Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple

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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.

Jonathan → Titanium dioxide

Current name: Jonathan (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Titanium dioxide (rename user)
Reason: Privacy reasons, and I'm joining the chemical user name family. Thanks! Jonathan ^(T•@•C) 02:18, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This would be the users second rename, and conventionally the last one. It would be wise to make sure you are totally sure before doing this, as it will probably not happen again. Soleil (talk) 02:28, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Hi Jonathan, as Soleil says we don't like to keep renaming people as it puts a certain strain on the database. You were renamed to a name likely to be pretty popular a few months ago, are you sure you want to be renamed again so soon? If so be certain that this is the username you really want (rather than just a passing fashion) as you'd probably find it pretty hard to find a crat willing to rename you again. WjBscribe 02:34, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fine, i guess. Jonathan (talk) 03:19, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Do you still want us to do it? Secretlondon (talk) 21:48, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No thanks. —Jonathan 02:41, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done - request withdrawn. WjBscribe 12:52, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

CURRENT → NEW

Current name: CURRENT (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: NEW (rename user)
Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Fikrog (talk) 22:30, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: What you you like to be renamed to? WjBscribe 02:33, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done - more than a week without clarification from requestor. WjBscribe 00:51, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jamais cascio → Jamais Cascio

Current name: Jamais cascio (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Jamais Cascio (rename user)
Reason: proper capitalization of my last name. 64.142.27.194 (talk) 17:22, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: All requests need to be made by the account to be renamed; this request was made by 64.142.27.19 (talk · contribs). Please log in and confirm this request. WjBscribe 17:23, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

F3nr15 → F3nr15

Current name: F3nr15 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: F3nr15 (rename user)
Reason: Incorrect upper case for first letter F in username. I use the name with a lower case f generally on the web, and would like to continue to use the correct case in Wikipedia. Thank you!. F3nr15 (talk) 06:11, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: MediaWiki software conflicts with your username - you cannot have a username starting in lowercase due to technical limitations. -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 08:09, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done - usernames must start with an uppercase letter. WjBscribe 00:52, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cmsoma → Conrad E Msoma

Current name: Cmsoma (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Conrad E Msoma (rename user)
Reason: change of my name. Cmsoma (talk) 12:06, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: are you here to contribute to the encyclopedia? So far your only contribution seems to be writing about yourself at User:Conrad E Msoma. WjBscribe 02:17, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Chrisranders → Cranders

Current name: Chrisranders (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Cranders (rename user)
Reason: This is the new name of my page. visit Chris aka cranders vukoffeestain.blogspot.com (talk) 05:19, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Remove the redirect and stop spamming us via the userpage, please. -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 08:38, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How is he “spamming us via the userpage”? Jon Harald Søby (talk) 10:44, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He's trying to advertise his blog? Secretlondon (talk) 20:51, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

His history and sig suggest he is planning to use his UP to spam his blog, and he has adopted the userpage of the target username as his "official wiki". Further, he has only edited his own userpage. -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 05:36, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Cranders is already taken and has edits. WODUP 05:51, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. WjBscribe 00:53, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gangleri → לערי ריינהארט

Current name: Gangleri (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: לערי ריינהארט (rename user)
Reason: yi:יידישע וויקיפעדיע#לערי_ריינהארט
IRC gangleri,isnick

Clerk note: Usernames with non-latin characters are difficult to understand and your reason for the name change is unreadalbe because it is not written in english. Please provide an english reason for your request Alexfusco5 23:42, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The link yi:יידישע וויקיפעדיע#לערי_ריינהארט links to a project of the Wikimedia Foundation the Yiddish Wikipedia.

The section points to « לערי ריינהארט » ; the transcription is « lɛʁi ʁɑjnhɑʁt » ; That's me.

Best regards

‫·‏לערי ריינהארט‏·‏T‏·‏m‏:‏Th‏·‏T‏·‏email me‏·‏‬ 00:01, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: If your name is changed here (Which I assume it will be per Unified Login), could you redirect its English equivalent to your userpage to minimize confusion and make it easier for users to contact you? -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 01:21, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see what any issue would be here. He wants the name “לערי ריינהארט” - it‘s a simple copy-paste. And redirects are created automatically during renames, so unless you delete them when renaming, that’s a non-issue. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 10:53, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: I'm conscious that renames to non-latin usernames have been declined in the past - see [1], [2] - and a related discussion at the Bureaucrat noticeboard. I'm a little reluctant to unilaterally change the approach to these and find Cecropia's argument quite persuasive. Given the inconvenience likely to be caused to other users, are renames to non-latin names desirable? WjBscribe 18:59, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I generally agree with you. The only counter argument is single user login which may or may not happen. Secretlondon (talk) 20:52, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have no objection to this. Unicode fonts are daily more common; copy-and-paste is easy enough. Surely Gangleri will be considerate enough to make the transliteration clear (perhaps in a signature or some such). This is a hard-working and longtime contributor who might just as well have registered his username in Hebrew to begin with (new usernames, contradictorily, are allowed to contain non-Latin characters). Refusing to change his name now seems purposelessly punitive. — Dan | talk 08:02, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tebepizdetssuka → ALFAgru<vodka>

Current name: Tebepizdetssuka (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: <span title="Listuser: ALFAgru<vodka>, limit=1">ALFAgru<vodka> (rename user)
Reason: Some russians may have been offended by my previous name. Tebepizdetssuka (talk) 15:46, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Doesn't look like the software will accept the use of the characters "<" and ">" - the rename interface wouldn't perform the change. Please choose an alternative name to be renamed to. WjBscribe 02:12, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done - user chose an alternative name and has been renamed. WjBscribe 01:00, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

YumYumCummings → HSMman

Current name: YumYumCummings (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: HSMman (rename user)
Reason: Reason for requested renaming.

