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Lunarpages → WebHostingGirL
- Current name: Lunarpages (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: WebHostingGirL (rename user)
- Reason: to submit an article. Lunarpages 14:13, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Bureaucrat note: The problem is that you are seen to be spamming for Lunarpages, changing your name and continuing to write articles about your web hosting company isn't much better. You may want to read out Conflict of Interest and spam policies. Secretlondon 23:00, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Nonetheless Done, as the name is promotional and had to be changed. Andre (talk) 16:54, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Kreativevistas → Growtrees
- Current name: Kreativevistas (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Growtrees (rename user)
- Reason: changing content direction. Kreativevistas 22:34, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Bureaucrat note: You've been warned for Spamming for making the article Kreativevistas, a subject which you appear to have a conflict of interest on. I suspect that you are now working to promote a company called Growtrees. We don't want your spam, regardless of who it is for. If you want to contribute to this encylopedia come up with a non-commerical name and write non-commericial content. We are not your web host. Secretlondon 23:12, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Nonetheless Done, as Kreativevistas is a promotional name and we have no reason to assume Growtrees is. Andre (talk) 16:56, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Fiachra Kearney → Desertdonkey
- Current name: Fiachra Kearney (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Desertdonkey (rename user)
- Reason: Real name used to sign up and need it changed. 140.253.147.201 06:39, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Clerk note: All requests must be made while logged in to the account that will be renamed; this request was made by 140.253.147.201 (talk · contribs). Please log in to the account that is to be renamed and confirm this request. --Hirohisat Kiwi 07:24, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done per [1] -- apparently this user does in fact want the name change. Andre (talk) 16:57, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Rarara77 → Bigbob222
- Current name: Rarara77 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Bigbob222 (rename user)
- Reason: I want that more. Rarara77 04:00, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done -- Andre (talk) 13:47, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Eastvanhalen → EastVanHalen
- Current name: Eastvanhalen (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: EastVanHalen (rename user)
- Reason: Didn't realize the software would capitalize the first word - it's just a question of my preferred style. Eastvanhalen 04:39, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done -- Andre (talk) 13:47, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Fgheen → Zyzzyvas
- Current name: Fgheen (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Zyzzyvas (rename user)
- Reason: privacy-surname included in user id. fritz 05:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done -- Andre (talk) 13:47, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Wolfy11 → Babs1456
- Current name: Wolfy11 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Babs1456 (rename user)
- Reason: Lost interest in contributing to wikipedia and just want some form of deletion. Wolfy11 06:23, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done -- Andre (talk) 13:47, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
404 Page not found → Debug-GED
- Current name: 404 Page not found (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Debug-GED (rename user)
- Reason: I agree on general terms that "404 Page not found" may be confused with the common 404 error (Unintentional, of course). Something techy always sounds nice. 404 Page not found 13:21, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done -- Andre (talk) 13:47, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
MartinBrook → Vl'hurg
- Current name: MartinBrook (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Vl'hurg (rename user)
- Reason: Privacy MartinBrook talk 14:44, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done -- Andre (talk) 15:46, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Dead screem → Dead Screem
- Current name: Dead screem (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Dead Screem (rename user)
- Reason: Capitalization. Dead screem 16:43, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done -- Andre (talk) 16:52, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Jazzle → Jezmck
- Current name: Jazzle (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Jezmck (rename user)
- Reason: jazzle is my business, I want to distance it from my personal actions online. jazzle 18:42, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done -- Andre (talk) 20:32, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Shandick → Shandrick
- Current name: Shandick (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Shandrick (rename user)
- Reason: I made a typing error. Shandick 18:46, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done -- Andre (talk) 20:32, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Mumun_man → Flamebroil
- Current name: Mumun_man (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Flamebroil (rename user)
- Reason: Username associated with my real name. Wish to invoke right to vanish. Mumun 無文 19:00, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done -- Andre (talk) 20:32, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Notoriousbhb → Bryan_H_Bell
- Current name: Notoriousbhb (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Bryan_H_Bell (rename user)
- Reason: Change from old handle to real name. bryanhbell 20:19, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done -- Andre (talk) 20:32, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Perthflights → Harveybirdman
- Current name: Perthflights (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Harveybirdman (rename user)
- Reason: My current username uses the same words as a company website, which has caused concern of conflict of interest Perthflights 01:26, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
- Comment Is it possible this name may pose the same problem? WA_Travel = Western Australia Travel? --Mud4t 01:32, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
- Comment Heh, point taken. Name request amended.Perthflights 01:59, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done Secretlondon 22:53, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
davidhong123 → davehong
- Current name: davidhong123 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Davehong (rename user)
- Reason: Change from old screenname to new. davehong
Denishowe → DenisHowe
- Current name: Denishowe (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: DenisHowe (rename user)
- Reason: Name entered with wrong capitalisation initially. Denishowe 10:01, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Twistedtaboo → Kitten091182
- Current name: Twistedtaboo (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Kitten091182 (rename user)
- Reason: other username was blocked because name of my company. Twistedtaboo 19:10, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
- Comment Reading any one of the block log, Talk page and contribs paint a pretty clear picture. A new username would only make it easier for this user to make COI and SPAM edits. Sheffield Steeltalkstalk 19:41, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done and new username blocked for 1 second so block history not lost. Secretlondon 00:59, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Ootmc → Habaneroman
