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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}}
  1. Preview the changes and make sure both names are spelled correctly. Click "Publish changes".
  2. 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 11:25:35, 2 January 2025 (UTC) (Update).

Place your request here

Current requests

Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. It is 11:25:35, 2 January 2025 (UTC).

January 15, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before January 23, 2011.

marcus-l-williams → Maliwi

Status:     Done

68.62.17.14 (talk) 22:24, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 (unattached accounts may exist). AnomieBOT⚡ 22:25, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
We typically like users to be active for some time before granting usurp requests, though I am minded to grant this one. Please create a temporary username in the meantime and post here with it, and this will be decided after the hold period. Any valuable contributions you make during that time would increase the likelihood of this being granted. –xenotalk 22:47, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I have created a temporary username, marcus-l-williams, while this is pending.
 Clerk note: Changed request to include the temporary name. Regards SoWhy 23:27, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
 Done –xenotalk (autosigned by AnomieBOT) 14:14, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

January 16, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before January 24, 2011.

Briscoatusadotcom → Brisco

Status:     In progress

Briscoatusadotcom (talk) 16:14, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
  • The current owner of the target username has an email address set.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user (unattached accounts may exist). Requesting user has 2 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 5 total edits on 3 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 16:15, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Bureaucrat note: In order to ensure that usurped usernames be put to good use, we prefer only to grant requests from reasonably well-established users. Please feel free to re-file this request in the future after your account has been established. Would Brisco2 be ok for the meantime; you can re-file in a few months? –xenotalk 18:22, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

January 18, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before January 26, 2011.

Lebob-BE → Lebob

Status:     In progress

Lebob-BE (talk) 16:50, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 48 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary frwiki) exists for the target user, with 8631 total edits on 47 wikis. 3 unattached accounts exists with this name, with 57 total edits. The local account is NOT attached. Requesting user has 885 undeleted edits and 13 deleted edits, for a total of 898 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 16:53, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Although user has some licensing-significant edits, we have typically been granting these requests when they are long inactive and when the reason is to unify SUL. So this will likely be processed after the hold period. –xenotalk 17:03, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

January 19, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before January 27, 2011.

None (SUL request) → Critias

Status:     In progress

81.49.163.84 (talk) 16:25, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • The target username has Wikipedia user logs entries. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 264 undeleted edits and 3 deleted edits, for a total of 267 edits. An SUL account (primary frwiki) exists for the target user, with 4689 total edits on 84 wikis. 3 unattached accounts exists with this name, with 271 total edits. The local account is NOT attached. AnomieBOT⚡ 16:26, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

January 20, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before January 28, 2011.

None (SUL request) → Fornax

Status:     Done

--217.185.114.35 (talk) 08:56, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (dewiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary dewiki) exists for the target user, with 13193 total edits on 16 wikis. 7 unattached accounts exists with this name, with 2 total edits. The local account is NOT attached. AnomieBOT⚡ 09:00, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Requests left here should be addressed on or before January 28, 2011.

 Done –xenotalk (autosigned by AnomieBOT) 14:15, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

None (SUL request) → Mundol

Status:     Not done

I opened this account a few years ago and have not used it. I also no longer have access to the email ID i used for this username. Can you please send me a new password to activate this account. (I have not contributed any articles or edits from this account.)

Thank you.

  • Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

59.178.208.194 (talk) 08:46, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
  • The current owner of the target username has an email address set.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user (unattached accounts may exist). AnomieBOT⚡ 14:40, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: While we cannot change your email or password, you can create an account with your new email on Metawiki or another Wikimedia project, then visit Special:MergeAccount (on the other project, if you use Metawiki here's a convenient link) and create an SUL with the username and we can merge this account in. Once you have done so, please make an edit to your userspace on the other project confirming that you own the SUL and link to it here. demize (t · c) 14:50, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

None (SUL request) → ChrisN

Status:     In progress

83.84.161.11 (talk) 20:29, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (nlwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary nlwiki) exists for the target user, with 8708 total edits on 3 wikis. 1 unattached account exists with this name, with 0 total edits. The local account is NOT attached. AnomieBOT⚡ 20:34, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

January 21, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before January 29, 2011.

Bws2cool → Blake

Status:     In progress

Blake (Talk·Edits) 02:46, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I wasn't sure if I needed to contact the person for a third time, but I will do it again if I need to. Blake (Talk·Edits) 02:47, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 18 undeleted edits and -4 deleted edits, for a total of 14 edits. No SUL account exists for the target user (unattached accounts may exist). Requesting user has 6953 undeleted edits and 240 deleted edits, for a total of 7193 edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 02:54, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
There appears to still not be an SUL - try visiting simple:Special:MergeAccount again and tell us what it says. (see sulutil:Blake for why I believe there's no SUL) demize (t · c) 04:01, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

January 22, 2011

Requests left here should be addressed on or before January 30, 2011.

None (SUL request) → Amps

Status:     In progress

89.152.193.244 (talk) 13:07, 22 January 2011 (UTC) 89.152.193.244 (talk) 13:07, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (ptwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary ptwiki) exists for the target user, with 1791 total edits on 39 wikis. 1 unattached account exists with this name, with 0 total edits. The local account is NOT attached. AnomieBOT⚡ 13:15, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Looks fine after a brief hold. demize (t · c) 19:02, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

None (SUL request) → Dandelo

Status:     In progress

95.116.56.4 (talk) 18:38, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • The target username has made edits to Wikipedia. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 17 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary dewiki) exists for the target user, with 15216 total edits on 44 wikis. 2 unattached accounts exists with this name, with 17 total edits. The local account is NOT attached. AnomieBOT⚡ 18:45, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Target account has some significant edits, but since it's for SUL purposes, it should be fine after the hold period. demize (t · c) 19:03, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NikolausPL → Nikolaus

Status:     In progress

NikolausPL (talk) 21:33, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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