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{{Short description|Request board for simple changes of username}}
The name Wikipedians choose for themselves is not set in stone. On request, Misplaced Pages developers can change user account settings and article histories such that all previous edits of a given user are attributed to the new name.
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=== <span id="Kirospe">Kirospe</span> → Kiro Ristov ===
See ] for full details and instructions for developers.


{{renameuser2| 1=Kirospe | 2=Kiro Ristov }}
To request attribution changes for individual edits of articles -- including changing attribution from an IP address to your username -- see ] instead.
* Datestamp: 23:42, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
* Reason: real name and surname ] (]) 23:42, 17 December 2024 (UTC)


:] '''Robot clerk note:''' No problems found—]<small><sub style="margin-left:-13.5ex;color:green;font-family:Comic Sans MS">]:Online</sub></small> 11:10, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
Older requests are ].
::{{u|Kirospe}}, {{CHUR|realname}} ] (]) 11:17, 20 December 2024 (UTC)


=== <span id="WikiAuthorArm">WikiAuthorArm</span> → NarekGr ===
==Procedure==
The procedure for username change requests ''has changed''. Please read the following instructions ''carefully'' and follow them exactly: developer time is precious and your request may not be completed if you don't.


{{renameuser2| 1=WikiAuthorArm | 2=NarekGr }}
#Create the ''new'' account, i.e. the username you want to change to.
* Datestamp: 08:27, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
#Edit this page '''as the old user'''. Add a request to the "New requests" section stating the ''old username'' '''and''' the ''new username'' you want. Sign it with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>
* Reason: մասնակցային անունը չի համապատասխանում Հայերեն Վիքիպեդիայի մասնակցային անունների կանոնակարգին ] (]) 08:27, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
#Log in as the '''new user'''. Edit the request you just made, to confirm that both accounts are you. Sign it again with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>.
:] '''Robot clerk note:''' No problems found—]<small><sub style="margin-left:-13.5ex;color:green;font-family:Comic Sans MS">]:Online</sub></small> 08:30, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
#If you are a sysop, please note this fact with your request so that the necessary changes can be made.
#Start editing from the new account. Once your request is dealt with, all edits from your old account will be reattributed to your new account.
#Be patient. It may take some months before a developer has time to attend to your request.


=== <span id="MrLaffo">MrLaffo</span> → TheDAC ===
You will probably want to move and redirect your userpage and talk page after changing.


{{renameuser2| 1=MrLaffo | 2=TheDAC }}
==Requests for name change==
* Datestamp: 12:59, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
This list is sorted by date, (ascending).
* Reason: My requested username fits myself on Misplaced Pages better than my current username, and another reason is that my current username, MrLaffo (which comes from Laffygramma, which comes from Laugh-O-gram) and I have edited hundreds of other Misplaced Pages pages that aren't related to Laugh-O-gram OR it's successor (Disney), and my current username implies that I only have edited the Laugh-O-gram page. ] (]) 12:59, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
Please put new requests '''IN THE CORRECT SECTION''' or they will be ignored!!
:] '''Robot clerk note:''' No problems found—]<small><sub style="margin-left:-13.5ex;color:green;font-family:Comic Sans MS">]:Online</sub></small> 13:00, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
:{{notdone}}_{{u|MrLaffo}} There're three similar accounts, (] hits) {{re|The dac|prefix=|TheDac|Thedac}}, please choose a different name. - <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS">] <small>(])</small></span> 16:38, 25 December 2024 (UTC)


=== <span id="RyanTheRedZombie">RyanTheRedZombie</span> → RealCribCage ===
===Fulfilled requests===
* I have already made the mistake of creating a new username. My first account is ] and the new one I want to use is ]. If that is possible, I would like to see the history merged into the new account and the old account deleted. Or something like that. Thank you, and sorry about the problems. (] 20:10, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC))
*:User enquiry pending. ]&mdash; ] | ] 10:14, 2004 Sep 5 (UTC)
*:: Edit from old account to prove who I am. If you do go through with this, by the way, please make sure my new changes history isn't deleted in the process. I would like to have the old data back, but the new data seems more important at this point. Thanks a bunch. {] 18:24, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)}
*:: Edit from new account to prove I own both of them. (] 18:26, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC))
*:::Done. ]&mdash; Kate Turner | ] 22:59, 2004 Oct 13 (UTC)


