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
[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.
Trainrobber66
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Trainrobber66 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: OA3g93hi (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: (understood why I can't put # in username, renamed as a result.) I understand that my new username can be random. However, I simply want to remain anonymous on wikipedia now due to security reasons. If username is changed, could you also delete the revisions and entries from here?
- @Red-tailed hawk: Since you accepted Trainrobber66's unblock request with some conditions, do you have any objections to this rename? – DreamRimmer (talk) 07:44, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
Supremacy Fighting Championship
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Supremacy Fighting Championship (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Jay at Supremacy Fighting Championship (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: On behalf of another user per request made in en:Special:Diff/1273029894. The user failed to follow the instruction to complete the GlobalRenameRequest form.
- @Alalch E.: This edit was made by an IP user, likely the same person while logged out, but please ask them to confirm their new username while logged in. – DreamRimmer (talk) 14:54, 1 February 2025 (UTC)
- I've asked. Alalch E. (talk) 15:13, 1 February 2025 (UTC)
Not done No response – DreamRimmer (talk) 13:59, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
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.
![]() | 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. |
Balbesistan
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Balbesistan (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Дядя Слава (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: Good time of day. I want to change my nickname to the one I declared. The user who owned this nickname has not been active for 15 years and has no contribution, so his usurpation should not be a problem. I use a similar nickname on other resources, so it is highly desirable to have it on the Wiki. Thank you in advance.
On hold until 12 February 2025, also notified via email. —MdsShakil (talk) 07:33, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you, I'll be expecting. — Balbesistan (talk) 11:44, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
Dorongov
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Dorongov (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Zarezan (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 nickname to the one I declared. The user who owned this nickname has not been active for 16 years and has no contribution, so his usurpation should not be a problem. I use a similar nickname on other resources, so it is highly desirable to have it on the Wiki. Thank you in advance.
On hold until 17 February 2025. Robertsky (talk) 14:03, 3 February 2025 (UTC)
BartCasaNova
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: BartCasaNova (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Bart Nieuwenhuis (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've lost the login details for my old account. Vera de Kok can attest that this account was also used by me, Bart Nieuwenhuis (Q102291703), as she's the author of the portrait photograph you will find on that item.
--BartCasaNova (talk) 13:26, 3 February 2025 (UTC)
- I saw Bart being logged into the BartCasaNova account when I visited him to take the photograph on his Wikidata item. My visit was my first in my commercial portrait project. Vera de Kok KvK 95905693 (talk) 13:43, 3 February 2025 (UTC)
- But how can we confirm that the account Bart Nieuwenhuis is owned by the same Bart Nieuwenhuis who currently uses the account BartCasaNova? – DreamRimmer (talk) 03:42, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
- This account Bart Nieuwenhuis was created in 2016 by myself, when I started as board member of Wikimedia Nederland but I did only very few things long time ago. Now I would like to use this account (my own full name) for work on Commons and Data. Casa Nova is Nieuwenhuis in Dutch ;-). BartCasaNova (talk) 10:43, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
- @BartCasaNova: I understand that both names are same, but I don't see enough evidence to confirm the connection. We currently have no verification of your link to the Bart_Nieuwenhuis account. Could you provide some evidence, such as confirming ownership of the File:Figure 1 - Nieuwenhuis et al 2018 - Integrins promote axonal regeneration after injury of the nervous system - Biological Reviews - doi 10.1111-brv.12398.jpg, which was uploaded by this account? – DreamRimmer (talk) 10:55, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
- This account Bart Nieuwenhuis was created in 2016 by myself, when I started as board member of Wikimedia Nederland but I did only very few things long time ago. Now I would like to use this account (my own full name) for work on Commons and Data. Casa Nova is Nieuwenhuis in Dutch ;-). BartCasaNova (talk) 10:43, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
- But how can we confirm that the account Bart Nieuwenhuis is owned by the same Bart Nieuwenhuis who currently uses the account BartCasaNova? – DreamRimmer (talk) 03:42, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
Arwenmajer
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: Arwenmajer (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: Jules_Winnfield (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 username, there is a person with this username but he is not active, so I think it will not be a problem for me to get it, Regards.
On hold until 19 February 2025. – DreamRimmer (talk) 05:14, 5 February 2025 (UTC)
ちょこり
[edit]- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
- Old Username: ちょこり (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
- New Username: しらこ (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 the name from one that has no meaning.
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: 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
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