Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple

For stewards, global renamers, and clerks
	Notice to renamers Please remember to check Special:CentralAuth to see if an account is subject to blocks on another project before renaming.; Please install User:Enterprisey/rename-reason-fixer to auto populate permalink for rename reason.; For a list of response templates, see Template:CHU/doc.;

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

Woozifi → FerencHsu802

Current name: Woozifi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: FerencHsu802 (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 protect personal information, for I've created lots of account by this name. Woozifi (talk) 02:06, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and a problem(s) was found. Target account conflicts with SUL. SoxBot (talk) 02:06, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: are you FerencHsu802 on ja.wiki? @Kate (talk) 16:59, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, it's already changed. -Woozifi (talk) 02:45, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: I'd appreciate a clerk chasing this one, please. --Dweller (talk) 11:56, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: I left him a note on his talk page the same day that I left the above clerk note, but I've gone ahead and e-mailed him today. @Kate (parlez) 17:37, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Thanks. I've also left a note at the ja: user talk page. --Dweller (talk) 17:46, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I saw your message on ja: user talk page. What should I do next?--Woozifi (talk) 05:02, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Great, thanks for coming back. Please make an edit in english on your ja: user talk, (while logged in there!) to say you agree with this change. Then come back here and post the diff. One of us should be able to approve the change pretty soon after you've done this. --Dweller (talk) 09:25, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote on ja.user talk page, was it OK? --Woozifi (talk) 13:42, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tonytmusic → Tony T Nguyen

Current name: Tonytmusic (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Tony T Nguyen (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 wanted to use my real name and create a page on Tony T Nguyen Tonytmusic (talk) 08:58, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot (talk) 09:00, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Please see WP:COI. Autobiographies on the English Wikipedia are strongly discouraged, as it is almost impossible for a person to write neutrally about themselves. —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:47, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not done No reply. --Dweller (talk) 09:26, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

1Steelhead2 → Paul H. Ford Jr.

Current name: 1Steelhead2 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
Requested name: Paul H. Ford Jr. (SUL reports: old & new) (rename user)
Reason: 1Steelhead2 (talk) 18:17, 7 December 2009 (UTC)Current name is confusing to readers desiring access to the donation.[reply]

I've reformatted this request, as it was malformed, but you could please confirm that Paul H. Ford Jr. is the correct desired name? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:23, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Could you please clarify your rationale? It doesn't make much sense what-so-ever. -Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Stop... at a WHAMMY!!)} 23:50, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ericbonetti → Citsejam

Current name: Ericbonetti (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Citsejam (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: harassment due fact that I am a police officer Ericbonetti (talk) 23:05, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and a problem(s) was found. Target username exists, and it has edits, deleted edits, and/or log edits. SoxBot (talk) 23:06, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: As SoxBot was kind enough to inform you of, this account already exists, though it meets the criteria for usurpation. However, due to the reason behind your request you might not wish to wait the 7 days that it takes for an usurpation to be carried out. Is there another name, not listed at Special:ListUsers, that you would prefer? @Kate (parlez) 23:11, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hasan_alikhattak → hasanalikhattak

Current name: Hasan alikhattak (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Hasanalikhattak (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

aLieNzwOrkshOp (talk) 00:10, 10 December 2009 (UTC) its my full name and it looks for good to me[reply]

Clerk note: Moved from WP:CHU/U. @Kate (parlez) 02:07, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? I'm assuming it's okay based on your current username, but I want to make sure. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 02:41, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RiverBendAcademy → GopherGirl85

Current name: RiverBendAcademy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: GopherGirl85 (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

RiverBendAcademy (talk) 02:33, 10 December 2009 (UTC)}}[reply]

Clerk note: Moved from WP:CHU/U. @Kate (parlez) 02:35, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Please provide a reason for renaming. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 02:42, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I assume that it might have to do with this. @Kate (parlez) 02:43, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're probably right; thanks, Kate.

