Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations

This page is for requests to take over an account name that is already registered. If you want your account renamed to a name that is still available, please use Special:GlobalRenameRequest or Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple.

This page is a forum in which users can request, and global renamers (including Stewards) familiar with local usurpation guidelines, can consider and carry out, the "usurpation" of usernames primarily held locally. This consists of renaming an existing account in order to vacate the username and allow another user to take it.

Please note that global accounts whose "home wiki" is another project or which have significant attachments on other projects cannot be usurped here; these requests must be made at meta:Steward requests/Username changes (see meta:Help:Unified login).

A few users have agreed to provide assistance with the mechanics of this process. If you wish to assist as well, please read the linked page carefully.

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• The account you want to usurp must have the English Wikipedia as its "home wiki", i.e. or should be displayed next to the en.wikipedia.org entry for the account at Special:CentralAuth.
• The account you want to usurp should have no edits or significant log entries to qualify for usurpation (though rare exceptions are made in some circumstances). This includes edits or log actions on other Wikimedia projects. These can be checked through Special:CentralAuth.
• Please do not request usurpation of another account if your own user account is less than several months old, or barely used. In order to ensure that usurped usernames be put to good use, we prefer only to grant requests from reasonably well-established users.

Instructions

1. Log in to your present account.
   • Please do not leave a talk page message or e-mail the target account yourself. If this becomes necessary, a user familiar with the usurpation process will do so.
2. Click here to place your request.
   1. Replace "TARGET NAME" with the username you wish to usurp.
   2. Replace "YOUR REASON" with a description of why you want to usurp the account.
   3. Leave the "Subject/headline" field blank.

If the URL above does not work, simply copy the following text, click "edit this page" and paste it at the bottom of the page. Modify it as indicated.

{{subst:usurp|TARGET NAME|reason=YOUR REASON}}

Advanced usage

For requests involving renaming an account other than your logged in account, use this: {{subst:usurp|CURRENT NAME|TARGET NAME|reason=YOUR REASON}} For usurp only requests, which leaves your logged in account untouched, set the usurponly parameter to yes: {{subst:usurp|TARGET NAME|usurponly=yes|reason=YOUR REASON}} To add an optional non default signature, use the sig parameter: {{subst:usurp|TARGET NAME|reason=YOUR REASON|sig=OPTIONAL SIGNATURE}}

3. Preview the changes and make sure both names are spelled correctly. Click "Publish changes".
4. Your request is now complete and ready to be processed after the hold period (usually about a week). If the owner of the target account does not object, a global renamer will fulfill your request provided other requirements are met. Do not be surprised when you find yourself unable to log in to your old account.

• Requests that do not adhere to these instructions or that are grossly malformed are subject to removal.

Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. It is currently 12:15:10, 1 May 2024 (UTC) ().

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Place your request here

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Current requests

Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. It is 12:15:10, 1 May 2024 (UTC).

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Click here to place your request.

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June 16, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before June 24, 2011.

Walterbalter → Walterbalter

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Walterbalter (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Walterbalter (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 13:15, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: Left wiki

Walterbalter (talk) 13:15, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

 Clerk note: The target username "Walterbalter" is equivalent to the original username "Walterbalter". Please follow the instructions at the top of the page to correctly file your request. AnomieBOT⚡ 13:16, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

 Clerk note: See WP:LEAVE. --Jeff (talk) (contribs) (email) 00:23, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

• Would you like me to rename your account to something random, so that it doesn't carry (what is perhaps) a real name? –xeno^talk 14:41, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

June 17, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before June 25, 2011.

Spedexec → Dbhouston

Status:     Done

• Current username: Spedexec (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Dbhouston (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 04:58, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: target name has no edits or email. It may have been actually created by me and not used.

Spedexec (talk) 04:58, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
• Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. Requesting user has 8 undeleted edits and 7 deleted edits, for a total of 15 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 05:04, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

•  Done –xeno^talk 17:12, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

June 20, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before June 28, 2011.

Clayrocks369 → Clay

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Clayrocks369 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Clay (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 07:47, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: My username is lame, the user has made no substantial edits and no edits at all since 2009, and as you can see by my signature I am very partial to the name :).

