Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple

For stewards, global renamers, and clerks
	Notice to renamers Please remember to check Special:CentralAuth to see if an account is subject to blocks on another project before renaming.; Please install User:Enterprisey/rename-reason-fixer to auto populate permalink for rename reason.; For a list of response templates, see Template:CHU/doc.;

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Simple username changes

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This page hosts simple requests for a username change across the Wikimedia network. Requests are processed by stewards and global renamers.

Instructions

Read Wikipedia:Changing username carefully. You must be aware of and understand all the implications of changing your username. Specifically:
- Your name will be changed to the new one in the page history of every page you've edited, and in all log entries.
- Your user pages, account preferences, and edits will be moved to the new name. Please do not create a new account or attempt to move them yourself.
- Links left by your previous signatures will still point to the old userpage; however, a redirect will be created pointing to your new userpage.
- Understand that using your real name as your username may put you at risk of harassment.
Read the username policy and ensure your new name does not violate it. Usernames must not:
- be inappropriate, profane, or offensive
- contain libelous, contentious, or non-public information
- be misleading by impersonating other users or implying that you have authority
- be the name of a company, organization, group; or imply that the account is shared with multiple people
- contain emoji, emoticons, or non-language symbols
- contain the # < > [ ] | { } / @ : = characters, among other restrictions
Check that your new username is not already in use by searching for it on Special:CentralAuth. If the name is registered, even on another Wikimedia project, it is taken.
If the target name hasn't made any edits to any Wikimedia project, you may request usurpation at meta:Steward requests/Username changes.
Log in with your current username. Requests will not be approved if the requester is not logged in.
Place your request here.
- Add your desired username after NEW=.
- Add a reason for the change after REASON=. Requests without a valid reason will not be approved.
- Do not change anything else.
Select Publish changes.
Check back on this page periodically to answer any inquiries regarding your request. Consider watching the page so you can monitor updates. Requests may be closed if there are unresolved queries.

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

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

Current requests

Add new requests to the bottom of the page.

MaxViper → MoneyMantra

Current name: MaxViper (talk • contribs)
Requested name: MoneyMantra (change username)
Reason: To revealing of my identity and email address.

How is your email id revealed? =Nichalp «Talk»= 16:14, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If they told you that would that not reveal it more? At a guess, their username may be part of their current e-mail addy? Englishrose 22:30, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Firefoxman → FireFoxMan

Current name: Firefoxman (talk • contribs)
Requested name: FireFoxMan (change username)
Reason: This way my name will be consistant with other wikis that use CamelCase. Plus, I think it looks better that way. ffm ✎talk 19:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. There's a User:FireFox as you mention on your user page. There's also the bit of the Username policy that says "..Match the name or trademark of a well-known company or group (especially if the user promotes it), unless the name is generic and could reasonably refer to something else.". I believe that both of you are referring to Mozilla Firefox, the web browser and therefore if that's not allowed, neither of you should be allowed. However as there is the similarity too - I'm not going to rename you to look slightly more similar. However I don't think I'm going to ask you to rename yourself either (unless people have strong feelings). At a brief glance you don't appear to editing articles that relate to Mozilla. Secretlondon 15:24, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Asteinhauser → AnnieRose

Current name: Asteinhauser (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: AnnieRose (change username)
Reason: I would rather not include my last name in my username. Thank you. Annie 03:43, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: The requested username is already registered; see Special:CentralAuth. Please choose another name which is not already in use. WjBscribe 12:36, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: This user has changed their request and now the requested username is available. --Nick—^Contact/_Contribs 14:28, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

L141414 → L04

Current name: L141414 (talk • contribs)
Requested name: L04 (change username)
Reason: It is a real pain to have to type in "141414" every time. L141414 23:41, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done I'm not going to rename you as you have very few edits and they are mostly vandalism - blanking talk pages etc. Secretlondon 17:07, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reason #2: I have, though reported B1029 and BLhalo for being sock puppets of a sock puppeteer.--L141414 14:08, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

IanTheMacFan → Ian01

Current name: IanTheMacFan (talk • contribs)
Requested name: Ian01 (change username)
Reason: I want my username changed because I don't use it anymore on other sites. I use Ian01 on most sites. I checked that it's not on Special:Listusers, but I don't know if that's reliable because IanTheMacFan isn't listed... IanTheMacFan 23:49, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The logs say it exists which you can get by clicking on the name. this says it was created on 09:59, 10 April 2006. It meets the criteria for usurption as it hasn't made any edits. You can apply on the usurption page. Secretlondon 00:01, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done You need to either come up with a new name or apply for usurption. Secretlondon 11:29, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wil.holmes → Jeff Holmes

Current name: Wil.holmes (talk • contribs)
Requested name: Jeff Holmes (change username)
Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Jeff Holmes 12:08, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Reason for renaming is that current user name does not reflect the article accurately.