Bureaucrat note: Your RiverBendAcademy account has a unified login, though you only have one edit on Commons and no edits on Meta (see here). Are you fine with being renamed just on this wiki, which will detach this account from your global account? ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 02:51, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

BnBFinder → EskimoKid

Current name: BnBFinder (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: EskimoKid (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: STATE A REASON HERE I received a message from Wikipedia asking me to change my username as potential conflict of interest since it's a company name. BnBFinder (talk) 17:46, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Bureaucrat note: Please confirm you have read WP:COI. Please also confirm you understand that regardless of username, WP:COI applies to your edits. --Dweller (talk) 17:52, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note:: Fixed malformed request. -Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Stop... at a WHAMMY!!)} 17:56, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done Per comments at my user talk. --Dweller (talk) 09:23, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Edallanhawryliw → Edward Allan Hawryliw-Artist Culinare`

Current name: Edallanhawryliw (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Edward Allan Hawryliw-Artist Culinare` (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 this one better for discussion purposes Ed Hawryliw Culinary Artist 19:41, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot (talk) 19:42, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Seems a tad promotional to me, but I would like to hear other clerk's and bureaucrat opinions. @Kate (parlez) 00:21, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

B2Uproductions → Brandonkwalton_wiki

Current name: B2Uproductions (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Brandonkwalton_wiki (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: b2uproductions sounds like a role account and may not fit your description of a usable name. I will use my personal name instead B2uproductions (talk) 01:52, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:01, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Please also confirm you have a) read WP:COI and b) understand it applies regardless of your username. --Dweller (talk) 09:31, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

モトヤヤ → Kyuri

Current name: モトヤヤ (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Kyuri (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 think it would be better to use a username in using the Latin alphabet rather than in Japanese katakana since some other users may not be able to read the Japanese on their computers.

モトヤヤ (talk) 02:24, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot (talk) 02:24, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Done MBisanz ^talk 04:50, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Loris.lanzellotti → Loris Lanzellotti

Current name: Loris.lanzellotti (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Loris Lanzellotti (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 would like my wikipedia user name to be exactly equal to my real name 216.165.32.144 (talk) 07:13, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and a problem(s) was found. Request was made by ip 216.165.32.144, instead of the original account. SoxBot (talk) 07:15, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Not done Please log in before making a request here. NB It'll save time if you read WP:REALNAME and confirm you're happy with it when you make the request. --Dweller (talk) 09:30, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lifewooddata → Lifewood

Current name: Lifewooddata (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Lifewood (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: STATE A REASON HERE Lifewooddata (talk) 10:07, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chnage the username "Lifewooddata" with "Lifewood" To simplify the username

SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and a problem(s) was found. Target username exists, and it has edits, deleted edits, and/or log edits; Target account conflicts with SUL. SoxBot (talk) 10:18, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Computerbar@gmail.com → Computerbar

Current name: Computerbar@gmail.com (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Computerbar (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 request that my username be changed to Computerbar

because my current username has been blocked. 86.10.53.54 (talk) 11:29, 11 December 2009 (UTC) 86.10.53.54 (talk) 11:29, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and a problem(s) was found. Request was made by ip 86.10.53.54, instead of the original account; Old username is currently blocked. SoxBot (talk) 11:30, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Clerk note: Unblocked requesting username and left them a note to confirm the request here. If nothing happens, please re-block the account. Regards So Why 13:22, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - I confirm that I have made this request for namechange. This is my current IP adress and I have also made some open edits to some wiki article too. Would you be able to merge all my edits into this account? Rashid 15:19, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Pablomismo → Pablo X

Current name: Pablomismo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Pablo X (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: Shorter, more catchy, with an element of mystery. I recently requested the name 'Pablo', but it is taken. pablo_hablo. 12:35, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot (talk) 12:37, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I utqoreli I → Triquelito

Current name: I utqoreli I (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Triquelito (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 was renamed on Czech wikipedia and I think, that it would be good was renamed here too. Triquelito is less complicate than I utqoreli I I utqoreli I (talk) 14:00, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot (talk) 14:00, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Econ Enigneering → Tench1970

Current name: Econ Enigneering (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Tench1970 (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 wrongly created my account with a company name and would like to rectify the mistake by changing to the name requested please Econ Engineering (talk) 14:09, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rastersoft → Scostas

Current name: Rastersoft (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Scostas (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: the old username was blocked because it didn't meet the wikipedia policy Rastersoft (talk) 14:53, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot (talk) 14:54, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]