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)

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)