Clay^Clay_Clay 07:47, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 5 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 20 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 111 total edits. Requesting user has 419 undeleted edits and 5 deleted edits, for a total of 424 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 424 total edits on 1 wiki. AnomieBOT⚡ 07:52, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Looks fine after the hold. There may be a bit of an SUL conflict, but since the user is blocked on the wiki with the most edits, I don't think it'll bar this request's progress. demize (t · c) 22:04, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

AKMask → Mask

Status:     In progress

• Current username: AKMask (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Mask (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 21:21, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: I eventually registered this account in 2005, after editing as an IP for a year. In general I use Mask as a pseudonym, and 'Mask' had been taken in the previous few months. Nevertheless, to maintain a consistent identity (for purposes of memory if nothing else) I have since very early on 'branded' myself with this name. My sig reads simply Mask, those I know on wiki refer to me by it. At this point in time (6 years since the last of 3 contributions this account has (1 revert of vandalism, 1 npov tag on an article, and 1 complaint on that articles talkpage) all good but inconsequential changes, none of which currently has any derivative parts still in the project) I would like to usurp it, it would make my login process simpler by being my 'default' like most other sites as well as bring my account name in line with my presented identity on wiki.
• Comment on SUL conflict: The most active on the other Mask's, on sk.wiki as shown on the global account browser, has less than 230 edits in five years including none in 2011, 2 in 2010, 2 in 2009, and 3 in 2008. Also according to the Global Account Browser, there are no SUL's under Mask and the Mask on Commons and Meta are my accounts, as evidenced by their userpages. That was from before there was SUL.

 ۩ Mask 21:21, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• The target username has Wikipedia user logs entries. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 3 undeleted edits and 7 deleted edits, for a total of 10 edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 25 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 407 total edits. Requesting user has 4600 undeleted edits and 290 deleted edits, for a total of 4890 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 4891 total edits on 4 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 21:25, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

 Clerk note: It appears that a user on another Wikimedia project (svwiki) holds the claim to the SUL for this name. Please see Wikipedia:Handling SUL conflicts for more information on this topic. demize (t · c) 03:06, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

June 23, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before July 1, 2011.

BQZip01 → Buffs

Status:     Done

• Current username: BQZip01 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Buffs (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 17:34, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: outed at work; given my government position, this user name is no longer safe for my mission. Request move of user pages and subpages concurrent with move. Target has no edits (and others in another wiki, but I'm only interested in contributing to en.WP)

— BQZip01 — ^talk 17:34, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
• Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. Requesting user has 17795 undeleted edits and 547 deleted edits, for a total of 18342 edits. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with the requesting user's name, with 7 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 17:36, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

•  Done –xeno^talk 19:12, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

June 24, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before July 2, 2011.

None (SUL request) → Carrousel

Status:     On hold until 11 July 2011

• Target username: Carrousel (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user
• Datestamp: 16:22, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
• Confirmation link: here
• Reason: I'm Carrousel (Unified login), I want to usurp this account.
• Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

190.110.155.227 (talk) 16:22, 24 June 2011 (UTC) Carrousel

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• This user was created less than 6 months ago, such usernames may not be usurped. You can file another request when the username is older than 6 months.
• Target user has 5 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary eswiki) exists for the target user, with 5225 total edits on 65 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 2 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 6 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 16:29, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Request on hold until the 11th of July so the username can meet the time requirements. As well, a note will need to be left on the target's talk page (which I will do in a second). If the target user consents to the usurpation, this will be processeed when convenient however.

None (SUL request) → Hattab

Status:     In progress

• Target username: Hattab (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user
• Datestamp: 21:47, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
• Confirmation link
• Reason: SUL creation, name changed on homewiki. Confirmation link. New username has only one deleted edit.
• Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request. (Dino hattab (talk) 21:49, 24 June 2011 (UTC))

Note:

• The target username has Wikipedia user logs entries. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 4 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary bswiki) exists for the target user, with 2160 total edits on 8 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 4 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 8 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 21:54, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Looks fine after a brief hold. demize (t · c) 22:08, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

June 26, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before July 4, 2011.

Treyjp → Treyp

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Treyjp (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Treyp (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 08:48, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: shorter, easier to communicate verbally, more anonymous

treyjp (talk) 08:48, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
• Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. Requesting user has 146 undeleted edits and 4 deleted edits, for a total of 150 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 08:49, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Janus aa99 → Jushtrio

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Janus aa99 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Jushtrio (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 09:31, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: i don't like my old username.

Janus aa99 (talk) 09:31, 26 June 2011 (UTC)