Talk:Steward requests/Username changes
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Latest comment: 4 months ago by 1997kB in topic 7-day hold period
This is not the correct place to request a username change. Please see Steward requests/Username changes if you would like to request a username change.
My current Username Amit Yadav6
please change my username Approved AmitYadav Username Not Registered Available username AmitYadav Amit Yadav6 (talk) 12:32, 18 September 2024 (UTC) Reply
- To request a rename please complete the form here: Special:GlobalRenameRequest. — xaosflux Talk 13:11, 18 September 2024 (UTC) Reply
- Amit Yadav6, this appears to be your fourth user account requesting a rename in the last couple of days. What's going on? Cabayi (talk) 15:49, 20 September 2024 (UTC) Reply
(削除) Eight (削除ここまで)Nine obvious requests between your various accounts, 128724, 128769, 128788, 128789, 128815, 128880, 128918, 128937, & 128950. Curiouser and curiouser. Cabayi (talk) 16:20, 20 September 2024 (UTC) Reply- Tenth request - 129091. Blacklisting may be the only way to put an end to this. ̄\_(ツ)_/ ̄ Cabayi (talk) 12:20, 23 September 2024 (UTC) Reply
7-day hold period
Currently, we put usurpation requests on hold for 30 days after notifying the target user. However, on English Wikipedia, we only have a 7-day hold period. Do you think we should adopt the same 7-day hold here on Meta? I feel that a week is enough time for target users to respond. From my experience, only one user has opposed a usurpation, and that was within a week of the notification, so I believe a 7-day hold would work just fine. Should I open an RfC to gain consensus and move forward with this? – DreamRimmer (talk ) 18:20, 1 October 2024 (UTC) Reply
- My Support Support. 7 days is a good standard period. Let's get it done. :) signed, Aafi (talk) 19:02, 1 October 2024 (UTC) Reply
- Sounds sensible, though I wonder if this will encourage more "frivolous" requests. Leaderboard (talk) 19:04, 1 October 2024 (UTC) Reply
- @Aafi, @Leaderboard: Should we go ahead and implement the 7-day hold period, or do we need to start an RfC first? We didn’t need an RfC for this on English Wikipedia. – DreamRimmer (talk ) 10:18, 3 October 2024 (UTC) Reply
- Pinging regular renamers/stews @Xaosflux, @EPIC, @MdsShakil, @AramilFeraxa, @TenWhile6 and @Neriah – DreamRimmer (talk ) 10:22, 3 October 2024 (UTC) Reply
- I tend to be neutral regarding this idea. Both 7d and 30d are fine for me. TenWhile6 11:37, 3 October 2024 (UTC) Reply
- If on enwiki it works well, I can Support Support this proposal. If someone is inactive and does not use the account then 7 or 30 days makes no difference. AramilFeraxa (Talk) 12:44, 3 October 2024 (UTC) Reply
- Pinging regular renamers/stews @Xaosflux, @EPIC, @MdsShakil, @AramilFeraxa, @TenWhile6 and @Neriah – DreamRimmer (talk ) 10:22, 3 October 2024 (UTC) Reply
- @Aafi, @Leaderboard: Should we go ahead and implement the 7-day hold period, or do we need to start an RfC first? We didn’t need an RfC for this on English Wikipedia. – DreamRimmer (talk ) 10:18, 3 October 2024 (UTC) Reply
- Weak support--A09 |(pogovor) 15:44, 3 October 2024 (UTC) Reply
- 7-day waiting period seems a little early to me, in the global context; maybe we can collect community opinions about it. —MdsShakil (talk) 16:45, 3 October 2024 (UTC) Reply
- Maybe 14 days, and renaming hasn't been a local issue in a very long time - local projects shouldn't have special usurp processes. — xaosflux Talk 19:36, 3 October 2024 (UTC) Reply
- Oppose Oppose 7 days is far too short considering renames are global. 30 days appears to be the ideal length, giving enough time for users across any project to respond while also making it harder to make frivolous usurpation requests. The usurpation process on enwiki seems to have been grandfathered in from when renames were still local processes done by bureaucrats; presently, it only accepts requests from accounts whose home wikis are enwiki, presumably to avoid the issues of usurping someone's username from a smaller language wiki who may not log in regularly after giving them a scant 7 days to respond. I have no problem with closing down that page and redirecting all usurpation requests to Meta (considering we frequently get confused requests from confused people). —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 12:16, 4 October 2024 (UTC) Reply
- I would support 14 days, but I think longer than 7 days makes sense. Also would support enwiki aligning their process with the global standard as renaming is global now. – Ajraddatz (talk) 15:49, 4 October 2024 (UTC) Reply
- Oppose for 7 days as on enwiki only local account related usurpation is handled while on metawiki crosswiki request are handled. While users on enwiki might me little more active so 7 days makes more sense but on samll wikis users are not typically that active so people might entirely miss the 7 days notifications. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 13:41, 5 October 2024 (UTC) Reply