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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

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.

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

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.

CDAF Paris → Carlos Cruz-Diez

Current name: CDAF Paris (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Carlos Cruz-Diez (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: 09:29, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
Reason: correction incorrect spelling, remove the accent on the i CDAF Paris (talk) 09:29, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 09:30, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Renamer note: This username may classify as an inappropriate username under the username policy username is same as article you are working on. Please choose another name.. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 06:19, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pavel Chekurkov → Edvin Brooks

Current name: Pavel Chekurkov (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Edvin Brooks (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: 00:09, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
Reason: I change my name and surname Pavel Chekurkov (talk) 00:09, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 00:10, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: This username may classify as an inappropriate username under the username policy username is same as a notable person. Please choose another name.. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 06:19, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Expertmile17 → NIKESH SHETH

Current name: Expertmile17 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: NIKESH SHETH (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: 08:36, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
Reason: BY MISTAKE I HAD ENTERED MY COMPANY NAME Expertmile17 (talk) 08:36, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 08:40, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: User blocked indef. Aspening (talk) 13:30, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Please follw the instructions on your user talk for unblock. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 12:58, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tots & little ones matter! → MamaLioness

Current name: Tots & little ones matter! (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: MamaLioness (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: 01:47, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
Reason: I wanted to change my username for many months, but only found out how to do it in the past day. Please change this username immediately, as I have long felt embarrassed by it. Note to clerk: As you can see in this page's history, I actually was logged in with the username "Tots & little ones matter!" when I made this request. The robot clerk just doesn't like my current username. This is my second attempt. Tots & little ones matter! (talk) 01:47, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: ~~The request was made by [[User:Tots & little ones matter!|]], not Tots & little ones matter!; please login as Tots & little ones matter! to request a name change.~~—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Offline} 01:50, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Renamer note: @Tots & little ones matter!: Apologies about the robot clerk notice, it sometimes behaves wierd. Anyways there seems to be an AN discussion related to you, so we should wait until the outcome of that discussion. Also it looks like username you requested was created by you after the request, this is not required for a rename. All it did is complicated the process. Now after the outcome if you want the same username, you need to request at WP:USURP, otherwise you need to pick a different name. Thanks! ‐‐1997kB (talk) 13:05, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ch3200185 → Redacted0560

Current name: Ch3200185 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Redacted0560 (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: 01:55, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Reason: Cannot delete account. Ch3200185 (talk) 01:55, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 02:00, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ktenso → usatudeng

Current name: Ktenso (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Usatudeng (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: 02:06, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Reason: do not want to use real name Ktenso (talk) 02:06, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 02:10, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

McKnight Buchanan → James H. C.

Current name: McKnight Buchanan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: James H. C. (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: 02:15, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Reason: for friends to identify my work Ingalls.Arkansas.QNX 02:15, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 02:20, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Iammuktisubedi → elep567

Current name: Iammuktisubedi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Elep567 (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: 04:04, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Reason: I don't want to use my real name in English Wikipedia, It can cause me in trouble. Iammuktisubedi (talk) 04:04, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 04:10, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Socialmediaheroes → orineoguri16

Current name: Socialmediaheroes (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Orineoguri16 (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: 18:33, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Reason: initially had company name as username Socialmediaheroes (talk) 18:33, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 18:40, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

TBortfeld → NonanoN

Current name: TBortfeld (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: NonanoN (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: 18:57, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Reason: don't want username to be identifiable, after reading username policy TBortfeld (talk) 18:57, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@@ Line 69: / Line 69: @@
 * Reason: initially had company name as username [[User:Socialmediaheroes|Socialmediaheroes]] ([[User talk:Socialmediaheroes|talk]]) 18:33, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
 :[[Image:Symbol comment vote.svg|17px]] '''Robot clerk note:''' No problems found—[[User:Cyberbot I|<sup style="color:green;font-family:Courier">cyberbot I</sup>]]<small><sub style="margin-left:-13.5ex;color:green;font-family:Comic Sans MS">[[User talk:Cyberbot I|<span style="color:green">Talk to my owner</span>]]:Online</sub></small> 18:40, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
+=== <span id="TBortfeld">TBortfeld</span> → NonanoN ===
+{{renameuser2| 1=TBortfeld | 2=NonanoN }}
+* Datestamp: 18:57, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
+* Reason: don't want username to be identifiable, after reading username policy [[User:TBortfeld|TBortfeld]] ([[User talk:TBortfeld|talk]]) 18:57, 1 August 2019 (UTC)