Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple

For stewards, global renamers, and clerks
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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.

Condix → Chokar

Current name: Condix (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Chokar (rename user)
Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Condix 20:57, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Please provide a reason for being renamed. Cheers, Lights (♣ • ♦) 21:41, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Robertblom → Casper2007

Current name: Robertblom (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Casper2007 (rename user)
Reason: Teveelgebruikt. 145.53.2.169 21:17, 7 October 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 145.53.2.169 (talk · contribs). Please log in to the account that is to be renamed and confirm this request.. --Hirohisat ^紅葉 21:20, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ozoroski → Tozoro

Current name: Ozoroski (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Tozoro (rename user)
Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Ozoroski 21:38, 7 October 2007 (UTC)anonymity[reply]

Clerk note: Please add a reason for the renaming. jonathan (talk — contribs) 22:42, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stephenmatthew → Stephen matthew

Current name: Stephenmatthew (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Stephen Matthew (rename user)
Reason: i omitted the space by accident. Stephenmatthew 16:45, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: The desired name (after the arrow) varies from the one under requested username. Please specify if you wish capitals. Onnaghar talk.review 16:50, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Michealyo → MICHAELYO

Current name: Micealyo (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: MICHAELYO (rename user)
Reason: I spelled my name wrong. Michealyo 19:21, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Do you want your username in all capitals? It seems that you put your current name all capitals and wasn't your real one. --Hirohisat ^紅葉 02:02, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A.shteiman → א.שטיימן

Current name: A.shteiman (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: א.שטיימן (rename user)
Reason: unity with my other acounts on wikimedia projects תחי מדינת ישראל 11:19, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Username policv states:

Users with non-Latin usernames are welcome to edit in Wikipedia. However, scripts of non-Latin languages (such as Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Japanese and others) are illegible to most other contributors of the English Wikipedia. As a courtesy to the rest of the contributors, users with such usernames are encouraged to help them navigate by means of Latin signatures, Latin user redirects, and an explanation on their userpage.

This is English language Wikipedia, and non-Latin usernames are unreadable, unwritable and unpronounceable to most participants here. I respectfully suggest you register your Hebrew username separately and redirect to your Latin character username or vice-versa, and include the Latin character transceiption in your sig. -- Cecropia 19:09, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

BurnMuffin142 → RatedRestricted

Current name: BurnMuffin142 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: RatedRestricted (rename user)
Reason: More vandalism, continual, annoying. Directly towards me and my user/talk pages. Thank you. BurnMuffin ^{Word, bro.} 02:50, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: ~~Umm...do you want Rated_R or RatedRestricted? --Hirohisat ^紅葉 05:17, 13 October 2007 (UTC)~~ Problem fixed. --Hirohisat ^紅葉 05:29, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done -- Cecropia 18:12, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Troll Refaim → טרול רפאים

Current name: Troll Refaim (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: טרול רפאים (rename user)
Reason: As my main user name (Hebrew Wikipedia) Troll Refaim 06:38, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: - Unfortunately, users aren't allowed to have non-latin names per the username policy. Please choose another. Rudget _{Editor Review} 12:03, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, actually, that explicitly isn't prohibeted, because of the expected move to unified login. SamBC(talk) 16:14, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Username policv states:

Users with non-Latin usernames are welcome to edit in Wikipedia. However, scripts of non-Latin languages (such as Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Japanese and others) are illegible to most other contributors of the English Wikipedia. As a courtesy to the rest of the contributors, users with such usernames are encouraged to help them navigate by means of Latin signatures, Latin user redirects, and an explanation on their userpage.

This is English language Wikipedia, and non-Latin usernames are unreadable, unwritable and unpronounceable to most participants here. I respectfully suggest you register your Hebrew username separately and redirect to your Latin character username or vice-versa, and include the Latin character transcription in your sig. -- Cecropia 16:34, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That quoted passage actually says to use latin signatures and userpage redirects - it emphatically does not prohibit the usernames themselves. Users are allowed to create accounts with nonlatin usernames, and such are pretty universally rejected (ie, not blocked) at WP:UAA. It seems strange to be stricter about username changes than we are about newly-created names. SamBC(talk) 19:44, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I really do hope this is reconsidered as you are hereby denying a username change that is clearly within policy. This maybe the english wikipedia, but we have the username policy for a reason, even the crats should follow that. Ryan Postlethwaite 19:48, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the single letter cabal had an user whose user name was just one chinese character. Where can I find more information about the unified login? A.Z. 02:23, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The editor is free to create an account with his Hebrew username, which he can then redirect to his latin-character username, or vice versa, as I already suggested. But know that it is disrespectful to the community to use a name that is meaningless to most. Other editors are entitled to know who they are dealing with, and a spate of non-Latin usernames simply creates a new class of anon, as it is difficult for others to separate any one such user from another. Though he can create a non-Latin username himself, I don't feel that I ought to facilitate this by a rename. If another bureaucrat (hopefully, an active one) does the change, so be it, but I think it is the wrong thing to do. -- Cecropia 14:13, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pmsakkas → P. M. Sakkas

Current name: Pmsakkas (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: P. M. Sakkas (rename user)
Reason: Consistensy with the name used in academic articles of mine. Pmsakkas 17:34, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done -- Cecropia 18:14, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sarah Jane Anastasia Silverman → TracyLinkEdnaVelmaPenny

