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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.

Current requests

Add new requests to the bottom of the page.

Dinsmor → Silas Dinsmor

Current name: Dinsmor (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Silas Dinsmor (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
Reason: Reason for requested renaming. My current user name is "blocked"

Clerk note: Moved from user's talk page; account blocked one year ago by me as a promotional username. -Jéské ^{(v^_^v Karistaa Usko)} 03:10, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Swissotel Foshan → SLCANSW

Current name: Swissotel Foshan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: SLCANSW (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
Reason: the previous username contains a company name and that seems to be against the Wikipedia Policy. 121.9.217.98 (talk) 13:37, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: please endorse this using your Swissotel Foshan login name. Kingturtle (talk) 16:04, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Roger spencer → Roger Spencer

Current name: Roger spencer (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Roger Spencer (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
Reason: I get confused 203.55.14.1 (talk) 00:12, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: All requests must be made while logged in to the account that will be renamed; this request was made by 203.55.14.1 (talk · contribs). Please log in to the account that is to be renamed and confirm this request. Acalamari 01:42, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. WjBscribe 15:16, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Donat.descamps → Auseklis

Current name: Donat.descamps (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Auseklis (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
Reason: Privacy, matching my new name in other wikis. Donat.descamps (talk) 06:34, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not done - User:Auseklis is already taken. Kingturtle (talk) 12:57, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

KLASSIK → NEWVikasp

Current name: KLASSIK (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Vikasp (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
Reason: old username was already in use

122.169.7.66 (talk) 11:08, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: The name KLASSIK does not exist according to Special:Listusers. Xenon 54 12:38, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not done - requests must be made while signed in to the account that is to be renamed. WjBscribe 15:21, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

JaztiNe → ChRiZeLLe

Current name: JaztiNe (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: ChRiZeLLe (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
Reason: so i can create another account JaztiNe (talk) 13:45, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Timur Taljanovic → Nameless62090

Current name: Timur Taljanovic (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Nameless62090 (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
Reason: If you Google my real name, this account shows up (and that really bothers me) Please respect my privacy (my last offer was rejected) and change my account name. Thanks. Timur Taljanovic (talk) 15:54, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not done The name Nameless62090 (talk · contribs) is already taken. As the account has no edits, it can be usurped; to do so, place a request at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations. Kingturtle (talk) 13:56, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Terns → TeRNS

Current name: Terns (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: TeRNS (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
Reason: to avoid confusion in future 195.92.194.11 (talk) 18:07, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note:- Requests must be made while signed in to the account that is to be renamed. Please make a request while logged into your account. Perfect Proposal ^{Speak Out!} 18:39, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. WjBscribe 01:24, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Insectivore → Cooooooooool

Current name: Insectivore (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Cooooooooool (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
Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Insectivore (talk) 11:16, 5 May 2008 (UTC)It is not cool name[reply]

Not done - as you have no edits, just create a new username. Also, too similar to Coooooooool (talk · contribs). WjBscribe 01:26, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jimbo3000 → Miniman

Current name: Jimbo3000 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Miniman (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
Reason: Told so by admin. Jimbo3000 (talk) 14:10, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not done The name Miniman (talk · contribs) is already taken. As the account has no edits, it can be usurped; to do so, place a request at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations. Kingturtle (talk) 14:25, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

JoeCool950 → RadioDude

Current name: JoeCool950 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: RadioDude (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
Reason: Love the Radio and thought the new name would be better. Please take off the (Protected User:JoeCool950 [move=sysop]) JoeCool950 (talk) 06:15, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not done - User:RadioDude already exists. Kingturtle (talk) 14:44, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Httpwwwlearnrussiancom → Mubersoz

Current name: Httpwwwlearnrussiancom (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Mubersoz (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
Reason: Name violates policy Yubersoz (talk) 12:18, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: - please make the request while logged into User:Httpwwwlearnrussiancom. Kingturtle (talk) 14:46, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Philippelafreniere → PhilippeLafreniere

Current name: Philippelafreniere (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: PhilippeLafreniere (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
Reason: Reason for requested renaming. Philippelafreniere (talk) 14:29, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I wanted my name in lowercase but it automatically capitalized the first letter.
If I can't delete my account, i would like it just the way I want it (please).
I am a perfectionist.

Thanks p.

Done Kingturtle (talk) 14:47, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Janice.hally → Burntfingers

Current name: Janice.hally (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Burntfingers (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
Reason: I read the advice too late that a name shouldn't be too close to your real name. Mine currently is, and I'd like to change it to something more anonymous. Janice.hally (talk) 18:41, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done Kingturtle (talk) 18:53, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Emadom → Curiousmind12

Current name: Emadom (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Curiousmind12 (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
Reason: Have used it before on another site. Emadom (talk) 19:19, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done =Nichalp «Talk»= 19:26, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thrill going up my leg → Thrill going up

Current name: Thrill going up my leg (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Thrill going up (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
Reason: An editor expressed personal offense at the username and suggested a compromising alternative. Thrilltalk 20:41, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done Kingturtle (talk) 20:50, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]