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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
For help 'vanishing' from Wikipedia,
please see courtesy vanishing.

Once you have decided on the name you would like:

  1. Read this page first. You must be aware of, and understand, all of that information before requesting a username change
  2. 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.
  3. Do not create an account under the new name or move/redirect your userpages. We'll do that for you.
  4. Log in with your present username in order to place your request. Renames will not be approved if the requester is not logged in.
  5. 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=
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.


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.


HBH Pittsburgh → Matt Plapp

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 20:20, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? --Jakob (talk) (my editor review) 23:49, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
☒N Stale No response. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 15:40, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
K6ka Four days is a little pre-mature for "No response/Stale" tagging. Mlpearc (open channel) 18:07, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I think at this point it would be appropriate to soft-block User:HBH Pittsburgh and add {{Uw-softerblock}} to their user talk page. --Hammersoft (talk) 15:36, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GovMaker → TheDigitalMovement

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 06:30, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk 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. --Jakob (talk) (my editor review) 18:32, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nireas-iwrc → Nireas-IWRC

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 09:30, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Probably neither name is good to use. Please see WP:Username policy and suggest a different name. –xenotalk 13:31, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Theofficecake → The Office Cake

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 16:20, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Bureaucrat note: @Theofficecake: Looking at your talk page, your requested name is promotional, as is your current name. Acalamari 08:42, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake during account creation. -- Received the following responses: Symbol comment vote.svg Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 16:20, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Bureaucrat note: @Theofficecake: Looking at your talk page, your requested name is promotional, as is your current name. Acalamari 08:42, 13 May 2014 (UTC) Our page is meant not to promote, but rather to post general facts, information, and a brief history about The Office Cake. While creating the account there was, and currently still is, confusion about the difference between "current name" versus the "user name". Simply needed to space out and capitalize the proper title. How can we solve this in a timely manner? Theofficecake (talk) 14:30, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(merged by clerk) Clerk note:@Theofficecake: Your tone appears to give the impression that your account is shared. Wikipedia asks that accounts belong to and are used by one person, not by a group. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 15:12, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Dublin Guitar Quartet → Brian Sean Bolger

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 10:10, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Bureaucrat note: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? @Dublin Guitar Quartet: Acalamari 10:15, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hrapsa 1024 → Hrapsa Iona

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 12:40, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? Tyrol5 [Talk] 12:43, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Abhishek191288 → LeoFrank

Robot clerk note: I have detected the following problems:

User:Esther_Sandy_Thomas_Gabriel → ETTE DY

Robot clerk note: I have detected the following problems:

Esther Sandy Thomas Gabriel → Ette Dy

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 08:30, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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