- Current name: Ootmc (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Habaneroman (rename user)
- Reason: My(hopefully) old username was made by randomly pressing keys. Now I want one less random. Ootmc SignTalk 21:10, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Gustavo86 → Góngora
- Current name: Gustavo86 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Góngora (rename user)
- Reason: I have changed this user name on the Spanish wikipedia, where I'm sysop and bureaucrat. I hope that this name could be changed here as well. Thank you in advance. --Gustave - May I help you? 21:37, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Joestella → Single16+Sections
- Current name: Joestella (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Single16+Sections (rename user)
- Reason: I'm leaving the project and no longer want my real name associated with it. Joestella 03:37, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done (blocked for 1 second to link very recent block history). Secretlondon 04:39, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Dave Indech → Alexdi
- Current name: Dave Indech (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Alexdi (rename user)
- Reason: I have made legitimate edits on subjects that I do not want indexed by search engines. I do not want my Wikipedia identity to be associated with my real name any longer. Dave Indech 03:47, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Koolmejacs → Chudlery
- Current name: Koolmejacs (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Chudlery (rename user)
- Reason: privacy issues. Koolmejacs 12:42, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Umut1990 → Divine time
- Current name: Umut1990 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Divine time (rename user)
- Reason: I don't want to be associated with my real name any longer and birth year anymore.I would like to edit some pages but don't feel totally okey with it my name atm Umut1990 16:34, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Natox_nox_nox → Natox
- Current name: Natox_nox_nox (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Natox (rename user)
- Reason: Harmonising with other wikimedia projects Natox nox nox 18:30, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- On what other projects do you own the name Natox? --Deskana (talky) 13:09, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
- According to the link on his userpage, the Swedish Wikipedia [2], where it seems he was also renamed from Natox_nox_nox on June 4th. WjBscribe 13:16, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done. Thanks WJBscribe. --Deskana (talky) 13:20, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
- According to the link on his userpage, the Swedish Wikipedia [2], where it seems he was also renamed from Natox_nox_nox on June 4th. WjBscribe 13:16, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
- On what other projects do you own the name Natox? --Deskana (talky) 13:09, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Andrewduffell → Andrew Duffell
- Current name: Andrewduffell (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Andrew Duffell (rename user)
- Reason: Change it to reflect the correct capitalisation of my name. When I registered I didn't realise I could have a space, and a second capital letter. Andrew Duffell 19:54, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done --Deskana (talky) 13:09, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot :) -Andrew Duffell 14:33, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done --Deskana (talky) 13:09, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Wack'd About Wiki → Wack'd
- Current name: Wack'd About Wiki (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Wack'd (rename user)
- Reason:
- "Wack'd About Wiki" sounds more like a slogan or a company name than an online nickname.
- I insist on other users just calling me "Wack'd", but everyone calls me "Wack'd About Wiki" anyway. It's kind of annoying.
- "Wack'd" just flat out sounds more casual. --Wack'd Talk to me! • Admire my handiwork! 02:24, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Spottacus → Brain Rodeo
- Current name: Spottacus (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Brain Rodeo (rename user)
- Reason: Spottacus is in use by another person as a yahoo email account and a bulletin board login, and I want to avoid being confused with that person. Spottacus 03:49, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Sahmsidea → Sahmsiconiol
- Current name: Sahmsidea (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Sahmsiconiol (rename user)
- Reason: Sidea is the stem of the word for "alternate" (as a verb) and siconiol means "alternate editor" in my conlang. I must have misread something. Sahmsidea Tel Aviv 05:56, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Jared.boone → JaredBoone
- Current name: Jared.boone (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: JaredBoone (rename user)
- Reason: Spam-avoidance and aesthetics. I have no edits, so I would just create a new account but I am following the advice above: "due to technical restrictions, requests to change only the capitalisation or punctuation should be made here". Jared.boone 11:18, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Cbrubaker → Cartoon-Fan
- Current name: Cbrubaker (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Cartoon-Fan (rename user)
- Reason: I want to be more anonymous, just in case my potential employer decides to check my name on Google. Cbrubaker 12:55, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Portal1234 → Portalian
- Current name: Portal1234 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Portalian (rename user)
- Reason: Make it shorter -- Portal 14:44, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Felixv → FelixVelarde
- Current name: Felixv (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: FelixVelarde (rename user)
- Reason: There is someone else now in my industry with my first name and initial, so changing for purposes of clarity! Felix Velarde 19:55, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Susanna margaret → Susanna Margaret
- Current name: Susanna margaret (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Susanna Margaret (rename user)
- Reason: Inadvertently spelled Margaret with a lower case "m". Susanna margaret 22:33, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Jakejarvis → JakeJarvis
- Current name: Jakejarvis (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: JakeJarvis (rename user)
- Reason: Inadvertently left first letter of last name lowercase. Jakejarvis 22:40, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Siona taurog → Siona Taurog
- Current name: Siona taurog (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Siona Taurog (rename user)
- Reason: Couldn't figure out how to do this when I signed up Siona 01:00, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Charlesbisel → Charles Bisel
- Current name: Charlesbisel (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: Charles Bisel (rename user)
- Reason: I didn't realize that I could have used a space in the username. This new username reflects the correct capitalization of my name. Charlesbisel 02:17, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Kevintraver → KevinTraver
- Current name: Kevintraver (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: KevinTraver (rename user)
- Reason: correct capitalization. Kevintraver 07:48, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Jembot99 → JJJ999
- Current name: Jembot99 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
- Requested name: JJJ999 (rename user)
- Reason: Apparent confusion with robot programs. Jembot99 14:43, 17 September 2007 (UTC)