Steward requests/Username changes/2018-05

Simple rename requests

Authorsusangrant

Status:    Done

• Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
• Old Username: Authorsusangrant (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
• New Username: vsthrzon (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)

Warning: A username cannot begin with a lower-case letter: vsthrzon → Vsthrzon

• Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
• Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
• Reason: to avoid appearance of self promotion

--Authorsusangrant (talk) 15:24, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Done --Alaa :)..! 17:14, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Vitorvicentevalente

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T194114 invalid

Status:    Done

• Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
• Old Username: Vitorvicentevalente (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
• New Username: VítoR Valente (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: My current username contains personal information. I want to maintain just my first name and surname, please. This new username isn't even registered, so I don't see the problem. Thank you.

--VítoR™ (♪) 21:14, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

 note Phab task created. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 02:43, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

@1997kB: per GR Policy "Accounts with over 100,000 global edits should not be renamed without supervision by a system administrator.", and above account have less than 100K so no need for phab. task --Alaa :)..! 08:14, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

@1997kB: Also, when the account have more than 100K, please open phab. task through T169440 (By click on CLICK HERE) --Alaa :)..! 08:29, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Done The progress --Alaa :)..! 08:14, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

@علاء: Hey, Thanks for this clarification, as I was confused after watching some of the tasks in which contribs were between 100,000 and 50,000 i.e. phab:T187458 and phab:T186937. Was there something different in these cases? Thanks :) ‐‐1997kB (talk) 09:25, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Aha got it after watching history of main task T169440. Thanks :) ‐‐1997kB (talk) 09:42, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Einverne

Status:    Done

• Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
• Old Username: Einverne (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
• New Username: evwi (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • similar names • UV • CentralAuth)

Warning: A username cannot begin with a lower-case letter: evwi → Evwi

• Previous renames: current user, target user. Queue: open req, closed req
• Stewards/Global renamers: usurp user, rename user
• Reason: origin username is to long, I want a short name.

--Einverne (talk) 10:02, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Done --Alaa :)..! 10:48, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Requests involving merges, usurps or other complications

Bengtsson96

Status:    Done

• Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
• Old Username: Bengtsson96 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
• New Username: Autom (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: My old user name contains personal information, and I already use Autom in many other (non Wikimedia) places.

--Bengtsson96 (talk) 12:33, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

•  On hold until 29 April.--J.Wong 15:49, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Done --Alaa :)..! 18:52, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! /Autom (talk) 00:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Հրաչ 2002

Status:    Done

• Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
• Old Username: Հրաչ 2002 (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
• New Username: Nerkararyan (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: Thank you.

--Հրաչ 2002 (talk) 11:06, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

 On hold until 7 May --Alaa :)..! 04:44, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

@Հրաչ 2002: can you translate this page to hy. language? --Alaa :)..! 04:44, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Done --Alaa :)..! 12:57, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

NiharikaKohli

Status:    Done

• Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (stewardry • list 'crats)
• Old Username: NiharikaKohli (talk • edits • logs • cross-wiki-contribs • userpages • CentralAuth • GlobalRenameUser)
• New Username: Niharika (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: Both accounts are mine and ideally I'd like them to be merged but as the notice above says that merging isn't an option anymore, I'd like to go with Niharika as my only account as that is my username in other places. Thanks.

--NiharikaKohli (talk) 04:29, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

@NiharikaKohli: so we'll change NiharikaKohli to Niharika and Niharika to Niharika (usurped), if yes, please confirm that Niharika account is yours by signing under my comment? --Alaa :)..! 10:26, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Okay. To be sure, all of the edits made under Niharika will be lost and the edits made under NiharikaKohli will be transferred to Niharika, correct? Thanks. -- Niharika (talk) 15:39, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

@NiharikaKohli and Niharika: Edits of Niharika will be transferred to Niharika (usurped) and edits of NiharikaKohli will be transferred to Niharika, so none of the edit will be lost. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 15:55, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks 1997kB.-- Niharika (talk) 16:08, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

It's a pity that we sometimes receive this kind of requests and we're forced to "loose" edits. If at least local user merge was possible... —MarcoAurelio (talk) 21:23, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Doing... —MarcoAurelio (talk) 21:31, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Done:

• Niharika moved to Niharika (usurped)
• NiharikaKohli moved to Niharika

I chatted with Legoktm if we could at least merge the mediawiki accounts using UserMerge, but we weren't sure it would work based on the extension actual coding and status. Reedy says reasigning edits is easy though. I'm leaving that decision to the tech people.

—MarcoAurelio (talk) 21:51, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, MarcoAurelio! I'll look into reassigning edits bit. Do you think it will be useful for more people? -- Niharika (talk) 16:54, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

@Niharika: Hi. I think that having extension UserMerge fixed so it works with Wikimedia would be of great help in the (not so rare) cases like yours. I filed T156584 some time ago. So yes, I feel it'll certainly be useful for more people. Thanks, —MarcoAurelio (talk) 18:07, 7 May 2018 (UTC)