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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by VoABot (talk | contribs) at 09:01, 22 February 2008 (BOT - Adding dump of the the last undefined archived completed request(s).). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Robert Siow → Metzelder Siow

 Done -- Andre (talk) 07:08, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

War-ink → WAR-Ink

 Done. WjBscribe 09:59, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Selorm d → Selorm D

 Done. WjBscribe 20:19, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tabun1015 → Witan

 Done. WjBscribe 20:25, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hayward tenney → Hayward Tenney

 Clerk note: User made two identical requests; merged. —Random832 17:26, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done. WjBscribe 20:27, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bradsoroka → Brad Soroka

 Done. WjBscribe 20:28, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bmbks → Bruno.braga

 Done Redux (talk) 18:12, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bbyxreminisce →BByxReMiNiSCe

 Done But it was no accident. Our software "forces" the capitalization of the first letter. Redux (talk) 18:02, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

John.l.lee → John L. Lee

 Done Redux (talk) 00:11, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ShadowBot → ClanBot1

 Clerk note: Are you approved to run a bot? —Random832 21:05, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, that's why I said unused bot account, i'm not running an bot yet just setting up the account first. ClanCC (T / C) 00:09, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In addition, he is required to create the account and have it setup before he requests approval (that's actually the first step in the approval process). And the proximity with the username of the other existing bot is really best avoided. So  Done. Redux (talk) 00:29, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The-real-zeus → The-Real-ZEUS

 Bureaucrat note: You don't need a rename to address an appearance issue. You can simply alter your preferences, and every time you sign with tildes, your username will appear as you have specified there. Would that suffice to address your needs in this case? Redux (talk) 18:15, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Renames are a procedure that we only perform if necessary. Preferences are a much easier way to change the "appearance" of your username on Wikipedia. At the top of the page, where there are those links to your watchlist and your contributions, you will see one that reads "my preferences". When you click there, you will be taken to a page with several tabs. You don't even need to change tabs to do this. The tab you will be on will be "User Profile" tab. In it, you will see a field marked "signature". Yours should be empty. In it, you just type the appearance you want your username to have whenever you sign a comment — incidentally, I removed the boldface from your comment above, since it was unnecessary for this —. Then you save the change by clicking on the button marked "Save" at the bottom of the page. That's it. And this has the advantage that, should you change your mind about this in the future, you can make whatever changes to it that you want, whenever you want (but please do observe the limitations: they are in bold right underneath the signature field on the preferences page). Redux (talk) 23:59, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It's not the same. When you alter your preferences, your username stays the same (logs and any other system-generated identification of your account will still show your original username). When you set the preferences, you make it so that whenever you sign a comment using tildes, the automatic substitution replaces the tildes with whatever it was that you typed on the "signature" field on the Preferences page — many use this to provide customized links to their talk pages and even their contribution list whenever they sign a comment. When you see signatures that use different colors and provide several links, that's done in the Preferences page, since it would be too much work to link to all those things manually whenever signing a comment. Redux (talk) 01:18, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well thats not what i wanted to do,i want to change my username from The-real-zeus to The-Real-ZEUS ,whats the big deal? ,if i wanted to change my username to something that was rude or something ok i would understand why you wouldnt change it ,but whats the big deal in apearance wise ,does it cost you $$money$$ to change a name or something?? The- Real-ZEUS (talk) 02:02, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done. WjBscribe 02:07, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It's been carried out, so that is it. But you should note that it is our job to point out that a username change should be used only for relevant reasons. We do grant requests that are really simple adjustments in the username, but those usually involve more substantive changes, such as fixing typos during the account creation or removing and/or changing parts of the username. When people request, as you have done, a simple change of capitalization in a few letters, it is my job to point out that a satisfactry result can be achieved by setting the Preferences — it is also in the instructions above. That is not to say that we won't grant requests like yours, we do, and we have. But we need a good-enough reason, and you wrote that it just "looks better". Reasons why we set limits to this is that we need people to ask for a rename only if there is an appreciable need for it, and that is because renames add to the workload of both Clerks and Bureaucrats and they can, depending on the case, put a certain strain on our servers. Redux (talk) 02:25, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Guillaume.mallen → Guillaume Mallen

 Done. WjBscribe 01:58, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brandon Myers → Zeikcied

 Done. WjBscribe 01:58, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Paulpoole → Paul Poole

 Done. WjBscribe 08:28, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Careycrews → Carey Crews

 Bureaucrat note: Since this is a somewhat minor adjustment in the username, have you considered altering your preferences, so that when you sign using tildes your signature will show as you want, without the need to actually change the username itself? Redux (talk) 01:53, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:23, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fritz hagenquasher → Fritz Hagenquasher

 Clerk note: Filed request proper. -Jéské (Blah v^_^v) 08:44, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Bureaucrat note: Since this is a somewhat minor adjustment in the username, have you considered altering your preferences, so that when you sign using tildes your signature will show as you want, without the need to actually change the username itself? Redux (talk) 01:56, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:23, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Blue (Dark) → Dark-Green

 Clerk note: All requests must be made while logged in to the account that will be renamed; this request was made by 69.121.179.87 (talk · contribs). Please log in to the account that is to be renamed and confirm this request. —αlεx•mullεr 14:41, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, here to confirm. Sorry, I could have sworn I was logged in... wierd.Blue (Dark) (talk) 15:07, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:24, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cott12 → Sharnak

 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:34, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Paloma rodriguez carrington → Paloma Rodriguez Carrington

 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:25, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ilvil → Merrybrit

 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:25, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AguireTS → David Plum

 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:26, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Russkij → Andrijko Z.

