to name myself ýñ in whichever sites I am registered in that allow it (which aren't a lot, unfortunately). Knowing Wikimedia allows it, I'd like to make the change. Thanks!
Requests involving merges, usurps or other complicationsEdit
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 by renamer at least one month 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. |
SakshiiirawatEdit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Sakshiiirawat (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: sunmoonandstars987 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Warning: A username cannot begin with a lower-case letter: sunmoonandstars987 → Sunmoonandstars987
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I am using user id: sakshiiirawat on other social media platforms and want to protect my privacy.
I have been trying to change my username for the last 1-1.5 years but no luck as I am blocked on wikipedia. Please help. (Ticket#2023010810002652)
--Sakshiiirawat (talk) 18:28, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
- Note, this is related to ticket:2023010810002652. — xaosflux Talk 19:41, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
JguglielminEdit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Jguglielmin (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Tollens (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 change my username for privacy reasons. The target account has made a single edit in 2011, with no other activity.
--Jguglielmin (talk) 05:26, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
- On hold until 25 March 2023. Target also notified via mail. —MdsShakil (talk) 09:29, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
InternetProtokollaEdit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: InternetProtokolla (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Luuranko (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 tried to take over this username more than two months ago, but a newly created user cannot be given an already taken username. After failing, I changed my username to Henkiolento. So this is my alter and I am Henkiolento (former Internet Protokolla). I am requesting this username takeover for my alter because I created one to use on public computers and I would like to keep that Henkiolento username.
--InternetProtokolla (talk) 16:01, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
- I acknowledge that this is my alter. Henkiolento (talk) 16:03, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
- On hold until 4 April. I saw you already contacted the user previously, but I just sent them an email and a message on their talk page, so let's wait a month. Thanks! --Superpes15 (talk) 13:41, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
LukecodyEdit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Lukecody (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Aldair (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: Lukecody I don't like and Aldair is my real name (and I do like it). The target account has not made any edits since registering with eswiki in 2015. I was unblocked from Commons about a month ago and have no active block on any Wikimedia projects. I have really been waiting a long time to make this name change. I hope it can be done. Thanks.
- On hold until 4 April --Superpes15 (talk) 13:47, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
MetropolitanCitizenEdit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: MetropolitanCitizen (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Lamparter (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: MetropolitanCitizen is not used by me. I've changed my username to Lamparter across all the sites I use as it represents me better. In terms of usurpation, it seems that the currently registered account 'Lamparter' was registered in 2013 in the German (de.wikipedia.org) and as far as I can tell has not logged anything, nor edited any articles.
--MetropolitanCitizen (talk) 20:18, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
- On hold until 5 April --Superpes15 (talk) 11:25, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
KingbjelicaEdit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Kingbjelica (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Bjelica (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 want to change my username Kingbjelica to Bjelica, for a just simplification. The target account has not made any edits yet.--Kingbjelica (talk) 09:09, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
- On hold until 5 April 2023. Target also notified via mail. —MdsShakil (talk) 09:17, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
OzwowEdit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Ozwow (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: ^-^ (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: Current username is used on other platforms and I'd rather stay anonymous. User with requested username hasn't made any edits.
- Hi @MdsShakil and 1997kB:! Any thought oh this? If I try to register ^-^- (since ^-^ is already taken) I get a warning "Usernames must contain one or more characters". If i remember correctly, in the past we already renamed some user into a some punctuation marks, but I don't remember if there were even letters. Thanks and best regards :) Superpes15 (talk) 14:01, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
- @Superpes15 To my knowledge, the reason why registering only with punctuation is not allowed is to prevent confusion. If there are no other technical limitations, this request could be processed since there are multiple punctuations. —MdsShakil (talk) 13:26, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
- @Superpes15 Such usernames got registered when username requirements were less restrictive but since they are in place now, we shouldn't allow any new names that the software normally disallow. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 23:45, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
Q288Edit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Q288 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Q28 (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: 经过私下沟通,Q28允许通过将自己的名字改为q8,来让我使用他的名字。不过他在中文维基百科内封禁了,所以我不清楚能不能完成。
Q28Edit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Q28 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Q8 (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: See #Q288.
- Comment:Q8 仅在英文维基百科上有账户,并且他未做出编辑。 Q288 (talk) 00:14, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
- 我确认更名。 Q28 (talk) 00:19, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
- Oppose The user has been blocked in Chinese Wikipedia until July 2024 due to multiple reasons, in one of his/hers appeals mentions that if he/she being blocked in another wiki his/her account may be global locked. One of his/her quote in the appeal:
…又因为如果在超过两个维基媒体项目被无限期封禁,就会被全域封禁的原因才过来道歉的。
- Oppose The user has been blocked in Chinese Wikipedia until July 2024 due to multiple reasons, in one of his/hers appeals mentions that if he/she being blocked in another wiki his/her account may be global locked. One of his/her quote in the appeal:
Also, the user had been renamed twice before this request. 132.234.229.76 03:55, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
EliasbizannesEdit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Eliasbizannes (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Biz (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 use a name that is not my full real name. "Biz" is a Japanese Wikipedia user with only two edits in 2015. The global name reserved is presumably for them. This has prevented me from registering it despite being available in the English Wikipedia.
Eliasbizannes (talk) 01:13, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
- On hold until 16 April --Superpes15 (talk) 13:56, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
EpicPupperEdit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: EpicPupper (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Frostly (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: Preferred username, shorter, one word, etc. Current user has 1 undeleted edit under the threshold of originality; previous precedent appears to support usurps for users with a small number of edits. Thank you in advance. EpicPupper (talk) 22:14, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
- On hold until 21 April. Target also notified via mail. --Superpes15 (talk) 21:15, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
Michelle JazminEdit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Michelle Jazmin (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Jupiteriana (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 created my account when I was a teenager and used my real name. I'd like to have an anonymous username to protect my privacy.
--Michelle Jazmin (talk) 05:12, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
See alsoEdit
Archives:
- for this page: Category:Steward requests archive/Username changes
- for the former "Steward requests/SUL requests" page:
- 2008: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12.
- 2009: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12.
- 2010: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12.
- 2011: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12.
- 2012: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12.
- 2013: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12.
- 2014: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07.
- for username changes
- 2014: 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12.
- 2015: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2016: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2017: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2018: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2019: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2020: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2021: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2022: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2023: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
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