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.
Notes
- 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
- 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.
- Click here to place your request.
- Replace "
TARGET NAME
" with the username you wish to usurp. - Replace "
YOUR REASON
" with a description of why you want to usurp the account. - Leave the "Subject/headline" field blank.
- Replace "
- 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
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- Preview the changes and make sure both names are spelled correctly. Click "Publish changes".
- 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 14:52:17, 6 August 2024 (UTC) (
).
August 1, 2024
[edit]Requests left here should be addressed on or after August 9, 2024.
Mohapatrapraveen → TARGET praveenmohapatra
[edit]Status: In progress
- Current username: Mohapatrapraveen (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: TARGET praveenmohapatra (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: 08:00, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: this account have no activity and it will be my username according to my name Mohapatrapraveen (talk) 08:00, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Clerk note: The requested username "TARGET praveenmohapatra" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT⚡ 08:04, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Clerk note: Pinged user. Mohapatrapraveen, did you mean to put praveenmohapatra as the target? Please also note that, as usurpations are normally not granted to acounts that have very few contributions. As such, this request will likely be denied. GrayStorm(Complaints Dept.|My Contribs.) 02:41, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
ProfessorBlackHole → Vojd
[edit]Status: Not done
- Current username: ProfessorBlackHole (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Vojd (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: 20:23, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: My current username was created when I was very young, and I no longer use that name; it is both too long and uses a title that I do not presently deserve (professor). I go by Vojdo in most online spaces. I recognize that while the User Vojdo has been inactive for 15 years, they have significant edit history. Therefore, I will not (at current moment) request usurpation of that username. This being said, I would still like to change my username to one similar to what I actually go by online. I see that while Vojd is a taken username, it is also over a decade old and has zero edits. :) ProfessorBlackHole (talk) 20:23, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Clerk note: The requested username "Vojd" is not registered locally, but is reserved for a global account. If you own the global account, please use that account to comment here explicitly consenting to the usurpation, or link to such a comment made elsewhere. If you do not own the global account, this may preclude renaming. Requests for usurpation of global usernames with significant attachments on other projects must be made at meta:Steward requests/Username changes. AnomieBOT⚡ 20:37, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Clerk note: Pinged user. ProfessorBlackHole, please see the above comment by AnomieBOT. GrayStorm(Complaints Dept.|My Contribs.) 02:43, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Not done ProfessorBlackHole. Neriah (talk) 14:51, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
August 2, 2024
[edit]Requests left here should be addressed on or after August 10, 2024.
Victorzeel → Zeelie
[edit]Status: In progress
- Current username: Victorzeel (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Zeelie (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: 07:18, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: It would be shorter and overall easier to write. Victorzeel (talk) 07:18, 2 August 2024 (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. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 0 total edits on 6 wikis. Requesting user has 3 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 3 total edits on 6 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 07:23, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
August 6, 2024
[edit]Requests left here should be addressed on or after August 14, 2024.
TheXXOs → Chromonym
[edit]Status: In progress
- Current username: TheXXOs (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
- Target username: Chromonym (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: 02:31, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- Reason: I am currently in the process of changing my typical online username from XXOs (and variations on it, like my current username of TheXXOs) to Chromonym. TheXXOs (talk) 02:31, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- Note:
The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
The current owner of the target username has an email address set.
Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 0 total edits on 1 wiki. Requesting user has 14 undeleted edits and 4 deleted edits, for a total of 18 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 42 total edits on 28 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 02:40, 6 August 2024 (UTC)