Current name: Sarah Jane Anastasia Silverman (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: TracyLinkEdnaVelmaPenny (rename user)
Reason: It's my name on other places Sarah Jane Anastasia Silverman 18:18, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done -- Cecropia 02:46, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Overload-Ink → Blast Vortex

Current name: Overload-Ink (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Blast Vortex (rename user)
Reason: My original name was the basis for some homebrew games I am trying to develop. However, due to some circumstances outside of my control, I was forced to change this naming concept to something else - "Blast Vortex". I am also trying to consolidate my various nicknames into one or two monikers that I can keep better track of. "Blast Vortex" is the primary name for my personal website. If for whatever reason this name is already taken, I could also take a no-caps/no-spaces version of the same handle ("blastvortex"). Thanks in advance for your patience. Overload-Ink 18:46, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done -- Cecropia 18:18, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stuartmackie → Soccer-fan12345

Current name: Stuartmackie (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Soccerfan1 (rename user)
Reason: I wanted to change my username because i firstly did not want to use my real name and dont want other users to see my name. I also want it changed becuase it isn't to my liking and i did not realize the usernames would be shown. Stuartmackie 19:50, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: - Please specify if you wish Soccerfan1 or Soccer-fan12345. Rudget _{Contributions} 11:02, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done -- forgot to read the clerk note. If he hates the rename he can request againCecropia 18:19, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Arthurbaxter → Buddy

Current name: Arthurbaxter (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Buddy (rename user)
Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Arthurbaxter 21:00, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: The requested username is already registered; see Special:CentralAuth. Please choose another name which is not already in use. ( ar ky ) 22:38, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done -- see clerk note Cecropia 18:19, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A.A.J.S. → Kenshin

Current name: A.A.J.S. (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Kenshin (rename user)
Reason: A.A.J.S. is confused and I want to rename my username to Kenshin if it is possible. Kenshin has very nice meaning, and A.A.J.S. is just abbreviation. Also I want that all my usernames in wikipedias I often visit would be Kenshin. That's why I requested that. Kenshin 21:11, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: The requested username is already registered; see Special:CentralAuth. Please choose another name which is not already in use. ( ar ky ) 22:37, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

File a request at WP:CHU/U to usurp it. hbdragon88 00:24, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done -- see clerk note -- Cecropia 18:21, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sharz → Firewater101

Current name: Sharz (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Firewater101 (rename user)
Reason: Personal preferance, Thanks. Sharz 00:41, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done -- Cecropia 18:22, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Man of Sorrows → Michael Guarino

Current name: Man of Sorrows (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Michael Guarino (rename user)
Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Mr.BigNuts Productions 08:04, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Please provide a reason for renaming. Rudget _{Contributions} 11:01, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fmillioud → Junlebeat

Current name: Fmillioud (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Junlebeat (rename user)
Reason: i don't want to have my own name as a username. 62.203.227.224 13:44, 14 October 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 62.203.227.224 (talk · contribs). Please log in to the account that is to be renamed and confirm this request. Also, Fmillioud (talk · contribs) does not exist, see Special:Listusers. Cheers, Lights (♣ • ♦) 13:52, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DavidPM → David Peroff Michaud

Current name: DavidPM (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: David Peroff Michaud (rename user)
Reason: last name not compleatly spelled. DavidPM 14:09, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Joestella → Single16+Sections

Current name: Joestella (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Single16+Sections (rename user)
Reason: Renaming has already taken place as part of the right to vanish, however a number of true and false accusations of sockpuppetry retain reference to the old username, and on one occasion the old userpage was recreated, apparently maliciously, by an admin known to the user in real life. Request changing the sockpuppet accusation/findings pages to reflect change to username, and protecting them so they can't be changed back. (And if that isn't the business of this page, pointers on where to request this would be appreciated.) 125.255.9.231 18:31, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- note The new account has been blocked by some other admin because of the earlier right to vanish change. Hence not posting this while logged in. 125.255.9.231 18:44, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. As you don't actually want any accounts renamed, you would probably do better to raise this at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. WjBscribe 20:58, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Misha.grey@gmail.com → Gyrovagus

Current name: Misha.grey@gmail.com (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Gyrovagus (rename user)
Reason: current username violates current policy against email addresses 71.227.113.171 20:56, 14 October 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 71.227.113.171 (talk · contribs). Please log in to the account that is to be renamed and confirm this request. WjBscribe 20:59, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Striddybee → Bobwatkins

Current name: Striddybee (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Bobwatkins (rename user)
Reason: Would like to delete account if possible but if not please change username Striddybee 21:54, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Burnt Toast Newspaper → .:Burnt Toast:.

Current name: Burnt Toast Newspaper (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: .:Burnt Toast:. (rename user)
Reason: I like it more. -Linus and Cherri 00:05, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Pedrovsk → Pedroshin

Current name: Pedrovsk (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Pedroshin (rename user)
Reason: New nickname I use nowadays. Pedrovsk 02:02, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Matalababu → Blogeswar

Current name: Matalababu (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Blogeswar (rename user)
Reason: I want that name please no specific reason. Matalababu 03:43, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]