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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.



teskey@btinternet.com → Teskey

Robot clerk note: I have detected the following problems:
☒N Stale No response. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 11:38, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done per clerk. MBisanz talk 00:33, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WeddingHarmony → JosephineAtWeddingHarmony

 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. @WeddingHarmony: Acalamari 08:52, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Fixed malformed request. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 21:10, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
☒N Stale No response. Wizardman 16:48, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
To be fair, they have responded since my initial note; it's just that this request hasn't been seen to yet, as the person requires a global rename. Acalamari 19:24, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 10:50, 21 August 2014 (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. @AntlersGallery: Acalamari 16:50, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
☒N Stale No response. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 16:36, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

auewald → Vkasdkjfhskjhdscmx

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 16:20, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Bureaucrat note: @Auewald: This account doesn't have to be renamed; you can just not use it if you've created another account. Acalamari 16:48, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The reason the name needs to be changed is that when I did a search for the correct spelling - Auenwald (with an N, which is the account I created once I noticed the mistake (using a different email address), Wikipedia returned Auewald, without the N as the result. It did NOT say "were you looking for Auewald?", it actually gave Auewald as the result. Auenwald (with N) is the account I will be using permanently and I want to make sure that searches lead to that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Auewald (talk • contribs) 17:02, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It was a very strange behavior which looked like Wikipedia wasn't distinguishing between Auewald and Auenwald. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Auewald (talk • contribs) 17:04, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

When I put "Auenwald" into the search, it took me to Auenwald; putting "Aenwald" in the search asked me if I meant "Auenwald". When I typed in "User:Auenwald", it took me to User:Auenwald, which is your non-yet-created userpage link. Acalamari 17:55, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

CooP-Africa → CooP-Africa

Robot clerk note: The username you have requested is the same as your current name. --Legobot (talk) 14:40, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: You are confusing a username with an article name, which are two different things. You created your page in the user namespace, which is used to develop an article before it is released into the main namespace. Also, you're currently blocked because your username is promotional. You're better off creating a new account, one that you as an individual (not as a group) will use. You cannot use a company name as your username.@CooP-Africa: --k6ka (talk | contribs) 18:35, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done per above. Wizardman 16:49, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Predpol → Ben at PredPol

 Clerk note: Fixed malformed request. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 21:09, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 22:10, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

mnas207 → M NAS

Robot clerk note: The request was made by DON M NAS, not Mnas207; please login as Mnas207 to request a name change. --Legobot (talk) 03:00, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Inrotech → Intern at Inrotech

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 11:20, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gerry.y.ma → Wikipedian 2

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 08:30, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

fortunecx → brunosouzas

Robot clerk note: There is already a global account registered for Brunosouzas (primary wiki: ptwiki). --Legobot (talk) 09:10, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: Requesting user has been blocked and cannot respond to this request. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 13:06, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hhl editor → Franziska at HHL

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 11:20, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Якушев Илья → Vladimir Oskolkin

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 15:00, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

KUOM → Sara at KUOM

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 00:20, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bdigital → bwb

Robot clerk note: There is no global account registered for Bwb, however there are 5 unattached accounts on other wikis. --Legobot (talk) 12:00, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Bureaucrat note: You would need to have control of the name "bwb" on another language project and have more than four edits on that project for us to be able to grant this request. That would also let you take control of the global username for "bwb". MBisanz talk 19:29, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
User reply: I also have a nlwiki rename pending [1], so I need to wait on that rename first Bdigital (talk) 09:24, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

famousinc → Josephbrown

Robot clerk note: The request was made by an IP (122.149.248.121) please login to request a name change. --Legobot (talk) 08:40, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Clerk note: @Famousinc: Please log in and leave a note here confirming that you are the owner of this account. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 14:39, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done Per clerk. MBisanz talk 16:28, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

STAYN HOLIDAY → staynrental

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 09:10, 31 August 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. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 14:39, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done Per clerk. MBisanz talk 16:24, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

STAYN HOLIDAY → stanyrentals

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 09:20, 31 August 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. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 14:39, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done per clerk. MBisanz talk 16:25, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

CoverMore → GB@CoverMore

Robot clerk note: The requested username contains the character "@" which cannot be used in usernames due to technical limitations. --Legobot (talk) 01:30, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done per technical limitations. MBisanz talk 01:34, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Scott Victor Gutierrez → Scott_Victor_Gutierrez

 Clerk note: The requested username is the same as your current name, but with underscores where your current name has spaces. These are considered identical by the MediaWiki software. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 12:18, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

rjohannsen → tjohnsson

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 10:40, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Scott_Victor_Gutierrez → theydontknow

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 11:30, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Scott_Victor_Gutierrez → Theydontknow

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 14:00, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

center4socialmedia → CMSImpact

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 14:50, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Eminenceinvest → s.raza

Robot clerk note: I have detected the following problems:

Disastorpasztor → dpeezy

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 15:40, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Done globally. MBisanz talk 16:43, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Wanted (Group) → TWMG

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 16:50, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Scott_Victor_Gutierrez → TheyDontKnow1101

Robot clerk note: No problems found --Legobot (talk) 19:00, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ibrahim ZauQ → ibrahimzauq

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