Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations

"WP:USURP" redirects here. For the guide regarding usurping a page title, see WP:USURPTITLE.

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 04:27:09, 23 December 2024 (UTC) ().

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Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. It is currently 04:27:09, 23 December 2024 (UTC) ().

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Place your request here.

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February 25, 2015

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 5, 2015.

None (SUL request) → ChrisD

Status:     Not done

• Target username: ChrisD (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: 16:38, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

How do I do this? what confirmation link?

• Reason: This was my account before, but I set it up with an old e-mail address, since obsolete. Having lost my password I am locked out. I know what that e-mail is, i.e. myname@employer.de and my current e-mail is xxxxx@myname.co.uk, and I have other work accounts that are myname@employer if that is any help. Let me know if I can get back into my account in any way. Do you need me to open a new wikipedia account for this purpose? The account does have edits etc, but I think I lost the password and stopped using it in 2007. I did quite a bit of work back in the day (I think those histories are deleted, but e.g. I uploaded my thesis introduction to Phosphatidic Acid). If it is at all possible I'd really like my account back.
• Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

90.244.43.177 (talk) 16:38, 25 February 2015 (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. 3 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 16:46, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

@90.244.43.177: What the confirmation link means is that you need to confirm that you own the global account for "ChrisD". To do this, log into ChrisD on another Wikimedia wiki and then make an edit that states that you're trying to complete your global account. However, if I'm not mistaken, you're not trying to get an account usurped, but rather you're trying to get an account in which you've lost the password for. In this case, WP:Changing username is not the place you should go. See Special:PasswordReset if you have forgotten your password. You may also create a new account and then leave a note on User:ChrisD and your new userpage stating that the two accounts belong to the same person. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 21:14, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

• There are no edits and no deleted edits from this account. Are you sure that was the account name? perhaps it was [1] –xeno^talk 14:06, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
•  Not done as I believe your account was actually ChristineD (talk · contribs); please try a special:PasswordReset or start a new account. –xeno^talk 13:55, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

March 1, 2015

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 9, 2015.

None (SUL request) → skiwi

Status:     In progress

• Target username: Skiwi (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: 02:23, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
• Reason: trying for a SUL

I (skiwi) am trying to gain a SUL.

When I visit [2] it keeps trying to unify me with https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Skiwi (home wiki) which is not me at all. Thus I cannot proceed any further. skiwi (talk) 02:23, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

 Clerk note: Fixed malformed request. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 03:00, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• The target user has edited since this request was filed. Unless the edit was to give permission to usurp, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 127 undeleted edits and 9 deleted edits, for a total of 136 edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 14 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 382 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 03:04, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

• • http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedista:Skiwi has no talk page @K6ka: and has not contributed since 2012
• @Skiwi: you'll need to achieve more edits than the cswiki user or choose a different name to unify your account. –xeno^talk 04:04, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
• @K6ka: thanks for doing this. @Xeno: I think that you will find I have the skiwi user name across most if not all wiki media wikis (e.g. wiktionary, wikivoyage, wikimedia/commons, wikinews, mediawiki, wikiquote, wikibooks, wikispecies, wikiversity), have done for some time, and am a current contributor
  • @Skiwi: it simply won't be possible for you to create the global account until you have more edits here than the cswiki user. Alternatively, you could try asking for the cswiki account to be usurped by posting at m:SRUC. –xeno^talk 01:56, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
  • @Xeno: From what I can see I already have more edits than | cs:Skiwi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skiwi (talk • contribs) 06:59, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
    • @Skiwi: sorry, you are mistaken. –xeno^talk 12:01, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
      • I see now, this if a more helpful reference. Skiwi (talk) 19:51, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

March 6, 2015

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 14, 2015.

Mark Lewis MacDonald → Mark M

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Mark Lewis MacDonald (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Mark M (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: 13:22, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
• Reason: My actual user name is User:Mark L MacDonald, which I would like to keep. I would like both user pages for User:Markmacdonald (no edits) and User:Mark M (two edits) to redirect to User:Mark L MacDonald. I've just created this account, because I was advised to do so, and then request to usurp these other accounts. Also, my signature has been "Mark M" since the beginning. I hope that makes sense. Thanks,

Mark Lewis MacDonald (talk) 13:22, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 2 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 3 total edits. Requesting user has 2 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 2 total edits on 3 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 13:23, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

I've now left a ususpation request on both user talk pages. Mark M (talk) 09:28, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

March 8, 2015

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 16, 2015.

Rcolinj → Rcolinjx

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Rcolinj (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Rcolinjx (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: 23:06, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
• Reason: Created rcolinjx account thinking I could delete rcolinj account.

Rcolinj (talk) 23:06, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• The target user has edited since this request was filed. Unless the edit was to give permission to usurp, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 1 undeleted edit and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 1 total edit on 3 wikis. Requesting user has 16 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 16 total edits on 4 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 23:07, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

This can be handled with the mergeuser tool. I will enquire as to when it will be available. Ajraddatz (Talk) 07:09, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

March 12, 2015

Requests left here should be addressed on or before March 20, 2015.

Universedroid → Saif01

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Universedroid (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Saif01 (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: 10:51, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
• Reason: because i have the username of a website.

Universedroid (talk) 10:51, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

 Clerk note: The requested username "Saif01" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT⚡ 11:00, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Universedroid → Saif01

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Universedroid (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Saif01 (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: 10:59, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
• Reason: Because it's the name of a website.

Universedroid (talk) 10:59, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

 Clerk note: The requested username "Saif01" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT⚡ 11:00, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

{CHUC|nocontrib|username}}

 Declined