Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple

For stewards, global renamers, and clerks
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Archived requests
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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

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N.F.K. Sweet → BloodSpiderSuwoop

Current name: N.F.K. Sweet (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: BloodSpiderSuwoop (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
AntiSpoof: antispoof check
For global renamer: rename user
Reason: I Like The New One Better. N.F.K. Sweet (talk) 22:11, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
SoxBot has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot VI (talk) 22:12, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Bureaucrat note: This is possible. Just checking, before a possible mistake is made... do you want "...Suwoop", not "Swoop"? --Dweller (talk) 23:46, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Do not post repeated requests. Answer the bureaucrat's question above. -Jéské Couriano ^{(v^_^v)} 21:23, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Clerk note:*I don't really see the point of this considering that the user's only contributions have been to this page. Also, it appears that this user has changed his/her name several times. I think this person is just fooling around. It might be considered disruption. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 03:23, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, Rahtzee; his logs are clean. ~~He's just dicking with his userpage; I'm going to check right now if he's userpage-squatting and delete any and all double-redirs.~~ On second thought I'm going to file an RFCU. -Jéské Couriano ^{(v^_^v)} 09:02, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not done No contributions outside this page. =Nichalp «Talk»= 12:27, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Blocked requester and a sockpuppet; master account left unblocked but warned not to spam CHU or else he'll meet the same fate. -Jéské Couriano ^{(v^_^v)} 22:25, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Newton-WellesleyHospital → Meggiepc9

Current name: Newton-WellesleyHospital (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Meggiepc9 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
AntiSpoof: antispoof check
For global renamer: rename user
Reason: My original name sounded too much like I was an official for the hospital so rejected. Newton-WellesleyHospital (talk) 04:17, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
SoxBot has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot VI (talk) 04:18, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done Please make sure, though, that you do not have a conflict of interest. bibliomaniac 1 5 05:39, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Current requests

N.F.K. Sweet → BloodSpiderSuwoop

Newton-WellesleyHospital → Meggiepc9

Bflorsheim → The Sartorialist

Ros0709 → Wiki0709

Linuslau → WarwickWarwick2

Fungo → IlPisano

BlogUpp → .iValer