Meta:Changing username

Please follow these instructions carefully to ensure the correct processing of your request.

• Check that the username you are requesting does not yet exist, or has no edits. This may be done via the search function at Special:ListUsers; if the name appears in the list, even if the link is red, the name is taken. Be sure to capitalize the first letter of the username, as the software does not permit usernames that begin with a lowercase letter. Do not create an account under the new name.
• To have your username changed, add a request and follow this procedure:

1. Replace CURRENT USERNAME with your current username (no "User:" prefix).
2. Replace DESIRED USERNAME with the username you wish to take.
3. State your reason(s) for requesting a rename directly after reason=.
4. NOTE: do not fill in the section name. This is automatically done.
5. Check everything is right, and save the page.

Effects of a username change:

• When the rename has been completed, your account will have been renamed, and any contributions you have made (including deleted contributions) will be reattributed to your new account as a background process. Your account preferences, watchlist contents, password, etc. will all be preserved, and your user and user talk pages will have been moved to the new name (unless specifically asked not to).
• The change will appear in the user rename log. There is no way to rename accounts without logging the change.

• It is not possible for bureaucrats to merge two accounts, or to reattribute edits from IP addresses. Only registered accounts can be renamed.
• This page is for requests on the Meta-Wiki only. To change your username on another Wikimedia project, please ask a bureaucrat on that project or make a request here to have it done by a Steward for wikis without local bureaucrats.
• As an alternative, you may consider changing your signature. This will change your "public appearance" on talk pages and other places where you sign your username with ~~~~.
• It may be easier for you simply to create a new account (although due to technical restrictions, requests to change only the capitalisation or punctuation should be made here). You can then discontinue use of the old one. It does not need to be deleted; disused accounts are harmless and may be safely ignored.
• Account names requested here are regarded as being "reserved" until the request is accepted or rejected. If someone else registers the account while the request is here, it will be renamed if necessary to allow for the requested move.
• Be aware: This change will not affect signatures you have already left on talk pages, or other places where you signed your username with ~~~~. Those pages will continue to display your signature (including the link to your old username) unless edited manually.
• Once you have been renamed, your old account will no longer exist. In general the bureaucrat who deals with the name change should re-create the old account and block it indefinitely. To guard against impersonation, you may wish to check this.
• Of possible interest: the Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy; "Right to vanish"

• Current name: Gordafarid (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: behtis (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: changing in all wikies.
• note: the user:behtis is mine and I registered it in all wikies.--Gordafarid 07:01, 21 October 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

The behtis account on fawiki has easily the most edits, but is not attached to the SUL. It has also been blocked until 20 November. Can you explain? —Anonymous Dissident ^Talk 11:46, 23 October 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

yea, gordafarid in fa.wiki had changed to behtis and contribiutions had moved. I don`t know about SUL attaching! :( please guide me.--Gordafarid 02:02, 2 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Jmarino (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Jmarino (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: Sounds strange - but according to stewards I have to place my request here. Please see the history here. Thank you. 195.160.149.37 09:33, 23 October 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Done – Jmarino has been moved to Jmarino (usurped). You are now free to register Jmarino for yourself. —Anonymous Dissident ^Talk 11:50, 23 October 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Andrewleynse (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Andrew Leynse (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: the correct spelling of the name Andrewleynse 20:44, 27 October 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Done --Mardetanha ^talk 20:47, 27 October 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Tegel2 (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Tegel (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: I have the global account "Tegel" and would like to take over the account here at Meta. You can find a confirmation that I'm "Tegel" on my swedish User Talk-page here Tegel2 12:49, 1 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Done —Anonymous Dissident ^Talk 14:12, 1 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Ilya K (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Ilya (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: SUL usurpation Ilya K 09:59, 2 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

I want to usurp the following account - User:Ilya --Ilya K 09:59, 2 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Done —Anonymous Dissident ^Talk 12:15, 2 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Martin.bergner (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Bergfalke2 (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: privacy Martin.bergner 13:57, 2 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Done —Anonymous Dissident ^Talk 11:20, 14 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Pavlik (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Pavlik (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: usurpation for SUL Here is the confirmation link:[1]. Thank you 217.187.182.55 22:57, 3 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Done, sorry for the delay. —Anonymous Dissident ^Talk 08:01, 22 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Lwh (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Lwh (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: SUL

Note: moved from SR/SUL#Lwh (permalink). --Erwin 14:43, 8 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Angelo Piccio (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Pare Mo (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: for SUL purposes. Angelo 12:17, 9 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Flamevox (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Visible Light (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: Chaging in all wikis. Visible Light 16:20, 11 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Done —Anonymous Dissident ^Talk 11:18, 14 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Pmlinediter (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Pmlineditor (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: To unify SUL. I own the Pmlineditor account too. Pmlineditor ∞ 10:31, 14 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

  I confirm that I'm Pmlinediter and I own both Pmlinediter and Pmlineditor. Pmlineditor 11:14, 14 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Done —Anonymous Dissident ^Talk 11:17, 14 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Cseki (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Seki3000 (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) |--

Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)

• Reason: usurpation for SUL Here is the confirmation link:--~Cseki 09:16, 16 November 2009 (UTC). Thank you

Please, use this template to request. Your request are confuse... Alex Pereira ^falaê 11:52, 16 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Note Note: please see this and this. Thank you, —Dferg ^(disputatio) 17:12, 20 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Broadbeer (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Thomas81 (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: SUL --Broadbeer 15:03, 18 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. Alex Pereira ^falaê 15:49, 18 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: None (SUL) (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Triton (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: Hello, I would like to ask a username change for User:Triton. This account seems not to be used and it's my username on wikipedia projects (using Unified login). If it's possible ...(like Erwin seems to say) Thanks. 62.235.225.129 11:45, 21 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Fixed format. —Anonymous Dissident ^Talk 11:58, 21 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Done —Anonymous Dissident ^Talk 12:02, 21 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Thanks Triton 12:11, 21 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Nikkimariana (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Nikkimaria (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: unify with established en-wiki name Nikkimariana 22:47, 23 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Done Majorly talk 23:27, 27 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Alexfusco5 (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Radon210 (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: Removal of real name from username, would appreciate deletion of redirect also Alex fusco ⁵ 22:53, 24 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Done Majorly talk 23:35, 24 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Adam7davies (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Adam (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: An account under the name "Adam" already exists but with no edits. (User:Adam is linked to from this page, however it was copied from Wikireason and so that is not an edit by the user of the Meta account.) Adam (Sgwrs) 00:00, 26 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Done Majorly talk 23:27, 27 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Mixwell (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Fail (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: To comply with the SUL and to get the proper edits that are attribued to this username.Mixwell 22:44, 27 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Done Majorly talk 23:28, 27 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

• Current name: Qvvx (talk • contribs • email)
• Requested name: Vasiliy Faronov (talk • contribs • email)
• For bureaucrats: SUL report (old • new ) | Email target username | (simple rename) • (usurp 1 + 2)
• Reason: I have abandoned my former nickname and prefer to sign with my real name now. Qvvx 22:18, 28 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

Done Majorly talk 12:35, 29 November 2009 (UTC) [reply ]

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