{{renameuser2| 1=RyanTheRedZombie | 2=RealCribCage }}
* Please change my username to Moof. Thanks! ] 08:44, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming. ] 08:45, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC) * Datestamp: 22:32, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
* Reason: Update to match my name on other platforms. "CribCage" was already taken. ] (]) 22:32, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
**:Done ]&mdash; Kate Turner | ] 22:59, 2004 Oct 13 (UTC)
:] '''Robot clerk note:''' No problems found—]<small><sub style="margin-left:-13.5ex;color:green;font-family:Comic Sans MS">]:Online</sub></small> 22:40, 25 December 2024 (UTC)


* Please change my username to Filiocht. ] 11:05, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
**Confirming ] 08:20, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
**:Done. ]&mdash; Kate Turner | ] 23:16, 2004 Oct 13 (UTC)

*Please move Rhyax to Cohesion. ] 10:33, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)
**verifying - ] 10:36, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)
**:Done. ]&mdash; Kate Turner | ] 23:30, 2004 Oct 13 (UTC)

* Please move ] to ]. I have been waiting 2 weeks for this change. I've deleted my old request and put up a new one. --] ]]] 12:05, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming --] ]]] 12:06, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
**:Done. ]&mdash; Kate Turner | ] 23:57, 2004 Oct 13 (UTC)


* Please change kmulligan to Kevin Mulligan ] 23:43, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming ] 23:44, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
**:Done. ]&mdash; Kate Turner | ] 00:06, 2004 Oct 14 (UTC)


*Pretty please change FoucaultYou to TrevorPerry ] 18:39, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
**Confirming ] 18:45, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
**:Done. ]&mdash; Kate Turner | ] 01:10, 2004 Oct 14 (UTC)

* Please, change my name from Rpodgorny to Radek Podgorny. Thanks ] 13:16, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming ] 13:19, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
**:Done. ]&mdash; Kate Turner | ] 01:59, 2004 Oct 14 (UTC)
**:: Thanks --] 14:57, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)


* Please change my user name to Dirk Beyer. Thanks, --] 17:28, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming ] 17:33, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
**:Done. ]&mdash; Kate Turner | ] 02:02, 2004 Oct 14 (UTC)

===Pending requests===
* I made a name change request a long time ago, but received no reply. If fulfilling the request ends up losing my user history, that's fine -- I just want to be sure to get my old name back. I would like my username changed from ] to just ]. The username ] is my old account, but I couldn't log in to it because I switched email addresses and lost my password. If this can't be done, please give me a reply saying so. To prove that it's really me, I can tell you the two or three old emails that it may have been registered under: wayfarer@siu.edu; treesong@redrival.com or .net; treesong@rawfoods.com. 21:54, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC)

* I'm in the same situation as ]/]: asking for a ''merger of histories''. I created a new username after Ed Poor ], and I now have history under both my old username (]) and my current username (]). If there are no objections to the ] in my real name, please merge their histories; but deleting the ] and its talk page before the merge, so as to not overwrite the ones of my current user page and its talk page. Thanks.
** Please do a simple change from my meta to Jeandré, I haven't create a Jeandré username there yet.
*** If it's possible to fix the stuff (from before its MediaWiki installation), that'd be appreciated. Merging both "non-user" "I am Jack's username" and , into . - ], 2004-04-08t23:39z and 2004-06-14t00:55z
***:Verification from old username required. ]&mdash; ] | ] 09:10, 2004 Sep 5 (UTC)
***::Confirming with my ] username. -- ], 2004-09-05t10:29z
***:::First request done, others still pending. ]&mdash; ] | ] 07:21, 2004 Sep 6 (UTC)

* Please change my user name from from "René Gass" to "René Gaß" in the German Misplaced Pages, thank you!
*:User enquiry pending. ]&mdash; ] | ] 09:36, 2004 Sep 5 (UTC)

* I did not realize the way caps worked when I created my user name. Please change my user name from ] to ], thanks!

