Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple

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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

53kalypso → Rathod6699

Current name: 53kalypso (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Rathod6699 (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
Datestamp: 17:42, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
Reason: my real name being rathod.easy for people to identify. 53kalypso (talk) 17:42, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Bureaucrat note: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? bibliomaniac 1 5 17:44, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

이웥터 → GliderFlyer

Current name: 이웥터 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: GliderFlyer (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
Datestamp: 20:04, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
Reason: I wanted to change my username to an english one simply because this is english Wikipedia. 이월터 (talk) 20:04, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: This will result in different user names on English and Korean Wikipedia. You presently have no edits on KOWP but are you sure you don't want to keep it the same? You could simply modify your signature at Special:Preferences to [[User:이웥터|GliderFlyer]] ([[User talk:이웥터|talk]]) and add a note on your talk page or/and user page for anyone uncertain about the signature being different here from your user name. It is a fairly common practice with those who have user names in other languages as it allows one to retain their single unified login. delirious & lost ☯ ^~hugs~ 21:52, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Engineernexus → EngineerNexus

Current name: Engineernexus (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: EngineerNexus (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
Datestamp: 20:43, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
Reason: A minor typographical error was made during registration. The N in Nexus was left in lower case and should have been typed in upper case. Engineernexus (talk) 20:43, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot (talk) 20:45, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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. Changing the case of a letter would not change the (perceived) nature of the user name. Relevant website: http://engineernexus.com/ . delirious & lost ☯ ^~hugs~ 22:00, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Crick3t for Chang3 → Cricket for Change

Current name: Crick3t for Chang3 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Cricket for Change (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: Prefer a name that would be more open to searches and links to other areas of wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crick3t for Chang3 (talk • contribs) 13:43, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat 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. ( http://cricketforchange.org.uk/ ) –xeno^talk 14:14, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alfa_insurance → Alfamarketing

Current name: Alfa_insurance (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Alfamarketing (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
Datestamp: 15:17, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Reason: Current username violates username policy because it is a company name. Alfa insurance (talk) 15:17, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot (talk) 15:18, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Bureaucrat note: The chosen username also violates username policy as it's still clearly a marketing tool. Please select a username representing you, personally, not your company. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:53, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Detroitlover'94 → BenAbbot'94

Current name: Detroitlover'94 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: BenAbbot'94 (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
Datestamp: 18:02, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Reason: change in interest. Detroitlover'94 (talk) 18:02, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot (talk) 18:03, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Bureaucrat note: And when your interest changes in three months will you request another name? It is better to pick a name that you resonate with and stick with it. -- Avi (talk) 18:33, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Verengo → Verengo Solar Plus

Current name: Verengo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Verengo Solar Plus (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
Datestamp: 18:12, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Reason: Verengo Solar Plus is the correct name of the company and should be the username. Verengo (talk) 18:12, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
SoxBot Beta has evaluated this request, and renaming appears to be possible. SoxBot (talk) 18:15, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Bureaucrat 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. -- Avi (talk) 18:33, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Djmikey81 → Michaelangelo_Moran

Current name: Djmikey81 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Michaelangelo_Moran (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
Datestamp: 20:30, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Reason: I prefer it to be some sort of reference to my real name 24.130.34.162 (talk) 20:30, 17 August 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; Request was made by ip 24.130.34.162, instead of the original account. SoxBot (talk) 20:33, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Not done Requesting user apparently simply created the desired account name. Old account can be safely abandoned. –xeno^talk 16:03, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Current requests

53kalypso → Rathod6699

이웥터 → GliderFlyer

Engineernexus → EngineerNexus

Crick3t for Chang3 → Cricket for Change

Alfa_insurance → Alfamarketing

Detroitlover'94 → BenAbbot'94

Verengo → Verengo Solar Plus

Djmikey81 → Michaelangelo_Moran

Maninthegreysuit → Maninthegraysuit

Acornlover → Iamhim

Folkland → Saranjini

PortlandArtMuseum → Webmaster1892