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• WP:USURPNAME
• WP:CHUU

Any requests for usurpation of global accounts with attachments on other projects should be made at meta:Steward Requests/Username changes. Only requests to usurp en.wiki accounts without significant attachments on other projects will be processed here.

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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.

Notes

• The account you want to usurp must have the English Misplaced Pages 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}}

3. Preview the changes and make sure both names are spelled correctly. Click "Publish changes".
4. 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 19:51:04, 22 January 2025 (UTC) (Update).

Current requests

Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. It is 19:51:04, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

October 31, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before November 8, 2012.

Klondike → Konklone

Status:     Done

• Current username: Klondike (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Konklone (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 03:48, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: I registered "Klondike" in 2006, but Konklone is now the handle I use everywhere (on Twitter, Github, and my blog's domain name). I registered "Konklone" before I realized that you could request a username change. Fortunately, I've made 0 edits as "Konklone", so it's just an empty, inactive account.

Klondike (talk) 03:48, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username has an email address set.
• The target user has edited since this request was filed. Unless the edit was to give permission to usurp, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary commonswiki) exists for the target user, with 0 total edits on 3 wikis. Requesting user has 240 undeleted edits and 24 deleted edits, for a total of 264 edits. 11 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with the requesting user's name, with 946 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 03:49, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

 Clerk note: Confirmation from target account — Frankie (talk) 18:31, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz 18:32, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Gusta100 → Gusta

Status:     Done

• Current username: Gusta100 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Gusta (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 14:43, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: I have opened a request in pt wiki, and they told me to do a request here because the name has a eliminated edit. SUL info over here and i've sended the warning at the target name discussion.--Gusta100 (talk) 14:58, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Gusta100 (talk) 14:43, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Note:

• This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (svwiki), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 1 deleted edit. No SUL account exists for the target user. 13 non-enwiki unattached accounts exist with this name, with 1 total edit. Requesting user has 7 edits. An SUL account (primary ptwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 1232 total edits on 28 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 14:47, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

 Clerk note: Diff of request on pt.wiki . No significant edits from the unattached accounts, just one edit here from 2009, and one on sv.wiki from 2010, also deleted — Frankie (talk) 16:44, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

 Done In the interests of helping the pt rename. MBisanz 23:18, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. --Gusta (talk) 14:30, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

November 6, 2012

Requests left here should be addressed on or before November 14, 2012.

None (SUL request) → Unsui

Status:     In progress

• Target username: Unsui (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: 08:38, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
• Confirmation link: here
• Reason: My main account is on the french wiktionnary where I'am sysop. My sul account failed only here and on the portuguese wikipedia. It seems there are no edits for the user Unsui here. So is it possible I usurp it ? Thanks in advance.
• Note: This request has been detected as an usurp only request.

217.108.198.1 (talk) 08:38, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Note:

• This user has made contributions on another Wikimedia project (frwiktionary), this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 0 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary frwiktionary) exists for the target user, with 20504 total edits on 133 wikis. The local account is NOT attached. 1 non-enwiki unattached account exists with this name, with 5 total edits. AnomieBOT⚡ 08:38, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Slokatelecom → Sloka Telecom

Status:     Not done

• Current username: Slokatelecom (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Sloka Telecom (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 11:21, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: It was typing mistake.

Slokatelecom (talk) 11:21, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

 Clerk note: The requested username "Sloka Telecom" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT⚡ 11:28, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

 Not done Still violates WP:username policy. MBisanz 15:09, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

FCYTravis → Polarscribe

Status:     In progress

• Current username: FCYTravis (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Polarscribe (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (advise user)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For renamer use: Email target username, usurp user, rename user
• Datestamp: 17:25, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
• Reason: I created the "polarscribe" account, but I wish to usurp it and reclaim my editing history. I own both accounts and can verify.

FCYTravis (talk) 17:25, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

• Looks fine. If you can verify the polarscribe ownership, I can do this right away. MBisanz 17:31, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
  • Verified. My Internet identity has shifted to this username (Twitter, et al.), but the editing history/admin bit are with the old one. polarscribe (talk) 17:40, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

• Please note that the polarscribe account was being used for sockpuppetry and not as a request for a rename, as shown at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/FCYTravis. Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:20, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

• That is utter nonsense. I posted the request here at 17:25 UTC, clearly and publicly making the link between the two accounts and requesting that they be merged into one. polarscribe (talk) 18:22, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Then why on earth did you claim to be a different editor? Did you mean "my other account" or were you referring to yourself in the third person? Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:24, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

The "other editor" refers to myself - Dr. Blofeld disagrees with my disputation of the article's facts. By definition, he/she should not be the one removing the dispute tag. The whole point of the dispute tag is that the article is being disputed, and if the edit-warrior can simply say "well I don't think there's a dispute" and remove the tag... there's really no point in the tag, is there? But that's beside the point here. The point is, I have two accounts and wish to only have one. I wouldn't be publicly saying "hey, I have two accounts, make them one" if I was trying to sockpuppet. polarscribe (talk) 18:32, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I have no intention of getting involved in the content dispute. I was merely trying to ensure that no abusive sockpuppetry was going on, and I am satisfied that your edit summary just looked bad: It implied to Dr. Blofeld and I that you were claiming that your two accounts were unrelated and, by implication, that two editors opposed Dr. Blofeld's changes. Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:36, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username has made edits to Misplaced Pages. Due to licensing concerns, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• 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.
• The target user has edited since this request was filed. Unless the edit was to give permission to usurp, this may be a barrier to usurpation.
• Target user has 71 undeleted edits and 0 deleted edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the target user, with 71 total edits on 2 wikis. Requesting user has 19744 undeleted edits and 1968 deleted edits, for a total of 21712 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 21750 total edits on 7 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 17:32, 6 November 2012 (UTC)