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This page has been closed down by community consensus, and is retained only for historical reference.
If you wish to restart discussion on the status of this page, seek community input at a forum such as the village pump.

This page was a forum where users could request, and global renamers (including Stewards) familiar with local usurpation guidelines, could consider and carry out, the "usurpation" of usernames primarily held locally. This consisted of renaming an existing account in order to vacate the username and allow another user to take it.

This venue is now closed, and any new usurpation requests should be made at meta:Steward requests/Username changes (see meta:Help:Unified login). If you want your account renamed to a name that is still available, please use Special:GlobalRenameRequest or Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple.

Current requests

Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. It is 11:02:32, 2 December 2025 (UTC).

Click here to place your request.

March 27, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 4, 2012.

$-vrt → Shamil

Status: In progress Template:Usurp2

Datestamp: 14:00, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Reason: Standardise username to change to my legal first name. Additionally, to make edits identifiable to myself.

$-vrt (talk) 14:00, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (fawikinews), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 15 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 1 total edit. Requesting user has 153 undeleted edits and 29 deleted edits, for a total of 182 edits. AnomieBOT ⚡ 14:08, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 2, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 10, 2012.

Mudmaps → MudMaps

Status: In progress Template:Usurp2

Datestamp: 21:34, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Reason: Inserting proper capitalization

Mudmaps (talk) 21:34, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: The requested username "MudMaps" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT ⚡ 22:01, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 3, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 11, 2012.

R.jeevakumar → Newname

Status: In progress Template:Usurp2

Datestamp: 14:56, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Reason: YOUR REASON=typing error

R.jeevakumar (talk) 14:56, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
The target username has Wikipedia user logs entries. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
Target user has 1 undeleted edit and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 0 total edits. Requesting user has 4 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 4 total edits on 1 wiki. AnomieBOT ⚡ 15:01, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

R.jeevakumar → R.Jeevakumar

Status: In progress Template:Usurp2

Datestamp: 14:58, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Reason: typing error while registering

R.jeevakumar (talk) 14:58, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: The requested username "R.Jeevakumar" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT ⚡ 15:01, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

R.jeevakumar → R.Jeevakumar

Status: In progress Template:Usurp2

Datestamp: 15:12, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Reason: typing error while registering

R.jeevakumar (talk) 15:12, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: The requested username "R.Jeevakumar" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT ⚡ 15:22, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

R.jeevakumar → TARGET NAME

Status: In progress Template:Usurp2

Datestamp: 15:16, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Reason: YOUR REASON

R.jeevakumar (talk) 15:16, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Huff (usurped) → Huff

Status: In progress Template:Usurp2

Datestamp: 22:00, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Reason: I formally used to have the account Huff (now usurped to Huff (usurped)). Although I haven't used this account for a while, I do wish to start working on adding and editing, specially in the UK Railway scene. I note that the Huff account hasn't been used at all since it was set up. So is there any chance I can have the Huff username back please?

Huff (talk) 22:00, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

This user was created less than 6 months ago, such usernames may not be usurped. You can file another request when the username is older than 6 months.
Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary dewiki) exists for the target user, with 22 total edits on 10 wikis. 1 unattached account exists with this name, with 0 total edits. Requesting user has 6 undeleted edits and 1 deleted edit, for a total of 7 edits. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with the requesting user's name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT ⚡ 22:02, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 4, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 12, 2012.

None (SUL request) → Marco74

Status: In progress Template:Usurp4

Datestamp: 06:56, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Confirmation link: here
Reason: Creating a SUL account. I saw that the English user does not have any edits and did not reply to my messages.
Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

62.218.122.200 (talk) 06:56, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (dewiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary dewiki) exists for the target user, with 206 total edits on 26 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT ⚡ 06:58, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Moljac → Choban

Status: In progress Template:Usurp2

Datestamp: 07:56, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Reason: This is my nickname irl

Moljac (talk) 07:56, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 3 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 0 total edits. Requesting user has 5 edits. 3 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with the requesting user's name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT ⚡ 08:01, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lan3y → Laney

Status: In progress Template:Usurp2

Datestamp: 10:38, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Reason: This user has only one edit from 2006. I would like to become active on Wikipedia again and this is the nickname I use everywhere else online.

Lan3y (talk) 10:38, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
Target user has 1 undeleted edit and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 11 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 24 total edits. Requesting user has 282 undeleted edits and 22 deleted edits, for a total of 304 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 309 total edits on 3 wikis. AnomieBOT ⚡ 10:54, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Standinlake → Ragingmarmot

Status: In progress Template:Usurp2

Datestamp: 18:31, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Reason: I forgot my password, and had to make a new account

Standinlake (talk) 18:31, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note:

The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
Target user has 1 undeleted edit and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 1 total edit on 2 wikis. Requesting user has 3 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 3 total edits on 1 wiki. AnomieBOT ⚡ 18:38, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Misnomer of a username

April 5, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 13, 2012.

Afkeane → Afkeane

Status: In progress Template:Usurp2

Datestamp: 02:23, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Reason: This account was created in my name by a peer and the edits made using my actual initials and last name do not reflect my areas of expertise; they reflect his. I would like the account renamed so that my name is not associated with the edits made by someone other than me; any arbitrary rename will suffice but something along the line of "CPLemon" would also work beautifully. Thank you.

Afkeane (talk) 02:23, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: The requested username "CPLemon" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT ⚡ 02:26, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

None (SUL request) → Kaidan

Status: In progress Template:Usurp4

Datestamp: 08:32, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Confirmation link: here
Reason: Single User Login
Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

79.216.122.95 (talk) 08:32, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'am User of the name "Kaidan" in german wikipdia de.wikipedia.org. Without Single User Login, I'am not able to login me at Commons. Please help me. Best regards Roswitha Budde

Note:

This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (dewiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary dewiki) exists for the target user, with 93 total edits on 1 wiki. The local account is NOT attached. 2 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT ⚡ 08:35, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Jaiyabharat → Jayabharat

Status: In progress Template:Usurp2

Datestamp: 15:06, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Reason: JAYABHARAT is my Favorite user name. Moreover Jayabharat was my account's username. I lost its password

Jaiyabharat 15:06, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Note:

The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 0 total edits. Requesting user has 53 undeleted edits and 5 deleted edits, for a total of 58 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 58 total edits on 12 wikis. AnomieBOT ⚡ 15:14, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 8, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before April 16, 2012.

None (SUL request) → TARGET NAME

Status: In progress Template:Usurp4

Datestamp: 13:58, 8 April 2012 (UTC)You have not added a confirmation link! Replace this message with the url that confirms that you hold the SUL for TARGET NAME.
Reason: YOUR REASON
Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

74.88.186.172 (talk) 13:58, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Owenmidha → Owen76

Status: In progress Template:Usurp2

Datestamp: 17:04, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
Reason: no edits

Owenmidha (talk) 17:04, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]