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Changing username/Simple

This page is a forum in which users can request, and global renamers (including stewards) can consider and carry out, requests to rename accounts to usernames that are not yet taken on any Wikimedia project. While global renamers carry out renames, other users (including bots) help by "clerking" the mechanics of this process. If you wish to help as a clerk, please read the linked page carefully.

Instructions

For help 'vanishing' from Wikipedia, please see courtesy vanishing.

Once you have decided on the name you would like:

Read this page first. You must be aware of, and understand, all of that information before requesting a username change
Check to make sure this username is not already in use. Do this by searching for the name here. If the name appears in the results, even if on another Wikimedia project, it is taken.
Do not create an account under the new name or move/redirect your userpages. We'll do that for you.
Log in with your present username in order to place your request. Renames will not be approved if the requester is not logged in.
Click here to place your request.
- Add your desired username after NEW=
- Add a reason for the change after REASON=
- Do not change anything after CURRENT=
Make sure that you have spelt your desired name correctly, including capitalization and spacing. Save the page. If your request is submitted malformed, please remedy it according to this page.
Check back on this page periodically to answer any questions that may arise regarding your request. Please be patient. It may take a few days for your request to be completed. If you do not answer any questions, your request may be declined due to no response.
Once your request has been completed, please do not remove or change your request. It will be archived automatically by a bot.

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

Important Notes After you are renamed...

Due to technical limitations, usernames may not start with a lowercase letter. However, you may use the template {{lowercase title}} on your user and user talk pages, and change your signature to reflect your preference.
Underscores and spaces are considered identical by the MediaWiki software.
Use of a company, organization, group, website, or product name as a username is prohibited by the username policy.
Please understand the implications of using your real name before requesting a name change to it.

... your name will be changed to the new one in the page history of every page you've edited.
... your userpage and any subpages will be moved to the new name automatically. Please do not attempt to move them yourself.
... links left by your previous signatures will still point to the old userpage; however, a redirect will be left behind to your new userpage.
... your request will be automatically moved to the archives in the interest of transparency.

Fluoresce98 → fluorest

Current name: Fluoresce98 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Fluorest (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
AntiSpoof: antispoof check
For global renamer: rename user
Datestamp: 10:29, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
Reason: less childish Fluoresce98 (talk) 10:29, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Fluoresce98: You have a number of unattached accounts. Please merge them, then let us know when that's done. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:28, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- (moved from User talk:Nihonjoe) Hello, You told me to merge my accounts in order to change my username. Came here to tell you that I believe it is done? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fluoresce98 (talk • contribs) 23:05, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - @Fluoresce98: Please post all responses here (not on my user talk page). It appears there are still a number of unattached accounts. You may need to login to each of them to get them to merge properly. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:42, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    - @Nihonjoe:Well, to be honest, I have no idea what this even means. I tried merging by using the link you provided. I got a textbox telling me my accounts were merged. When I click the "unattached accounts"-link that takes med to the "global account information"-page, it tells me I have 30 attached accounts, and then it lists them up. By the way, why are there so many accounts? For example, I see pl.wikipedia, es.wikipedia and sr.wikipedia, but I speak not polish, nor spanish or serbian. In addition, when I click the different links on the global account information-page (for example sv.wikipedia.org), it tells me that a user with my name does not exist. Fluoresce98 (talk) 11:41, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      - @Fluoresce98: The reason you have accounts on other Wiki's is most likely because you visited those other wiki's at one point. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:43, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
        @Blaze Wolf:@Nihonjoe: Might be, but I am still waiting for an answer to most of my questions above. Why does the account information-page and the merge-page tell me my accounts are attached, if they are not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fluoresce98 (talk • contribs) 11:15, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
        @Fluoresce98: We're trying to figure that out. None of us are developers, so we don't have a way to look behind the scenes at why your usernames are not merging properly. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:03, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
        @Fluoresce98: Can you please visit https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MergeAccount and let us know what it says (it might be worth copy/pasting everything after Read more about unified login…)? — TNT (talk • she/her) 17:26, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
        @TheresNoTime: It reads "Merging completed! You may now log in to every wiki belonging to the Wikimedia Foundation without creating a new account.". Below "Read more about unified login", it says "The accounts with username "Fluoresce98" on each of the following pages has been automatically merged in one single account". Copy pasted below.

