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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Xeno (talk | contribs) at 18:25, 18 August 2010 (→‎Swarm → ♠: eh?). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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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}}
  1. Preview the changes and make sure both names are spelled correctly. Click "Publish changes".
  2. 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 16:37:49, 5 August 2024 (UTC) (Update).

Place your request here

Current requests

Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. It is 16:37:49, 5 August 2024 (UTC).

August 9, 2010

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than August 17, 2010.

Maryfranshea → franshea

Status:     Done

I would like to use the username FRANSHEA. I think I signed up for the account years ago and never used it. I have forgotten the password so I had to sign up for a new account. Can I please have FRANSHEA as my new username instead of MARYFRANSHEA? Maryfranshea (talk) 17:03, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
  • The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
  • User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 1 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 04:32, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

August 11, 2010

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than August 19, 2010.

Ems24 → Focus

Status:     In progress

  • Reason: I used my school username when I first made my account, but I would like something a bit more memorable and unique.

—ems24 22:49, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
  • The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
  • User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 1130 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 04:32, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

August 12, 2010

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than August 20, 2010.

Muraho → Amakuru

Status:     In progress

Muraho (talk) 08:11, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
  • The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
  • User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 8802 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 04:32, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jennavecia → Lara

Status:     In progress

Lara 17:36, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Active gl.wiki user Lara (talk · contribs) currently has claim to the SUL (but hasn't unified). Perhaps you could discuss it with them and see if they mind you taking over the claim? –xenotalk 15:46, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note:
  • The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
  • The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
  • User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 38113 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 04:32, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

August 13, 2010

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than August 21, 2010.

Hellahulla → HHHH

Status:     In progress

Hellahulla (talk) 07:50, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • User has 1 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 1 total edits. Requesting user has 414 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 04:32, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

August 15, 2010

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than August 23, 2010.

AboundingHinata → Hinata

Status:     In progress

AboundingHinata (talk) 00:12, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
  • The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
  • User has 0 undeleted edits, 0 deleted edits, and 0 total edits. Requesting user has 79 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 00:14, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

August 17, 2010

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than August 25, 2010.

Swarm → ♠

Status:     In progress

SwarmTalk 12:43, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: User "♠" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. ClueBot VI (talk) 12:43, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That is an error, obviously. SwarmTalk 17:23, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: The policy might not forbid those usernames but imho we should not encourage their use further by renaming people to such names, which are both complicated for people to write and might break formatting and/or display of pages. I think Betacommand's rename started a trend that's ultimately harmful to this project while being of no real use to those renamed and I'd suggest the crat(s) considering this request to put it on hold until the community has discussed this and policy been changed to address it. The fact that such users were blocked in the past is indication that there might be some dispute about whether such names are desired under our username policy and we should discuss it first before proceeding with granting those requests. Regards SoWhy 17:33, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I don't want to seem argumentative, but one, people could either type "spade" or &spades, but it's not hard to type and it's a simple HTML symbol. Two, the policy has never forbid such names ever. All the blocks show was that the blocking admins were not completely familiar with the username policy. Admins can't block because they don't like something! Three, have these usernames ever proven to break the display of pages? A simple HTML symbol simply shouldn't do that. As far as I know, the software can support HTML symbols. They've always seemed to show up normally, like any other character. Four, this request has nothing to do with Betacommand's rename, and I was unaware there was a trend of users changing their names to symbols. If there was an ongoing discussion, I wouldn't have made this request until it was over. However, I don't think it should be prevented in anticipation of a discussion that may or may not prohibit such usernames, and would like to have this request judged based on current policy, not personal opinion or anticipation of a change in policy. SwarmTalk 04:39, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I merely pointed out that there a good reasons to decline such a request (another example is the automated clerk note by ClueBot above which demonstrates that automated scripts and bots might be unable to parse such usernames) and that admins back then possibly acted in what was considered consensus, even if it was not written down. As such, there is a real chance that consensus might not be in favor of such usernames and thus we might benefit from discussing it first. There is no harm to postpone this request to allow such a discussion first, so I think it would be sensible for the deciding crat to do so. But of course, no one is forced to take my advice or agree with me. Regards SoWhy 08:14, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Just my thoughts. I would rather have a consensus one way or another, but as of right now, I don't think there's a consensus against them at all. If you or someone actually intends to start a discussion regarding this, it's only sensible to postpone the request. If not, postponing indefinitely until a discussion takes place (if ever) isn't really sensible. I don't think the issue's ever bothered the community enough to try to establish a consensus against them. The important question is whether or not they're harmful or distracting to the project. I obviously don't think so. SwarmTalk 09:39, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps this should be discussed at WP:RFC/N prior to fulfillment? I am sympathetic to the view that these names tend to hinder collaboration and provide no particular benefit to the encyclopedia apart from an editor happy that they now have a "cool symbol name" (no doubt negatively offset by however many number of editors annoyed by it). In any case, I see no reason to ignore the hold period: someone having a symbol as a username doesn't particularly improve or maintain the encyclopedia. –xenotalk 13:31, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I would be more willing to initiate a discussion about symbol usernames in general, rather than an RFC about an individual username. But come on, Xeno, the hold period is simply to give the owner of the account time to protest the usurpation, isn't it? Since the account is blocked it serves no purpose. You know we don't need to follow process for the sake of process. We can use common sense to ignore an unnecessary process. Forget this damn request, it's causing more drama then it's worth. I'll start an RFC on it. I didn't make this request because I wanted a cool username, I made it because I wanted to show that these usernames do no harm. I didn't think I'd be checked at the door. SwarmTalk 17:42, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
So you wanted to change your username to prove a point? –xenotalk 18:25, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

August 18, 2010

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than August 26, 2010.

Marcoscramer → Marcos

Status:     Done

Marcoscramer (talk) 14:24, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • User has 4 undeleted edits, 1 deleted edits, and 5 total edits. Requesting user has 454 edits. ClueBot VI (talk) 14:28, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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