Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations

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}}

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 18:25:18, 17 December 2024 (UTC) ().

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December 11, 2024

Requests left here should be addressed on or after December 19, 2024.

Sarah fides → Trashpanda

Status:     On hold

• Current username: Sarah fides (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Trashpanda (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: 11:17, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
• Reason: To differentiate my WP username from my other socials. This username has no edits since creation in 2010. Michail (blah) 11:17, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
• 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 1 wiki. Requesting user has 6328 undeleted edits and 448 deleted edits, for a total of 6776 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 9406 total edits on 195 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 11:26, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

 On hold until 18 December 2024. – DreamRimmer (talk) 11:50, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

December 13, 2024

Requests left here should be addressed on or after December 21, 2024.

Just Step Sideways → Beeblebrox

Status:     Done

• Current username: Just Step Sideways (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Beeblebrox (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: 20:58, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
• Reason: Let's just say I've been experiencing some buyer's remorse with this username, and I'd like to go back to the old one. It was kind of fun having another name for a year but I'm over it now. Thanks. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 20:58, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

 Clerk note: The requested username "Beeblebrox" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT⚡ 20:59, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

To be clear: I tried to do this with the usual global rename procedure and it wouldn't let me. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 21:00, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Ok, CHU/S accepted it this time. I dunno. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 21:02, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

@Just Step Sideways You had an impersonator on Wikitech who has been blocked since 2021. Since Wikitech is now a SUL (Single Unified Login) wiki, we need to locally rename the Wikitech account first, followed by yours globally. Please contact a Wikitech bureaucrat or a steward to handle the renaming on Wikitech. —MdsShakil (talk) 05:01, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done thanks. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:48, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done Taken care of by EPIC. _Regards, Aafi ^(talk) 10:16, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

December 15, 2024

Requests left here should be addressed on or after December 23, 2024.

Coșăreanu Laurențiu → Laurentiu Coșareanu

Status:     In progress

• Current username: Coșăreanu Laurențiu (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Laurentiu Coșareanu (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: 21:14, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
• Reason: Doresc schimbarea numelui de cont din Coșăreanu Laurențiu în Laurențiu Coșăreanu Coșăreanu Laurențiu (talk) 21:14, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

  transl. "I want to change my username from Coșăreanu Laurențiu to Laurențiu Coșăreanu"

  @Coșăreanu Laurențiu: This does not appear to require a usurpation, as there is no global account called Laurentiu Coșareanu. Please reply to this comment if I am mistaken. JJP_Master (she/they) 02:45, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

 Clerk note: The requested username "Laurentiu Coșareanu" is not registered. Please see WP:CHU/S instead. AnomieBOT⚡ 02:45, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

December 16, 2024

Requests left here should be addressed on or after December 24, 2024.

GracenC → Gracen

Status:     On hold

• Current username: GracenC (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Target username: Gracen (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: 21:42, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
• Reason: User:Gracen has no edits and I would prefer a shorter username. /home/gracen/ (they/them) 21:42, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.
• 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 1 wiki. Requesting user has 228 undeleted edits and 19 deleted edits, for a total of 247 edits. An SUL account (primary enwiki) exists for the requesting user, with 251 total edits on 19 wikis. AnomieBOT⚡ 21:42, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

 On hold until 24 December 2024. _Regards, Aafi ^(talk) 09:33, 17 December 2024 (UTC)