Kontoene med navn «Fluoresce98» på hver av de følgende sidene har automatisk blitt slått sammen til én samlet konto:

   be.wikipedia.org
   bxr.wikipedia.org
   commons.wikimedia.org
   da.wikipedia.org
   de.wikipedia.org
   en.wikipedia.org
   en.wikibooks.org
   en.wikinews.org
   en.wikiquote.org
   en.wikisource.org
   en.wikiversity.org
   en.wikivoyage.org
   en.wiktionary.org
   es.wikipedia.org
   fr.wikipedia.org
   incubator.wikimedia.org
   login.wikimedia.org
   www.mediawiki.org
   meta.wikimedia.org
   nl.wikipedia.org
   nn.wikipedia.org
   no.wikipedia.org
   no.wikibooks.org
   no.wikiquote.org
   no.wiktionary.org
   pl.wikipedia.org
   simple.wikipedia.org
   species.wikimedia.org
   sr.wikipedia.org
   sv.wikipedia.org
   sv.wiktionary.org
   www.wikidata.org

Svkn~enwiki → vinothkannans

Current name: Svkn~enwiki (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Vinothkannans (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
AntiSpoof: antispoof check
For global renamer: rename user
Datestamp: 17:46, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
Reason: To remember easily Svkn~enwiki (talk) 17:46, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Renamer note: The requested username is already registered; see Special:CentralAuth. Please choose another name which is not already in use. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 15:59, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Cod with KFA → One

Current name: Cod with KFA (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: One (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
AntiSpoof: antispoof check
For global renamer: rename user
Datestamp: 18:37, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
Reason: I don’t use my current username on other platforms, so i want to change it. Cod with KFA (talk) 18:37, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Renamer note: The requested username is already registered; see Special:CentralAuth. Please choose another name which is not already in use. Cod with KFA. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 03:25, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

SnehaRaphael1996 → Sneha96

Current name: SnehaRaphael1996 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Sneha96 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
AntiSpoof: antispoof check
For global renamer: rename user
Datestamp: 22:46, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
Reason: My username contains my surname which I no longer prefer to use due to personal reasons SnehaRaphael1996 (talk) 22:46, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Renamer note: The requested username is already registered; see Special:CentralAuth. Please choose another name which is not already in use. SnehaRaphael1996 ‐‐1997kB (talk) 03:28, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Khwajaamn → Shah Fahad Naseem

Current name: Khwajaamn (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Shah Fahad Naseem (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
AntiSpoof: antispoof check
For global renamer: rename user
Datestamp: 10:07, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
Reason: Shah Fahad Naseem is my official name Khwajaamn (talk) 10:07, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Renamer note: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? Khwajaamn ‐‐1997kB (talk) 03:34, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pauliefred → pfred

Current name: Pauliefred (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Pfred (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
AntiSpoof: antispoof check
For global renamer: rename user
Datestamp: 18:48, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Reason: Personal Preference Paul (talk) 18:48, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- @Pauliefred: Renamer note: The requested username is already registered; see Special:CentralAuth. However, as this requested account has made no edits, it meets the criteria for being usurped; if you are an established user and wish to usurp it, please read and follow the process at m:Steward requests/Username changes. If you do not wish to usurp the username, please choose another name to be renamed to. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:04, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Revision as of 13:17, 13 May 2022

Fluoresce98 → fluorest

Svkn~enwiki → vinothkannans

Cod with KFA → One

SnehaRaphael1996 → Sneha96

Khwajaamn → Shah Fahad Naseem

Pauliefred → pfred

Yerimya Natanian → hyunjinluvbot

ACI MGMT → ACI00

ACI MGMT → ACI66

Meglenabo → Marciapella

CalifornioScholar → AdamApl

STACCATO HK → Janette Chu