Steward requests/Username changes
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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 |
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Instructions
[edit ]SUL finalization
[edit ]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
[edit ]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
[edit ]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
[edit ]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
[edit ]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.
Requests involving merges, usurps or other complications
[edit ]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 and consensus, accounts with valid edits are not usurped, and the target account must be notified by renamer at least two weeks before usurpation.
ZombiUwU
[edit ]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: ZombiUwU (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Astrica (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: This is my second attempt after not understanding the proper procedure. I had no intention of making improper requests; I simply misunderstood the rules about changing my username. I am now hoping to continue editing on Wikipedia under a new username, as my old one no longer suits me.
- On hold until 27 February 2025. – DreamRimmer (talk) 15:49, 13 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Done —MdsShakil (talk) 05:46, 27 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Kolano123
[edit ]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Kolano123 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: WhiteTailedEagle (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I want a username that represents me more than my current name. I like birds, and "WhiteTailedEagle" sounds like "White-tailed eagle". Plus the user that chose that nickname made zero contributions to Wikimedia projects.
- On hold until 1 March 2025. TenWhile6 02:33, 15 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Derpytoucan
[edit ]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Derpytoucan (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: CobbDouglas (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I created my account in high school and chose a somewhat random username which now seems fairly juvenile. "CobbDouglas" in reference to the Cobb-Douglas production function is a lot more in line with my profession of economics (although it isn't a subject I really focus on here). The current CobbDouglas account was created nearly 12 years ago and has made 0 contributions to any Wikimedia projects. (It should be noted that I was temporarily blocked on the English Wikipedia fairly recently. Although I don't intend on repeating the behavior that got me blocked, of course, it is something I want to disclose here).
- On hold until 05 March 2025. aqurs ❄️ 07:24, 19 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Meksaron030
[edit ]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Meksaron030 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Queen of Darkness (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
- Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
- Reason: I would not like to use my old name because it is meaningless and weird. The user who owns this name was registered in 2006 and has not made any edits since then. Besides, I use this name on other sites too.
- On hold until 12 March 2025, also notified via email. Wüstenspringmaus talk 14:15, 26 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
See also
[edit ]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
- for username changes
- 2014: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 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
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