Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple

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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.

Requests

HFFdetails → PurpleC

Status: In progress

Current username: HFFdetails (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Target username: PurpleC (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
Datestamp: 21:14, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
Reason: To meet Wikipedia requirements

HFFdetails (talk) 21:14, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

phnurr → Refrigerators_Inc

Current name: Phnurr (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Refrigerators_Inc (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: 20:58, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Reason: First name wasn't original, wanted a more original username. Phnurr (talk) 20:58, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 21:00, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Although it might not have been your intention, your requested username could be construed as promotional for a particular company, which is prohibited by the username policy. I would suggest requesting a different name. Thanks, Tyrol5 [Talk] 22:33, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Tcraven → Thomas Craven

Current name: Tcraven (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Thomas Craven (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: 02:05, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Reason: I would like a real name account, and Thomas Craven is my real name. Thomas Craven 02:05, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 02:10, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? Tyrol5 [Talk] 02:44, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Tyrol5, and thank you for the welcome note! I have given a lot of thought to the pros and cons of using my real name. Ultimately, I think that the community benefit of real names in online forums outweighs the personal downside risk, at least for me personally. I've also thought about how it will affect my editing behavior, and on balance I expect that should be a net positive as well. I do appreciate your flagging the concern and giving me a chance to reconsider. Thomas Craven (talk) 03:21, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You're quite welcome for both! A bureaucrat will be around to take care of the rename. If you ever have any questions, feel free to drop me a line on my talk page. Regards, Tyrol5 [Talk] 03:55, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done. The user "Tcraven" has been renamed to "Thomas Craven". Avi (talk) 07:00, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sewervue → bonehun

Current name: Sewervue (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Bonehun (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: 02:11, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Reason: It violated the username policy Sewervue (talk) 02:11, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 02:20, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done. The user "Sewervue" has been renamed to "Bonehun". Please remember to adhere to Wikipedia's policies on editing in the face of potential conflicts of interest. Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 07:01, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bboxster1 → Carrera

Current name: Bboxster1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Carrera (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: 05:52, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Reason: The original user name was chosen when Iorigin ally opened my account. Over the years I have moved away from that user nane and no longer use it anywhere. It is no longer associated with me and is confusing when I log into a site that still has/had the original user name. Rick (talk) 05:52, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: I have detected the following problems:

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.
There is no global account registered for Carrera, however there are 15 unattached accounts on other wikis. --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 06:00, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Requests

HFFdetails → PurpleC

phnurr → Refrigerators_Inc

Tcraven → Thomas Craven

Sewervue → bonehun

Bboxster1 → Carrera

Jamesyhan → Mooncape

Andrewlp1991 → Arbor to SJ

Mwongozi → DavidCWG

Vishnu Priya(actress) → Vipri0

SummitSingh → SummitSinghThakur