Clerk note: All requests must be made while logged in to the account that will be renamed; this request was made by 67.87.225.29 (talk · contribs). Please log in to the account that is to be renamed and confirm this request. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexfusco5 (talk • contribs) 02:15, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done - (1) you weren't signed in when you requested the rename and (2) YumYumCummings (talk · contribs) has no edits so may as well just create a new account. WjBscribe 02:18, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can see something wrong with the username - it's sexual in nature ("Cum"). However, do we know YYC actually exists as a user? -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 10:20, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. WODUP 14:41, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cummings is a surname though. Whether they are using it as a felatio reference is another question. Secretlondon (talk) 00:26, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Miss Pussy Galore → Urban Rose

Current name: Miss Pussy Galore (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Urban Rose (rename user)
Reason: A user commented that my name is offensive so I'm requesting a change. Miss Pussy Galore (talk) 06:13, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Personally I think its a harmless James Bond reference -its a fairly mild innuendo given "pussy" is a common term for a cat. If you want to change it that's fine, but I'm not convinced it violates the username policy. WjBscribe 00:59, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Michael.parente → Michael Parente

Current name: Michael.parente (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Michael Parente (rename user)
Reason: For consistency. -Thanks! 75.197.118.74 (talk) 09:44, 17 December 2007 (UTC) MP (talk) 03:01, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Requests are to be made by the user wanting renaming; this request was filed by 75.197.118.74 (talk · contribs). Please log in and sign to confirm this request. -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 10:18, 17 December 2007 (UTC) Confirmed. -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 03:02, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done Secretlondon (talk) 03:19, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gemmamauro@gmail.com → londonparties.co.uk

Current name: Gemmamauro@gmail.com (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Londonparties.co.uk (rename user)
Reason: Please change my user name from gemmamauro@gmail.co.uk to londonparties.co.uk as i do not want people to see my email address. Gemmamauro@gmail.com (talk) 11:22, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Please specify a different username, as you may not want your email address to be shown (which is acceptable), however the username you have requested is promotional, thus violating the username policy; so please choose another name. Thanks, Qst 16:46, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Blocked as clearly only using WP for promotional reasons, all contributions promotional. Why didn't WP:UAA pick up on this - I didn't used to have to block these myself.. Secretlondon (talk) 00:34, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Secretlondon (talk) 00:34, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Eastcoastliving → East Coast Living

Current name: Eastcoastliving (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: East Coast Living (rename user)
Reason: the spaces look better. Eastcoastliving (talk) 14:48, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: This user appears to have a COI, as seen by their contribs; so this request may be declined. Qst 16:45, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done User blocked for coi and promotional username. Secretlondon (talk) 00:18, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Richland Internet → Diana76

Current name: Richland Internet (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Diana76 (rename user)
Reason: Name resembles a business type username. Richland Internet (talk) 15:17, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done However you still can't promote your internet businesses. Thanks. Secretlondon (talk) 00:36, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rajeevarya → Ram rejeev

Current name: Rajeevarya (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Ram rejeev (rename user)
Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Rajeevarya (talk) 16:43, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Moved from WP:CHU/U [3]. No reason provided, as Usurpation does not require one, so a bureaucrat may wish to overlook the empty reason field. Qst 16:43, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note:: Reason is bleedingly obvious and not needed.Secretlondon (talk) 00:28, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done Secretlondon (talk) 00:38, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

BicesterCommunityCollege → Bicester Community College

Current name: BicesterCommunityCollege (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Bicester Community College (rename user)
Reason: Reason for requested renaming. BicesterCommunityCollege (talk) 17:49, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Please 1) Provide a reason for requesting this rename 2) Choose another name, usernames are not allowed to be promotional, per Wikipedia's username policy. Qst 20:26, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: You don't need to provide a reason for obvious capitalisation issues, it's really obvious why they want a rename. However I've blocked for WP:COI, WP:ROLE, promotional and a bad case of WP:OWN. Secretlondon (talk) 00:28, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Secretlondon (talk) 00:28, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Abuyog academy → Abuyog Academy

Current name: Abuyog academy (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Abuyog Academy (rename user)
Reason: make it formal. Abuyog academy (talk) 21:16, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Accountvertisements are blocked on sight. -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 21:47, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Or they were, this is another one that I've had to block instead. What's going on with WP:UAA? Secretlondon (talk) 00:38, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done blocked. Secretlondon (talk) 00:38, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RayquazaDialgaWeird2210 → CrashStopperNo1415

