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

Wpfdc → Amiko2009

Current name: Wpfdc (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Amiko2009 (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: For unblock. 08:14, 18 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by wpfdc (talk • contribs)

Lesliesisson → Lesnosis

Current name: Lesliesisson (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Lesnosis (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: to avoid any harassment from using my real name. lesnosis 09:23, 9 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lesliesisson (talk • contribs)
- Clerk note: Requested username does not exist on any project, renaming appears to be possible. Regards So Why 10:19, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Bureaucrat note: Do you understand that changing your username does not get you out of complying with WP:COI and that you should therefore not edit articles such as The Wooden Birds? --Dweller (talk) 11:47, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
On hold Not sure what to do here. MBisanz ^talk 06:32, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Bureaucrat note: I think we should close it as no reply. --Dweller (talk) 07:00, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

M.James Roth → M.james.roth

Current name: M.James Roth (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: M.james.roth (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: punctuation change for readability (all lower case, please)

M. James Roth (talk) 02:29, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: The requested username is the same as your current name, aside from the first letter being in lowercase. Due to technical limitations, usernames must start with an uppercase letter. However, you may use the template {{lowercase title}} on your user and user talk pages, and change your signature to reflect your preference. MBisanz ^talk 02:32, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Actually, he wants the "j" and "r" decapitalized, which is acceptable and possible. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:29, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, he wants the M, J and R decap'd. MBisanz ^talk 05:33, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The name still is not the same because he's not asking for just the M to be decapitalized. I agree with Juliancolton. -Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Stop... at a WHAMMY!!)} 23:47, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Can the user please confirm if you would be happy with an uppercase first letter, but lowercase j and r? We dislike performing multiple name changes for the same user, which is why MBisanz is being so careful not to just perform a change that you may still be unhappy with. --Dweller (talk) 12:30, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nshunsuke → NShunsuke

Current name: Nshunsuke (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: NShunsuke (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 have the username NShunsuke in the Japanese Wikipedia and I want to use the unified login, and it is also confusing to use different usernames in different languages, so I'm thinking of unifying the usernames. Nshunsuke (talk) 14:26, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: There is already a global account registered for NShunsuke. --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 15:05, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Please confirm that you own the jawiki account by logging in there and leaving a note on your talk page approving this change, then post the diff here. Thank you, AJ Cham 06:10, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Moon Gallery → Roger Lin

Current name: Moon Gallery (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Roger Lin (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: Non-company. Moon Gallery (talk) 07:50, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Bureaucrat note: Please confirm you have read WP:COI. Please also confirm you understand that this applies regardless of username. --Dweller (talk) 12:20, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hleetranspo → hl649

Current name: Hleetranspo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Hl649 (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: Posed as a conflict of interest. Have read the WP:COI page. I will state my intentions on my user page with the new username. 20:44, 16 November 2009 (UTC) Hleetranspo (talk • contribs)
- When will my request be looked at? Hleetranspo (talk) 14:01, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Bureaucrat note: Please confirm you have read WP:COI. Please also confirm you understand that this applies regardless of username. Please confirm you have saved the information in your userspace about your company so that I can delete it from there. Please confirm you will not recreate it on Wikipedia, further to WP:COI. --Dweller (talk) 18:02, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Londonjerusalem → Steve Sabella

Current name: Londonjerusalem (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Steve Sabella (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: Would like to create a page in my name Londonjerusalem (talk) 12:48, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Bureaucrat note: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? MBisanz ^talk 15:35, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Petercaton → Peter caton

Current name: Petercaton (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Peter caton (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: need space between names. 189.47.18.100 (talk) 22:38, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Please log in to request a rename. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 22:59, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ashtray.jp → Ashtray

