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

Pmmi_michael → Hess_michael_a

Current name: Pmmi_michael (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Hess_michael_a (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: Avoiding the perception of representing my company in editing and contributing. Pmmi michael (talk) 19:47, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot (talk) 19:48, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Bureaucrat note: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? –xeno^talk 19:49, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Not done No response. MBisanz ^talk 05:36, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Darwenpool → MartinWest

Current name: Darwenpool (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: MartinWest (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 think of not declaring may name but as I am new to Wikipedia I apologise

Darwenpool (talk) 19:11, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? You can choose an alias if you like, as long as it doesn't promote a company. –xeno^talk 19:57, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Not done No response. MBisanz ^talk 05:36, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Svanslyck → Steev

Current name: Svanslyck (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Steev (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 wish a more anonymous name. When I filed my request at at [1], [2] that I also post it here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Svanslyck (talk • contribs) 14:05, 15 June 2010 (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) 14:06, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Not done - what I was telling you to do was look at the interwiki links on the left side of the page (under "languages") from here, or the usurp page, to find the other-language CHU pages. –xeno^talk 14:08, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies for misunderstanding. I will check them out. However I still don't know what I'll do if they aren't in English. kcylsnavS{^screech_harrass} 14:11, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Most have English instructions, or you can use something like http://translate.google.com to try and scrape by. In any case, all you need to usually do is create a new section at the CHU request page and use their template. That is usually easy enough to pick out amongst the foreign language text =) –xeno^talk 14:13, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]