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.
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Meta-Wiki requests |
Instructions
SUL finalization
If 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
To 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
For 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
Account 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
If 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.
Vanished user yteoweroiu
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Vanished user yteoweroiu (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: 潁川淑子 (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: Vanished user keep editing on zhwiki.--Xiplus (talk) 03:41, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
Kubelreiter
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Kubelreiter (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: 松照庵 (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: Want a new name for myself. The new name means, er, basically you imagine a cenario where the moon sheds moonlight on pine trees and on earth, you observe the moon through the boughs of the pine, this is 松照....... 庵 means an abode, a humble abode.
Requests involving merges, usurps or other complications
Please 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 such, we will not accept any request to merge user accounts as it is technically impossible at this moment to do so. |
Nivkorkos
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Nivkorkos (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: ניב (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: This is the name I actually use, and I don't want my full real name will be known for everyone.
On hold until 22 November. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 03:19, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
Centaurus~ruwiki
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Centaurus~ruwiki (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: CaptainCaptain (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: Finally decided to change the nickname to remove "~ruwiki" postfix. Since the name "Centaurus" is obviously inaccessible for usurpation, please change to this one.
On hold until 23 November. —MarcoAurelio (talk) 16:41, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
- Notification: w:Special:Diff/922679840. —MarcoAurelio (talk) 16:44, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
JBarreira
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: JBarreira (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Barreira (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: It's my irl surname and I've used it in several other websites for years (can provide links as proof if requested). The target account has no edits.
On hold until 26 November 2019. --Martin Urbanec (talk) 13:34, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
Itschipino
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Itschipino (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Sleepytiger (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: username I use regularly elsewhere-Itschipino (talk) 04:05, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
On hold until 27 November. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 04:11, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
KAITUL
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: KAITUL (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: 人工知能 (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 used this account many years ago, but I forgot its password. Unfortunately, this account does not have a mailbox.I can't retrieve its password.I really like the ID of "人工知能".I also use it regularly on other websites. I hope I can change it.
On hold until 30 November. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 11:32, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
E.3
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: E.3 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Almaty (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: Wish to rename my user to a city in Kazakstan, marking a period of my en wiki account changing editing focus.
On hold until 6 December. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 01:46, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
Oggyoggy
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Oggyoggy (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Oggy (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 just prefer the simpler username. Now the target username seems to have been retired in October 2019. I had requested the take-over to the previous owner since 2018 (when my usernanme was an old one).
- @Oggyoggy: Account Oggy have valid contributions and such accounts are not usurped. So please choose another username. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 13:36, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
EquilLoL
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: EquilLoL (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Equil (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 do not like my current username and would prefer a simpler username. The current holder of the name has only 4 contribution and is not active.
On hold until 12 December. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 16:06, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
大诺史
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: 大诺史 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Minorax (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: Decided to change to a username that only contains Latin script. Current account owner was registered 3 years ago with no edits.
On hold until 12 December. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 16:02, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
LBV 2012-26 Star
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: LBV 2012-26 Star (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: LBV 2012-26 (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: LBV 2012-26 is my old username, unfortunately I lost my password (I have been using iCloud keychain to manage passwords) and I don't use E-mail on my old account. I like my old username so I want to change the current username to the old username (LBV 2012-26).
On hold until 12 December 2019 Ruslik (talk) 17:28, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
See also
Archives:
- 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.
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- 2014: 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12.
- 2015: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
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- 2017: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
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