Current name: Ashtray.jp (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Ashtray (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 am considering "Unified login". The action was too early though I had still been considering at the last request. Ashtray.jp (talk) 11:08, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I am acting in Japanese-Wikipedia[1].--Ashtray.jp (talk) 11:11, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Bureaucrat note: Thanks. This looks fine, except the account already exists on english wikipedia? Do you control it? If so, it's easy for me to handle, but you'll need to prove it by making an edit. --Dweller (talk) 11:23, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Hallo, Mr.Dweller! Also the acount "Ashtray" in Commons are mine[2]. Thank you. --Ashtray.jp (talk) 13:59, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Please make an edit using the en: account User:Ashtray. --Dweller (talk) 14:17, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I do not understand it well... Yet I do not have a acount "Ashtray" in en-wikipedia. I want to rename into the same name with ja-account for "Unified login". --Ashtray.jp (talk) 13:58, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: It was created in 2005, but has no edits at all since then. Hold on while I talk to my colleagues. --Dweller (talk) 19:57, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Bureaucrat note: Crats, how fussy should we be in trying to contact that editor from 4 years ago who's never used the account, when someone has an active SUL? I'm inclined to just do the usurp now. It seems silly to hang about, but I'm usually pretty conservative with these things and I'm wary of dashing in before someone has a chance to point out it's a bad idea. --Dweller (talk) 19:57, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Djoehana → Humboldt

Current name: Djoehana (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Humboldt (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: Real surname, too easily identifiable Humboldt 13:20, 18 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Djoehana (talk • contribs)

Robot clerk note: The requested username is already registered; see Special:Listusers. However, as this requested account has made no edits, it meets the criteria for being usurped; if you wish to usurp it, please read and follow the process at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations. If you do not wish to usurp the username, please choose another name to be renamed to. --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 14:05, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mariostofi → Marios Tofi

Current name: Mariostofi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Marios Tofi (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: Mariostofi (talk) 05:08, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Moved from WP:CHU/U. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:03, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: That name was registered in February. Was it by you? --Dweller (talk) 17:58, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

BaldFreak → RScalzo

Current name: BaldFreak (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: RScalzo (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 current username is said to have conflicts as a possible means of self-promotion, so I would like to change it in order to remain a member. 74.214.62.121 (talk) 00:02, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Please log in to make your request. Useight (talk) 00:51, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: The requested username is already registered; see Special:Listusers. Please choose another name that does not appear on that list. --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 20:05, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pacfanwwe1 → Jp14347

Current name: Pacfanwwe1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Jp14347 (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: Reason for requested renaming. streme33 07:46, 19 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pacfanwwe1 (talk • contribs)
Bureaucrat note: Please can you tell us the reason? "streme33" doesn't make sense to me. --Dweller (talk) 19:58, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

maxacostarubio → cromagman2112

Current name: Maxacostarubio (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Cromagman2112 (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: Requested reason for renaming. Maxacostarubio (talk) 07:08, 16 November 2009 (UTC)}}[reply]

Clerk note: Moved from WP:CHU/U. –Katerenka ^☆ 09:40, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: I don't see a user with the name "Maxacostarubio" registered Katerenka. MBisanz ^talk 01:34, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ugh. Sorry, I see what happened there. Katerenka (talk) 04:55, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Per [3]. MBisanz ^talk 01:35, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Because my real name is Salen Singh and I would like to see log on that way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Salensingh (talk • contribs) 04:54, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Because I would like to log on and see my real name. Salensingh
Done MBisanz ^talk 06:14, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Runinbobworld → Steven_Smith12345

Current name: Runinbobworld (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Steven_Smith12345 (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: Runinbobworld (talk) 00:49, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Moved from WP:CHU/U. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:58, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On hold checking with User:Steve Smith that he doesn't think there is confusion. MBisanz ^talk 01:30, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Done MBisanz ^talk 01:32, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Briansangl → Brian Sangl

Current name: Briansangl (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Brian Sangl (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: Reason for requested rename. comment added by Briansangl (talk • contribs) 20:08, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Moved from WP:CHU/U. --Katerenka (talk) 04:58, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done MBisanz ^talk 06:13, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

BeeSterling → Mount Holyoke College Girls Golf Team

Current name: BeeSterling (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Mount Holyoke College Girls Golf Team (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: New Name. Elisabeth Sterling 05:21, 20 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by BeeSterling (talk • contribs)

Clerk note: The username appears to be promotional. Use of a company, organization, group, website, or product name as a username is prohibited by the username policy. Please choose another name. --Katerenka (talk) 06:06, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Promotional. MBisanz ^talk 06:13, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fiberlink → PCJ

Current name: Fiberlink (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: PCJ (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: wanna use my initials. Fiberlink (talk) 09:41, 20 November 2009 (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. --Katerenka (talk) 09:46, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]