* Please change my username from ] to ] on en, de and meta. Thanks! --] 19:09, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
:I confirm the request of changing my Username from Urbanus to Thomas Luft on en, de and meta (I did create the new username on all three wikipedias). Do I have to do anything special to keep my sysop status in :de?--] 22:15, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

* Please change my username from ], which is a typo, to ]. Thanks very much indeed.] 00:21, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
**Update: I wasn't aware that I had to create the new username myself. I have now done so, and I hereby confirm my request for a username change. Thank you. ] 01:19, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

* If possible, could I have my username changed to User:Indophile? I'm afraid I've already registered this username. However, as yet, no edits at all have been made to or from it, as I was reluctant to lose the contribution history of my current username. --] 06:32, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)

* Please change my username from ] to ] on fr. Thanks
~PYB

* I signed up twice, by error: Once as JoWi and once as Jowi. Now I wish Jowi to be deleted and the edits I made using user Jowi renamed to JoWi ... but JoWi already exists! :( Anything you can do about this? Thanx, ] 12:38, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

* I signed up not realizing that the initial character of my username ] would be turned into a capital. It therefore didn't turn out like the computer username I wanted it to. I therefore would like to use ] instead. It would be a good thing having my contributions transferred to a new account name and I think it would be nice to tidy things up by not leaving the old one around but turning it into ]. Perhaps someone else want to use the old one too. Thank you.

* Please change username ] to ''Yarram''. Maintaining identity continuity would be nice, but is not required. Thanks! ] 13:26, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

* Please change my username from ] to ]. Sorry, I didn't think long enough before choosing. Ntate is my chat name, for Misplaced Pages I'd like to use my real name. Thank you!
**The account ] does not exist. Please log in before making your request. ]] 19:36, Aug 23, 2004 (UTC)

*I will be pleased if you can remove my user account Kfl or tell how to do it.
**Accounts can't be removed. Is there any particular reason you require it? ]&mdash; Kate Turner | ] 23:33, 2004 Oct 13 (UTC)

* When I registered, I was unaware that I didn't put a space and capitalize the J in myusername'Randyjohnston'. Please change my username from 'Randyjohnston' to 'Randy Johnston'. Thanks. --] 17:48, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

===New requests (PUT NEW REQUESTS HERE)===
Please put new requests at the ''end'' of this list.

* (German Misplaced Pages): I made an account with username ''tinloaf'', but then I was a little confused and logged out without giving my email-adress. Unfortunatlely I made a spelling mistake at my password, so I cannot login anymore. I made a second account ''tinl0af'', could you change tinl0af to tinloaf? In your logs you can see that there are logins to both accounts with the same IP. Thanks!

* I had made a 2nd account ''Umibôzu'' on fr: because i didn't want to use my sysop account ''Ryo''. Now i'd like to have my edits under that secondary account assigned to Ryo, if possible :) (i'll live without if impossible, of course ^_-). As I didn't create any Umibôzu account here, here's the confirmation link on fr: ] 22:00, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)

* Pls. delete user "Laura trippi" -- unexpected initial caps! No attribution changes required. Thanks! --]

* Please change my user name ] to ] in en, de and meta. On de I am a sysop. Thanks, ] 17:33, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming ] 17:36, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

* Please change username ''Andreas.kahari'' to ''Andkaha'', ] 23:06, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming. Thanks, ] 23:10, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC).

