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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.

Kishor beetho → Kishor Beetho

Current name: Kishore beetho (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Kishor Beetho (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: 14:22, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Reason: I'd mistyped and indicated no CAPS in last name. Kishore beetho (talk) 14:22, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: The request was made by Kishore beetho, not Kishor beetho; please login as Kishor beetho to request a name change. --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 14:30, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed request, obviously a typo. Regards So Why 19:31, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Could you confirm the target name? i.e. Do you want "Kishore Beetbo" or "Kishor Beetbo"? –xeno^talk 20:07, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Jtmoon → JamesThomasMoon1979

Current name: Jtmoon (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: JamesThomasMoon1979 (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: 23:34, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Reason: A non-anonymous username. Traceable to my real birth name. Unique for my lifetime (and afterward?). J_Tom_Moon_79 (talk) 23:34, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 23:40, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? MBisanz ^talk 01:02, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

bravearcherfilms → Brave Archer Films

Current name: Bravearcherfilms (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Brave Archer Films (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: 06:37, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Reason: I was unaware that I could have spaces in between words, the new one was the desired username! Brave Archer Films® 06:37, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 06:40, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: The username appears to be promotional. Use of a company, organization, group, website, or product name as a username is prohibited by the username policy. Please choose another name. MBisanz ^talk 17:01, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nigerianproperty → Nigerian Property

Current name: Nigerianproperty (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Nigerian Property (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, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Reason: Typo mistake, omitted space between Nigerian and Property Nigerianproperty (talk) 00:09, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 00:10, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: The username appears to be promotional. Use of a company, organization, group, website, or product name as a username is prohibited by the username policy. Please choose another name. Maxim_(talk) 00:54, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Мяр → Blu

Current name: Мяр (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Blu (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: 07:44, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Reason: I want to be called Blue in honor of the cartoon character in Rio.

Robot clerk note: I have detected the following problems:

The requested username is already registered; see Special:Listusers. However, as this requested account has made no edits, it meets the criteria for being usurped; if you wish to usurp it, please read and follow the process at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations. If you do not wish to usurp the username, please choose another name to be renamed to.
There is no global account registered for Blu, however there are 20 unattached accounts on other wikis. --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 03:50, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Not done; target exists, you'll have to file at WP:USURP for consideration there. –xeno^talk 14:37, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Msrafiq → Dr Pukhtunyar Afghan

Current name: Msrafiq (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Dr Pukhtunyar Afghan (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: 12:29, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Reason: in local usage, ms is used for an unmarried female, and my old username hinders my contributions to wikipedia projects related to Afghanistan. To be taken seriously I have to mention my real life Doctoral Degree and my Afghan status. Msrafiq (talk) 12:29, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 12:30, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? –xeno^talk 14:13, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done per [1] –xeno^talk 15:05, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lord Darksycthe → Lauralanthalasa

Current name: Lord Darksycthe (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Lauralanthalasa (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: 02:49, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Reason: My wife has chosen this name for my daughter, therefore I wish my account be this name also. Lord Darksycthe (talk) 02:49, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: There is no global account registered for Lauralanthalasa, however there are 2 unattached accounts on other wikis. --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 02:50, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unichal → Stottle00

Current name: Unichal (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Stottle00 (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: 05:47, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Reason: prior conflict of interest, but now approved by administrator Unichal (talk) 05:47, 14 June 2011 (UTC) Unichal (talk) 05:47, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 05:50, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done –xeno^talk 14:00, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

4dsMemory → GreenTea

Current name: 4dsMemory (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: GreenTea (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: 07:50, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Reason: Says it is a Company Name? I am just a FAN. 4dsMemory (talk) 07:50, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: I have detected the following problems:

The requested username is already registered; see Special:Listusers. However, as this requested account has made no edits, it meets the criteria for being usurped; if you wish to usurp it, please read and follow the process at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations. If you do not wish to usurp the username, please choose another name to be renamed to.
There is no global account registered for GreenTea, however there are 2 unattached accounts on other wikis. --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 08:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Please choose another name that shows no results in tools:~vvv/sulutil.php. –xeno^talk 14:02, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yumegusa → Candyworm

Current name: Yumegusa (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: Candyworm (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: 11:13, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Reason: Current username traceable to birth name due to old non-Wikipedia activity. gråb whåt you cån (talk) 11:13, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: There is already a global account registered for Candyworm. --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 11:20, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This name is already reserved for a global account, you would need to usurp it at sv:WP:USURP and then have a steward delete the global account at m:SR/SUL. Or choose another name. –xeno^talk 14:00, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

paulsnowdon → P$NO

Current name: Paulsnowdon (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: P$NO (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: 12:56, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Reason: do not wish to use my real name leaving me open to harrassement from others PSNO (talk) 12:56, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Chris G Bot 3 (talk) 13:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done Welcome back. --Dweller (talk) 13:33, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

HuytonHill → GordonD

Current name: HuytonHill (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
Requested name: GordonD (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: 19:18, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Reason: Apparent conflict of interest HuytonHill (talk) 19:18, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]