Steward requests/Username changes
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)
--~~~~
}}
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 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
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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 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, 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. |
YG01 edit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: YG01 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: YG1 (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: Hello, the account named YG1 was created in 2013 and has not been edited since then. So I would like to use YG1 if possible, thank you! YG01 (talk) 12:32, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
- On hold until 20 April 2024, also notified via email. – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:11, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
IAzyn edit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: IAzyn (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Azyn (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: This change is purely a personal preference thing, I will happily edit away regardless of whether this is granted or not. Checking global user search, I can see that Azyn is a user created on 20:43, 16 March 2015 and based in the Spanish Wiki. There have been 0 edits over 9 years. Thanks for the consideration!
- On hold until 20 April 2024. – DreamRimmer (talk) 15:55, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
Yusuf Sa'adu edit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Yusuf Sa'adu (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Mahuta (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 to my nickname, I'm using my full name currently.)
- On hold until 22 March 2024 -J. Ansari Talk 06:01, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
- @J ansari, This request should be placed On hold until 20 April 2024, which is 30 days from the notification date. Also, since you didn’t send any notification message to the target user, I have done it for you. – DreamRimmer (talk) 10:30, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
- Also notified via email. – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:08, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
- @J ansari, This request should be placed On hold until 20 April 2024, which is 30 days from the notification date. Also, since you didn’t send any notification message to the target user, I have done it for you. – DreamRimmer (talk) 10:30, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
Schrödinger's jellyfish edit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Schrödinger's jellyfish (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Jellyfish (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: User Jellyfish made 13 edits to the Japanese Wikipedia in 2006 (see ja:特別:投稿記録/Jellyfish. This would not cause any confusion with en:Special:Contributions/Jellyfish~enwiki, who has not edited since 2005. I'm also tired of typing out the "ö" in my name. I'd just like to simplify my username - not a huge deal if this can't happen. I am unsure how to message the user due to the the language barrier. Thanks!
- On hold until 23 April 2024. Target also notified via email. —MdsShakil (talk) 09:05, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
Creepee0 edit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Creepee0 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Creepee (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: Self-explanatory.
- On hold until 26 April 2024. --TenWhile6 (talk | SWMT) 08:22, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
New QBA bot edit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: New QBA bot (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: EyeBot (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: Hello! I would like to usurp the name "EyeBot", which is quite fitting for my new antivandal bot. An account with this name was registered in 2008, but has zero edits. Thanks in advance! P.S.: Please note that this request is for my bot account (User:New QBA bot) and not for my main account.
- On hold until 30 April 2024. --❄️Mykola❄️ 18:16, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Sejanko edit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Sejanko (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Yanchii (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: Username did 0 changes and is inactive for long time. I did many contributions, most of them on Slovak Wikipedia since 2012. My old username was created when I was 11 years old and used on multiple sites, but in Slovak language it may sound childish. Because of this I am changing it everywhere where it is possible to Yanchii. If you will agree with changing it, I thank you in advance.
- On hold until 1 May 2024. – DreamRimmer (talk) 11:16, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
OrcaLord edit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: OrcaLord (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Orca (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: The current user Orca was registered like 9 years ago with 8 total edits (half of which are their own user page and all of which are from 2004-2005), completely inactive. I want this username because it sounds simpler and having "lord" in my name sounds kinda cringe.
- On hold until 2 May 2024. – DreamRimmer (talk) 03:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Toramaru edit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Toramaru (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Tagiru (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: Personal preference and I want a (slightly) shorter username.
- On hold until 6 May 2024. --TenWhile6 (talk | SWMT) 13:52, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Contributers2020 edit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Contributers2020 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Contributor2020 (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: On 9th January of this year, a user had notified me about my username not adhering to the username policy since I had an "s" after "Contributer". Plus, I always wanted to correct my spelling mistake which I did when signing up. The target user has 1 edit on [en.wiktionary.org] on 25th March 2020, and have not edited any other projects thereafter.
--Contributers2020Talk to me here 02:24, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
- On hold until 13 May, 2024. ~ Yahya (talk • contribs) 05:25, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
Ennuified edit
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Ennuified (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Hands (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: The current user was registered on ZH wikipedia in 2008 and only has a handful of edits from early 2010 that are entirely talk pages with no other significant edits or activity on any projects since that I can see. It was associated with the Hands global account in March 2015 but that appears have been automated by a maintenance script not user action. Hands has been my regular internet handle for 15+ years and I'd like to keep my original wikipedia account history/age but start contributing more under the proposed name (in the past most of the time I haven't bothered to log in as most of my edits are small grammar fixes). Apologies if this doesn't meet the criteria for usurpation or I posted this request in the wrong place!
See also edit
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
- 2024: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
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