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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Holmium (talk | contribs) at 19:42, 20 January 2014 (→(SUL request) → User:Rjh: fix). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

"WP:USURP" redirects here. For the guide regarding usurping a page title, see WP:USURPTITLE.


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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 15:00:21, 9 January 2025 (UTC) (Update).

Place your request here

Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. It is 15:00:21, 9 January 2025 (UTC).

January 7, 2014

Requests left here should be addressed on or before January 15, 2014.

None (SUL request) → Newcomer

Status:     In progress

  • Target username: Newcomer (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
  • For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user
  • Datestamp: 11:10, 7 January 2014 (UTC)You have not added a confirmation link! Replace this message with the url that confirms that you hold the SUL for TARGET NAME "Newcomer".
  • Reason: I created an account under my name many years ago, but forgot the password. Now that I am retired, I have more time to devote to things like this, and as I do my volunteer work (mentoring a high school computer club) and go searching for topics, I find many pages in need of help or citations, some citations I have within arm's reach. So I'd like to start editing again. But when I tried to do a password reset, it told me I had no email address. I would prefer to use my email address, newcomer@flounder.com, but it told me that was not an acceptable address (I am retired, and the site contains hundreds of pages of open source examples, so it's not a commercial site). Please advise me as to what I can do. Note that there are already edits under my name.

Note also that my Web site still says I am active; I lost the machine that held all my Web tools while I was caring for my late wife, and getting those tools back has been a low priority in the last 17 months since her death. (If you want verification, check www.caringbridge.org/visit/bernadettecallery and look for entries before July 27, 2012)

My preference would be for my email address, newcomer@flounder.com. My real name IS "Newcomer", and I was the fifth generation of Newcomers raised on the family farm. The current count is seven generations, although the last two were to my late sister, Kit Snyder; my brother's children are sixth-generation but none of them have offspring. So the name is real, not fictional. You can google my name and find many articles I have published over the years.

My email address has been public for years; I get hundreds of spam messages per week. There is little chance that its presence in Wikipedia could make that situation worse, but I have excellent spam filters.

Joseph M. Newcomer, PhD (Computer Science) www.flounder.com

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

74.109.213.195 (talk) 11:10, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Are you saying that you were formerly User:Newcomer? –xenotalk 15:02, 7 January 2014 (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 137 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 9 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 34 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 18:17, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

January 14, 2014

Requests left here should be addressed on or before January 22, 2014.

Oyesunkanmi → Tube

Status:     In progress

Oyesunkanmi (talk) 21:01, 14 January 2014 (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 3 undeleted edits and -3 deleted edits, for a total of 0 edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 18 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 367 total edits. Requesting user has 190 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 193 total edits on 16 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 21:08, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

January 15, 2014

Requests left here should be addressed on or before January 23, 2014.

Bchabala2 → Chabala

Status:     Done

Bchabala2 (talk) 05:28, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (frwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 1 total edit. Requesting user has 94 undeleted edits and 2 deleted edits, for a total of 96 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 96 total edits on 20 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 05:30, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Done –xenotalk (autosigned by AnomieBOT) 18:08, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bertrand Bellet → Aucassin

Status:     Done

Bertrand Bellet (talk) 09:48, 15 January 2014 (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 1 undeleted edit and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 1 total edit on 1 wiki. 1 unattached account exists with this name, with 19315 total edits. Requesting user has 604 undeleted edits and 5 deleted edits, for a total of 609 edits. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 1499 total edits on 149 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 09:52, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Done –xenotalk (autosigned by AnomieBOT) 18:09, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

January 17, 2014

Requests left here should be addressed on or before January 25, 2014.

King jakob c 2 → Jakec

Status:     In progress

--Jakob (talk) 01:33, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (plwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 3 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 16 total edits. Requesting user has 6777 undeleted edits and 342 deleted edits, for a total of 7119 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 16937 total edits on 161 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 01:37, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Onur Balkan → O.Balkan

Status:     In progress

Onur 10:24, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Note:
  • This user was created less than 6 months ago, such usernames may not be usurped. You can file another request when the username is older than 6 months.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 0 total edits on 3 wikis. Requesting user has 45 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 46 total edits on 6 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 10:33, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

January 19, 2014

Requests left here should be addressed on or before January 27, 2014.

0z → Quiche

Status:     In progress

0z (talk) 06:57, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (jawiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. No SUL account exists for the target user. 3 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 191 total edits. Requesting user has 29429 undeleted edits and 529 deleted edits, for a total of 29958 edits. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with the requesting user's name, with 0 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 07:10, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Meelo1 → Meelo

Status:     In progress

Meelo1 (talk) 11:42, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note:
  • This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (arwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
  • Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary arwiki) exists for the target user, with 4 total edits on 18 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 2 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 0 total edits. Requesting user has 1 edit. An SUL account (primary unknown) exists for the requesting user, with 1 total edit on 4 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 11:45, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

user:Bonu and Benutzer:Bonu

None (SUL request) → User:bonu

Status:     In progress

62.12.214.108 (talk) 14:45, 19 January 2014 (UTC) my present status in de.wikipedia.org I hope this is a correct request and also possible. Or is it necessary, that I rename myself? Thx for assistance. (I hesitate to create an account here, because I hope for the name "Bonu". Bonu from de.wikipedia.org[reply]

 Clerk note: I cannot find the target username, so this request cannot be automatically checked. I have asked my operator to fix me. AnomieBOT⚡ 14:53, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Clerk note: The bot is confused because you've put User:Bonu as the parameter for the name meaning it will be rendered as User:User:Bonu. I've changed the parameter. --Jakob (talk) 15:18, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Jonathanfu → Cannolis

Status:     In progress

Jonathanfu (talk) 17:12, 19 January 2014 (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 3 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 3 total edits on 1 wiki. Requesting user has 8216 undeleted edits and 119 deleted edits, for a total of 8335 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 8338 total edits on 32 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 17:23, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

{{subst:Artbookguy 

|ArtBookGuy
|reason=For branding and clarity.  Please change: Artbookguy to ArtBookGuy

|link=|usurponly=}}

January 20, 2014

Requests left here should be addressed on or before January 28, 2014.

(SUL request) → User:Rjh

Status:     In progress

217.93.209.188 (talk) 19:24, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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