 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:27, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Immortal23 → Immortal24

 Done, but I was unable to move your talk page due to the already existing one. Please contact me if you would like it deleted. -- Andre (talk) 17:28, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dutch Spoon → Silver Spoon

 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:28, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Smithexeter → Filton

 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:39, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Martynas_barzda → Martynas_Barzda

 Clerk note: Note that the MediaWiki software renders the underscore character in a username as a standard space. -Jéské (Blah v^_^v) 07:35, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:34, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Evelina.atanassova → Evelina.Atanassova

 Clerk note: All requests must be made while logged in to the account that will be renamed; this request was made by 69.111.19.168 (talk · contribs). Please log in to the account that is to be renamed and confirm this request. —αlεx•mullεr
 Done below -- Andre (talk) 17:31, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Amkoraiem → Koraiem

 Clerk note: Very similar to Koraim (talk · contribs · count), who happens to have no contribs. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 15:08, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done, a user page already exists and thus was not moved -- Andre (talk) 17:29, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ginadevettori → Gina DeVettori

 Clerk note: Filed request proper. -Jéské (Blah v^_^v) 07:34, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:30, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ysignal → EdBever

 Clerk note: Seems to have the same name on nl and de wikis as mentioned above. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 15:02, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:33, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Evelina.atanassova → Evelina.Atanassova

 Clerk note: Does not seem to exist on any other wikis. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 15:06, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:30, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dilettante07 → Snail9142

 Clerk note: Does not seem to exist (the rename username) on any other wikis. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 15:06, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:32, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nor-west jets → Domma27

 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:33, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AntiHomophobe → 123Pie

 Clerk note: User was blocked with {{username}} for the inappropriate username. He was unblocked so he could change his username to this. 123pie does not seem to exist in any other wikis. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 18:18, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done -- Andre (talk) 18:47, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GowsiPowsi → SE7

 Clerk note: Requested Username does not seem to exist on any other wikis. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 18:27, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done -- Andre (talk) 19:41, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Danaullman → DanaUllman

 Done. WjBscribe 03:05, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chozenangel → ChozenAngel

 Done. WjBscribe 03:05, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Turnersparrow → Blondiebrunette

 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:50, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bucs2004 → Audude08

 Clerk note: The requested name is not used on any other wikis. --123Pie (talk) 10:01, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:50, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mclean_tom → Tommclean

 Clerk note: The requested name is not used on any other wikis. --123Pie (talk) 10:00, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:50, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Andreas.ude → Andreas Ude

 Clerk note: The requested name is not used on any other wikis. --123Pie (talk) 09:58, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:50, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DestradoZero → DestradoTensai

 Clerk note: The requested name is not used on any other wikis. --123Pie (talk) 09:57, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:50, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aardvarkage → Gtony40404

fdgfdstg45gdsgjnfdgg (talk) 10:32, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done -- Andre (talk) 17:50, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sarang.shah → Sarangshah

 Clerk note: User was not logged in during request. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 16:07, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done per [1] -- Andre (talk) 17:48, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Freestyle nl → Emil

Done -- Andre (talk) 17:50, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Should this be noticable yet, if so I think it didn't work out. It seems to me that the url encoding on the 'rename user' link is not quite right. Shouldn't the url be http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Renameuser&reason=WP:CHU&oldusername=Freestyle_nl&newusername=Emil (with underscore in my username in stead of +) ? Freestyle 18:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done -- I thought it worked before, but now it seems that both names exist. Try another name, or file a request at WP:CHU/U to usurp the name. Andre (talk) 21:09, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kevin reel → Kevin Reel

 Done -- Andre (talk) 21:11, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jason Smith (Casey) → Jason Smith

 Clerk note: Requested Username is available. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 20:57, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done -- Andre (talk) 21:11, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Jason (talk, contributions) 21:16, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Daecaunt → Meganstewart87210

 Done -- Andre (talk) 00:11, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Toninielson → Toni Nielson

 Done -- Andre (talk) 00:11, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tomc229 → Bloom Dude

Tomc229 (talk) 00:44, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done -- Andre (talk) 00:45, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pain → 4v4l0n42

 Done -- Andre (talk) 18:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ssdev → Sapey

 Done -- Andre (talk) 18:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Powerarts → Rellabtoof

 Done -- Andre (talk) 18:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dan K → Electric Force

 Done -- Andre (talk) 18:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Eurbah → EUrbah

 Done -- Andre (talk) 00:11, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wpmoore → WPMoore

 Done -- Andre (talk) 18:11, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mervyn Wang → Franken Pimple

 Done. WjBscribe 18:58, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yoyololjkwtf → Yoyololjkwonderin

Just Register for a new account. You only have one edit besides this. CWii(Talk|Contribs) 14:22, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Renames are allowed regardless of edit count if (a) the change is stylistic or (b) the original name violates WP:U. -Jéské (v^_^v +2 Pen of Editing) 17:12, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done -- Andre (talk) 18:11, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proclaim trust → Proclaim Trust

 Done -- Andre (talk) 18:11, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Tina Woodward → Once an Addict

 Done. WjBscribe 18:56, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Danielmerriott → DanielMerriott

 Done -- Andre (talk) 18:12, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

77bcr77 → Cancelos

 Done. WjBscribe 18:55, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barryasaturday → Barry.A.Saturday

 Done -- Andre (talk) 18:12, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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