Steward requests/Username changes
This page hosts requests to stewards and global renamers for a username change across the entire Wikimedia network. Please read the instructions before posting a request.
This is also the page where the usurpation of inactive accounts can be requested.
Cross-wiki requests |
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Meta-Wiki requests |
Instructions
editSUL finalization
editIf you are requesting a merge of a global account with one or more unconnected local accounts as part of finalizing your single unified login (SUL) username, please specify which wikis and accounts you want to merge into your global account. These accounts were typically named "account name~wikiname". Please note that we can only merge a local account into a global account when the global account has no edits on the same wiki as the local account.
How to add an entry here
editTo add an entry, please copy and paste the text below into the appropriate section.
=== Oldname ===
{{SRUC
|status = <!--don't change this line-->
|domain = global
|Oldname =
|Newname =
|reason = (your remarks here)
--~~~~
}}
Example |
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For global rename requests: === Example === {{SRUC |status = <!--don't change this line--> |domain = global |Oldname = Example |Newname = Foo |reason = your remarks here --~~~~ }} |
Making a request for your own account
editFor changing your username on one wiki:
Please include the following information in your request:
- the old username,
- the new username,
- please sign
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request with your account for a simple move (first section), or sign this request with both the originating and the target accounts if you are requesting a merge (second section).
If anything is missing from your request, a steward will request more information. This helps ensure that you are requesting a rename for your own account. Please check before posting your request that the username you want is available. You can test that by going to the (new) user page and looking into the sidebar. If there is a link to user contributions, the account already exists, or check via Special:CentralAuth.
Private requests
editAccount renames are not private, once renamed many links from the old username to the new username will be permanently made. The reason submitted on the rename form (Special:GlobalRenameRequest) is private, and only visible by the renamers. Additional information that needs to be made in private may be sent using this direct wiki-email interface while logged-in.
Simple rename requests
editIf your rename request is simple and does not involve usurpation of an existing account or other SUL issues, you have two options:
- Use the request form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest; or
- Submit the request below in this section.
Please use this tool to check if the username is taken before filing a request.
LDE Ltd
edit- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: LDE Ltd (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: LDE (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: (Used a company name)
- Not done Username still promotional. Please choose another username. A09|(pogovor) 21:50, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
Requests involving merges, usurps or other complications
editPlease add new requests at the end of the section. Sections should be titled your username and requests should be signed by the requesting user.
Please note: Per standard procedure, accounts with valid edits are not usurped, and the target account must be notified by renamer at least one month before usurpation.
We are sorry to announce that Global User Account Merges are not possible as the UserMerge extension is incompatible with CentralAuth. As such, we will not accept any request to merge user accounts as it is technically impossible at this moment to do so. |
Kholat Syakhl
edit- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Kholat Syakhl (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Crepusculum (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: Please help me change my username.
- DreamRimmer, Sorry to bother you again. I tried several times to change my username from the page you mentioned, but I could not do it. Please help me. Kholat Syakhl (talk) 16:45, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
Comment Kholat Syakhl, I noticed that you changed your username before one month and it's not desirable or healthy for a user to change his username more than once within a period of six months (common practice). Is there a clear and necessary reason to change your username twice? --Alaa :)..! 14:42, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
- @علاء, I don't like my current username and chose it by mistake. It makes me very sad to see this username every time when I log in Wikipedia. Kholat Syakhl (talk) 09:09, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- @DreamRimmer If possible please help me with this. Kholat Syakhl (talk) 08:34, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- On hold until 29 July 2024. – DreamRimmer (talk) 14:46, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
AMorozov
edit- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: AMorozov (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Karasuma (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I want to change my name for privacy/anonymity reasons, but don't want to abandon this old account. User:Karasuma only has 1 edit on English Wikipedia, made in 2007.
- On hold until 26 July 2024. – DreamRimmer (talk) 15:58, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
TheNuggeteer-alt
edit- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: TheNuggeteer-alt (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Jettward (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: Old name sounds "boring", (this account is an alt for User:TheNuggeteer), want to "spice" my name up a bit.
- @TheNuggeteer-alt, can you please confirm this request from your main account? – DreamRimmer (talk) 12:37, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yep, here. TheNuggeteer (talk) 12:39, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
- On hold until 8 August 2024. – DreamRimmer (talk) 14:11, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
Ae245
edit- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Ae245 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Frost (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I would like to have the new username because it's a word with a nice meaning and it's available[1]. I was told by global renamers by email that the simple rename process couldn't be used for this because there are other similar usernames and/or it was previously used by another user[2], I was recommended to follow the process here. I hope my request is fulfilled. Thank you.
Pelage de Brume
edit- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Pelage de Brume (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Bianka (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: Hello, I’d like to change my username to “Bianka”, because it’s more international (“Pelage de Brume” is only French and I contribute on several different Wikipedia languages), and I’ve already changed my username on Vikidia. I was told by email that the simple rename process couldn’t be done, because the username was previously used by someone else.
Thank you,
JamJamSvn
edit- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: JamJamSvn (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Jamjam (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)
- Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: The "Svn" in my current username was originally simply used to distinguish me from another "JamJam", though I have ever since wanted the "Svn" removed. Less importantly, I would like to make the second capital J lowercase as I feel simple sentence case will be perceived as slightly less goofy. This is an intentional decision which I have thought about since I reluctantly added the "Svn" to my username, and have only waited this long because I did not think it was possible to change it. The only "Jamjam" that exists on all Wikimedia projects seems to be a now deleted account on Japanese Wikipedia from 2015 with 33 edits. Thank you!
See also
editArchives:
- for this page: Category:Steward requests archive/Username changes
- for the former "Steward requests/SUL requests" page:
- 2008: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12.
- 2009: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12.
- 2010: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12.
- 2011: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12.
- 2012: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12.
- 2013: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12.
- 2014: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07.
- for username changes
- 2014: 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12.
- 2015: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2016: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2017: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2018: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2019: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2020: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2021: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2022: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2023: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
- 2024: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
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