Not done It's not an article it's your userpage. I can see you are trying to use your userpage as an article about yourself. I suggest you look at Wikipedia:Userpage and Wikipedia:Autobiography for more details. Secretlondon 12:26, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Dpcelestine → Dustin Celestine

Current name: Dpcelestine (talk • contribs)
Requested name: Dustin Celestine (change username)
Reason: Reason: hard for visitors to locate.

Not done Your userpage is not a suitable place for an article about yourself. Secretlondon 20:13, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thatguy69 → Drunkenmonkey

Current name: Thatguy69 (talk • contribs)
Requested name: Drunkenmonkey (change username)
Reason: Making usernames the same for all forums/sites I use for easy remembering, also current name I feel is rather childish now. Thatguy69 23:19, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: The requested username is already registered; see Special:CentralAuth. However, as this requested account has made no edits, it meets the criteria for being usurped; if you are an established user and wish to usurp it, please read and follow the process at m:Steward requests/Username changes. If you do not wish to usurp the username, please choose another name to be renamed to. WjBscribe 23:21, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Askedoffer → Stormydaniels

Current name: Askedoffer (talk •contribs)
Requested name: Stormydaniels (change username)
Reason: Feels better. —Askedoffer (talk) 08:52, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: All requests must be made while logged in to the account that will be renamed; this request was made by Fjykbgv (talk · contribs). Please log in to the account that is to be renamed and confirm this request. Not entirely sure what's going on here... WjBscribe 04:38, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Askedoffer has precisely no edits. Secretlondon 08:00, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cezar theScribe → Cezar The Scribe

Current name: Cezar theScribe (talk • contribs)
Requested name: Cezar The Scribe (change username)
Reason: I forgot to

> hit the space bar. 63.3.9.129 03:57, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: All requests must be made while logged in to the account that will be renamed; this request was made by 63.3.9.129 (talk · contribs). Please log in to the account that is to be renamed and confirm this request. WjBscribe 04:26, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reever2 → RichyBoy123

Current name: Reever2 (talk • contribs)
Requested name: RichyBoy (change username)
Reason: I would prefer to have my account completely deleted- however a change in name would be good cheers. Reever2 10:26, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: The requested username is already registered; see Special:CentralAuth. Please choose another name which is not already in use. WjBscribe 11:21, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok RickyBoy123 please. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Reever2 (talk • contribs) 12:52, 26 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

That name is not taken- adding a new template below. WjBscribe 16:04, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Current name: Reever2 (talk • contribs)
Requested name: RichyBoy123 (change username)

As you have a (minor) block history I'm going to leave this for the moment. Secretlondon 01:16, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

CURRENT.Grammer → NEW.Grammar

Current name: CURRENT.Grammer (talk • contribs)
Requested name: NEW.Grammar (change username)
Reason: Wrong spelling of word. Staffwaterboy 17:03, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: All requests must be made while logged in to the account that will be renamed; this request was made by Staffwaterboy (talk · contribs). Please log in to the account that is to be renamed and confirm this request. Not sure what's going on here- the template is wrong and the rename has been requested by a completely different account... WjBscribe 22:52, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am making a grammar bot for wikiStaffwaterboy 00:46, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You need to be logged in to that account (ie User:CURRENT.Grammer) to request a change. We also like bots to have usernames ending in -bot. I also don't see how a grammar bot would work and people are generally against automated spelling bots. Secretlondon 01:04, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is a User:Grammer (who isn't you) and a User:Grammar who doesn't meet the criteria for usurption. Secretlondon 01:06, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Your bot seems to be at User:Grammerbot which presumably you want moving to User:Grammarbot. However I am not going to do so as:

We will never approve a bot for something as complicated as English grammar.

I don't have confidence that you could write a good bot anyway. You couldn't even get this template right.

So - Not done Secretlondon 01:13, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedian64 → Game-uh Cube

Current name: Wikipedian64 (talk • contribs)
Requested name: Game-uh Cube (change username)
Reason: Well, my current name is actually against Wikipedia policies, and I was warned for it, and this username I think is better, because Wikipedian64 doesn't really mean anything. Wikipedian64 22:53, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

By moving your userpages to the requested name you've just made things confusing and not actually changed your username. User:Game-uh Cube is still in breach of the username policy as it clearly refers to Game Cube and your username must not "Match the name of a well-known company or group". Could you come up with something else? Secretlondon 01:52, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Grammerbot → Grandmotherbot

Current name: Grammerbot (talk • contribs)
Requested name: Grammarbot (change username)
Reason: Spelled grammar wrong trying to correct. Grammerbot 12:44, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: The requested username is already registered; see Special:CentralAuth. Please choose another name which is not already in use. WjBscribe 14:10, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

grammarpolicebot or Grandmotherbot —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Grammerbot (talk • contribs).

