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Changing username/Simple

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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.

Sanidanicole → H3llokitty

Current name: Sanidanicole (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: H3llokitty (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: 03:15, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Please change my username, I do not want to have my name. Was not aware and used my real name. Sanidanicole (talk) 03:15, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 03:20, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(non clerk response) Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I would recommend against renaming in this case. If it happened, your pseudonym would be publicly linked to your real name in the renaming log and the archives of this page. If you do not want people here to connect your account to your real-life identity, I would suggest this course pf action:

~~Withdraw the request by using strikethrough. I cannot link to how to do it properly but you can find it in Help:Wikitext.~~
Stop using this account and do not resume using it.
Create a new account with a different pseudonym (not H3llokitty now that you have made the connection) and use that one.

QwertyForest (talk) 08:25, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Sanidanicole, apart from the points mentioned above by QwertyForest, there is no point in renaming your account, as you have made no edits at all apart from this rename request, so you have no editing history to preserve. Just abandon this account, and create a new one. JBW (talk) 11:04, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Elliyoun → Mike75TX

Current name: Elliyoun (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Mike75TX (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: 17:00, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Do not want to use my last name as username Elliyoun (talk) 17:00, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 17:10, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done_Elliyoun Please resolve your block issue and then re-request. - FlightTime (open channel) 19:35, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Someone kind enough has decided to block me editing me a page permanently! so, not sure what I can do here! Elliyoun (talk) 20:36, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Elliyoun Since it's just one page and if @Ponyo: has no objections, I'll preform the rename. - FlightTime (open channel) 02:22, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redvud → Lakoks

Current name: Redvud (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Lakoks (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: 02:30, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: better, more unique name Redvud (talk) 02:30, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done_Lakoks - FlightTime (open channel) 02:33, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]