Current name: RayquazaDialgaWeird2210 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: CrashStopperNo1415 (rename user)
Reason: When I log in, it wont work and I quadruple checked it, so if you can retrieve RayquazaDialgaWeird2210, I want to replace it with CrashStopperNo1415, please. 24.45.184.21 (talk) 23:42, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Renaming accounts does not change your password, and you need an email address set on your account for someone to attempt to do account recovery, if I recall correctly. -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 23:47, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: User's problem logging in seems to be resolved, RayquazaDialgaWeird2210 has edited today since after this request was made. Do you still want to change your account name? Please confirm this is you making the request. (I have left a note on User talk:RayquazaDialgaWeird2210) —Random832 18:07, 18 December 2007 (UTC) -- update: user has withdrawn this request. —Random832 21:38, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not done per above. WjBscribe 01:15, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WTF its Eamon → Its Eamon

Current name: WTF its Eamon (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Its Eamon (rename user)
Reason: I was banned for having "WTF" in my username. WTF its Eamon (talk) 04:06, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done though that seems rather a severe reading of the username policy to me... WjBscribe 12:38, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Is your name actually Eamon? -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 20:02, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: It's an Irish first name, the singer doesn't have a monopoly on it, and they haven't edited on anything to do with the singer. I'm also amazed that you can get blocked for WTF Secretlondon (talk) 00:50, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: I am well aware of that, but the username policy does state that unless you actually have that as your name, you cannot have the name of a well-known living person. I was going to suggest that he tag his userpage with something to that effect, that's all. I've rephrased my note. -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 00:54, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think pop stars can have a veto over common first names, if they had the first name and surname of a celebrity then maybe. Secretlondon (talk) 01:01, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Frankrynne → Opiumjones 23

Current name: Frankrynne (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Opium Jones 23 (rename user)
Reason: BLP privacy stalking 'real life too'. opiumjones 23 (talk) 06:09, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: You understand that a record of the rename will be entered into the rename log, which is a little obscure but publicly viewable? Redirects from your own account could be deleted but (because block logs don't move on renaming) I would have to add an entry to the block log of your new account noting the previous blocks. Do you still want to be renamed? WjBscribe 12:48, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes pls change opiumjones 23 (talk) 14:51, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note:New account blocked for 1 second to keep link to old block log. You need to sort out the userpage stuff as you seemed to have been squatting the new name's userspace.Secretlondon (talk) 00:48, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done Secretlondon (talk) 00:48, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merci opiumjones 23 (talk) 01:00, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WelcomeUser → Thundermaster2

Current name: WelcomeUser (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Thundermaster2 (rename user)
Reason: I am using this an account for different edits now and am doing my welcoming on my regular account. Leave a message for me 09:00, 18 December 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 Thundermaster (talk · contribs). Please log in to the account that is to be renamed and confirm this request. (Note, though, that Thundermaster created the account WelcomeUser, and it is a verified alternate account. I've left a note on Thundermaster's talk page in any case.) —Random832 18:26, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done - the user creation log entry is adequate to confirm the link between these accounts. WjBscribe 01:14, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

MKnight9989 → AtTheAbyss

Current name: MKnight9989 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: AtTheAbyss (rename user)
Reason: This account was created by my brother quite a while back. He hasn't used this account in over a year, and I've been the sole user of it in that time period. As such, I would like to change the name. He has given me permission to do so. --MKnight 9989 14:16, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done -- Andre (talk) 22:00, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

TheAlleyTheatre → LaurenPelletier218

Current name: TheAlleyTheatre (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: LaurenPelletier218 (rename user)
Reason: The original request above was made by the oringal account user. Is there some other way I need to confirm this? TheAlleyTheatre (talk) 15:58, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: No, everything's in order. -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 23:45, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done Secretlondon (talk) 00:52, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An authorotative source → An authoritative source

Current name: An authorotative source (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: An authoritative source (rename user)
Reason: Misspelling. An authorotative source (talk) 18:33, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done -- Andre (talk) 21:58, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cheesesoda → Andreworkney

Current name: Cheesesoda (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Andreworkney (rename user)
Reason: The current username is a bit vague: I would prefer one with my first name in it. Cheesesoda (talk) 20:16, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done -- Andre (talk) 21:58, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SquidInk → SquidInc

Current name: Squidink (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: SquidInc (rename user)
Reason: For consistency's sake, as I have chosen to alter the pseudonym permanently and universally. _SquidInk (talk) 22:58, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done Secretlondon (talk) 00:55, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DerMac → MTLskyline

Current name: DerMac (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: MTLskyline (rename user)
Reason: DerMac is too similar to my real name. I use MTLskyline on other websites and would like to streamline it here. Thanks. DerMac (talk) 23:33, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done Secretlondon (talk) 00:59, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Elementcode → Element Code

Current name: Elementcode (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Element Code (rename user)
Reason: You don't utilize a display name separate from user name and I want to be known as Element Code no elementcode. Elementcode (talk) 13:48, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]