OK, well "policebot" sounds a bit official so "Grandmotherbot"? I'll add the template below. WjBscribe 17:29, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Current name: Grammerbot (talk • contribs)
Requested name: Grandmotherbot (change username)

What is this bot for? We are not approving a bot for the auto correction of English grammar, as I said before. We don't even approve bots for the auto correction of English spelling. Secretlondon 02:35, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Valentine mayurov → Valentine Mayurov

Current name: Valentine mayurov (talk • contribs)
Requested name: Valentine Mayurov (change username)
Reason: Incorrect last name spelling. Valentine Mayurov 12:47, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Done Secretlondon 23:33, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Evilclown93 → Evilclown93

Current name: Evilclown93 (talk • contribs)
Note: Even though the names look identical, I'm actually registered as evilclown93, and trying to see whether it can be officially Evilclown93. Evilclown93 17:07, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Requested name: Evilclown93 (change username)
Reason: When I registered my name, I didn't capitalise it. Even though it is automatically capitalised by Wikipedia, if you look, for example, at my editcount page, it is not capitalised. I contacted a bureaucrat a few weeks back (Nichalp), and he suggested that I try to file a request to see what the function can do. I prefer my name to be capitalised. Thanks in advance. Evilclown93 17:05, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done The tools don't co-operate, alas. It changes the capitalisation on the form so that I rename from Evilclown to Evilclown - and hence don't do anything. Sorry. Secretlondon 23:39, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Robinkarson → Lillianwhitney

Current name: Robinkarson (talk • contribs)
Requested name: Lillianwhitney (change username)
Reason: I am new to Wikipedia, and I didn't realize that so many others would be able to see my user name. I prefer more anonymity. Robinkarson 20:31, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I note you've only really edited an article about someone who has the same surname as yourself - Max Karson. Secretlondon 23:44, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jesussave → Jody Ann

Current name: Jesussave (talk • contribs)
Block log: Jesussave
Requested name: Jody Ann (change username)
Reason: hey my user name is jesussave and i was told to change, so i want my username to be jody ann this is my real name and i dont have prolem using.

Clerk note: The above request was added by the account requesting the rename [1]. I have reformated it to use the correct template. WjBscribe 00:56, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done Secretlondon 23:45, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aflusche → Andrew Flusche

Current name: Aflusche (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Andrew Flusche (change username)
Reason: I would like my username to be my real name, so people can readily identify me. Aflusche 04:07, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm concerned about self promotion as your only edits to the encyclopedia have been in that area. Secretlondon 23:52, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Luctor IV → Luctor

Current name: Luctor IV (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Luctor (change username)
Reason: The EN-Wiki is the only wiki where I still use the IV suffix. At every other wiki I'm known as Luctor. L u c t o r 14:02, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: The requested username is already registered; see Special:CentralAuth. Please choose another name which is not already in use. --Nick—^Contact/_Contribs 14:22, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Headlouse → Cat Cubed

Current name: Headlouse (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Cat Cubed (change username)
Reason: I'm changing most of my online accounts over to reflect my new online identity and blog. Headlouse 17:47, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done Secretlondon 23:56, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mdevilz → Misilot

Current name: Mdevilz (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Misilot (change username)
Reason: No longer use Mdevilz on sites, and I use misilot for everything else. Mdevilz 18:54, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done Secretlondon 23:58, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

JGwriter → D13399

Current name: JGwriter (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: D13399 (change username)
Reason: i prefer numbers to name. JGwriter 20:10, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why are you trying to delete your userpage? Secretlondon 00:02, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No longer using wiki —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JGwriter (talk • contribs) 00:13, 29 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Rtucker → RTucker

Current name: Rtucker (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: RTucker (change username)
Reason: Capitalizing the first letter of my last name for stylizing reasons. Total vanity. If it's a PITA at all to fix, please deny this request. Rtucker 21:38, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done Secretlondon 00:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

1ne → 1

Current name: 1ne (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: 1 (change username)
Reason: Old username with no edits. User:Bud4scoob appears to have claimed it, but he also tried claiming B in the past, so I'm asking for an usurpation. 1ne 04:22, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ronald20 → Ronald Molina

Current name: Ronald20 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Ronald Molina (change username)
Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Ronald20 04:22, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Elitegeek → Cyberpear

Current name: Elitegeek (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Cyberpear (change username)
Reason: I didn't want to create a new account, and my old name was silly Elitegeek 04:32, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]