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.

teskey@btinternet.com → Teskey

Current name: Teskey@btinternet.com (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Teskey (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: 17:52, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
Reason: Current username format no longer permitted Teskey@btinternet.com (talk) 17:52, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: I have detected the following problems:

The requested username is already registered; see Special:Listusers. Please choose another name that does not appear on that list.
There is already a global account registered for Teskey (primary wiki: enwiki). --Legobot (talk) 18:00, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- @Teskey@btinternet.com: seeing as your account was created in 2006, there is no need for a rename if you don't want one; your account name status seems to be along the same lines as Rms125a@hotmail.com, who still has their old e-mail address-based name. Acalamari 18:06, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Duffell → NeonLego

Current name: Andrew Duffell (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: NeonLego (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: 15:53, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
Reason: Harassment when using real name Andrew (talk) 15:53, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: I have detected the following problems:

The username AndrewDuffell does not exist.
The request was made by Andrew Duffell, not AndrewDuffell; please login as AndrewDuffell to request a name change. --Legobot (talk) 16:00, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Done @Andrew Duffell: @NeonLego: I noticed that there is a Commons account with your name; however, your enwiki/Commons accounts are not unified (see here, so I wasn't sure if that account is yours or not; if the Commons account is yours, you will need to request a separate rename for it. Acalamari 18:19, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hay Hill Gallery → Sarah at Hay Hill Gallery

Current name: Hay Hill Gallery (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Sarah at Hay Hill Gallery (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: 16:19, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
Reason: Should not be a company name Hay Hill Gallery (talk) 16:19, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 16:20, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done Acalamari 18:19, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Rugerfirearms → Sym2015

Current name: Rugerfirearms (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Sym2015 (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: 20:37, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
Reason: My old username appeared as if I was affiliated with Ruger, the firearms company, but I am just an individual who wants to help update and maintain pages of interest on Wikipedia. I did not mean to interfere with the Wikipedia username rules, and would appreciate a username change so I can continue to post on Wikipedia without interfering in any way. Rugerfirearms (talk) 20:37, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 20:40, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done Acalamari 20:41, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Radareorg → Yvonne Salazar

Current name: Radareorg (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Yvonne Salazar (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: 01:19, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
Reason: I didn't read carefully enough the username policy Radareorg (talk) 01:19, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 01:20, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done MBisanz ^talk 01:32, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gulugawa → OneWhiteYakinator

Current name: Gulugawa (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: OneWhiteYakinator (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, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
Reason: Many people have connected the username "Gulugawa" with my real-life identity. Information about the connection between "Gulugawa" and my real-life identity can be seen by searching "Gulugawa" on Google and clicking the first result. Gulugawa (talk) 02:11, 20 August 2014 (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 already a global account registered for UnknownOrange. --Legobot (talk) 02:20, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Jyardley → jty5

Current name: Jyardley (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: Jty5 (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: 02:26, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
Reason: privacy Jyardley (talk) 02:26, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 02:30, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tatjana.Vukoja → NellyVarier

Current name: Tatjana.Vukoja (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: NellyVarier (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: 02:54, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
Reason: to replace my real name with pseudonym Nelly68 02:54, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 03:00, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

s2008saini → SurajSaini

Current name: S2008saini (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: SurajSaini (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: 05:48, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
Reason: The new one is more suitable for me as that one is my name S2008saini (talk) 05:48, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 05:50, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For_shits_nd_giggles → AnshulB90

Current name: For_shits_nd_giggles (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (notify user)
Requested name: AnshulB90 (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: 05:51, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
Reason: Current username is not in accordance with Wiki guidelines For shits nd giggles (talk) 05:51, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]