* Please change my user name ] to ] on '''en:''' and '''nl:'''. See for a confirmation of this request on my nl: userpage. Thanks, ] ] 10:13, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming. Thanks, ] 10:21, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)

* Please change my username ] to ] on en and ca.] 17:23, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming. Thanks, ] 17:26, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)

* Please take over all my (]) changes by some other user asap, so that I can disassociate from this project; furthermore I would be glad, if you could remove my personal data (like email address). --] 13:43, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)

* Please change my username ] to ] '''on es''' saving all the information and authory.--] 18:34, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
** Confirmation--] 18:38, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)

* Please change my name to Prodicus. --] 17:45, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming. --] 17:42, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)

* Kindly change my username from "Rajasekaran Deepak" to "R. Deepak". --] 06:23, 2004 Oct 25 (UTC)
** Confirmation. Kindly transfer my preferences also. --] 06:28, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

*Please change my user name ] to ], on en and meta. Thank you. &mdash; ] ] 16:36, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
**Confirmation &mdash; ] 16:45, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

*Please change my user name ] to ] on en and meta. Thanks. --] 06:50, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
**Confirming this. --] 06:50, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
**Please merge my watchlist too. --] 07:09, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

*Please change the username ] to ] -- ] 05:53, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
**Confirming ] to ] &mdash; ] 02:00, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)

* Please change/reattribute ] to ]. Thank you.
**] 01:34, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)
**] 01:35, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)

* Please can you rename ] and ] to a free 'FormerUser' name. Thanks ]

* Please change ] to ], including the watchlist. Thanks. ] 15:11, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
** Confirm: ] 15:21, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)

* Please change/reattribute ] to ]. Thank you. ] 03:34, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming ] 03:35, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)

* Please change/reattribute ] to ]. Thanks. --] 04:45, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming --] 04:48, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC)
** (Sorry, I hope these two edits are sufficient to allow the reattribution even though I did them in the wrong order. To be clear, "Patrick D" is the ''new'' account that I want to use from now on.)

* On second thought, ignore that request. --] 00:38, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
** Confirm. Changed my mind. --] 00:38, Nov 10, 2004 (UTC)

* Please change my username ] to ]. --] 14:34, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming. --] 14:36, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

* Please change ] to ]. Didn't know about the limitation when I created it an Ntk looks ugly. ] 22:03, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
** Confirmed. ] 22:12, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

*Please change my username ] to ]. I am a sysop. ]]&nbsp;] 03:50, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
**Confirming. &mdash;] 03:51, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

* Please change my user name ] to ]. Thank you ] 17:18, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming -- ] 18:40, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

* Please change my user name from ] to ].. As of tomorrow (20 Novemeber 2004), I will be an administrator. ] 06:11, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming -- ] 06:13, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
** Note: ] is an admin; ] is not. ] 21:32, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

* I apologize for the inconvenience. Please change my username from ] to ]. &mdash; ] 07:34, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming &mdash; ] 07:37, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

* Please change my user name from ] to ]--] 03:03, Nov 24, 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming--] 03:04, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)

* (Japanese Misplaced Pages): Please change my user name from ] to ].. As of tomorrow (27 Novemeber 2004).] 12:30, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

* Please change my username from ] to ]. ] 06:37, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
** Confirming. ] 06:39, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

==Request for password-/email-change==
*Hello, I wanted to register ], but it said "The user name you entered is already in use." Both the discussion page, the user page and are empty. Is it possible to set a new password or e-mail-adress, that I can use that account? BTW: I'm ] at de: --] 22:37, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
**last login of en:User:Crux is 2003-08-05 -- ] 08:54, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)

*I have the same problem with ]. Again, the discussion page, the user page and the contributions are blank. ] ] 01:38, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

please change my username from '''seejay''' to '''jameshospedales'''. thanks --] 21:39, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)


I just attempted to register ], but I got an error page as soon as I submitted the form, it was plain blank-and-white and it said

"Sorry- we have a problem...
The wikimedia web server didn't return any response to your request.
To get information on what's going on you can visit #wikipedia.
An "offsite" status page is hosted on OpenFacts."

When I reloaded the page I was returned to the log-in/create page and it had an error displayed that said "The user name you entered is already in use. Please choose a different name." so I tried to log in and it gave me a password error, attempting to mail a password displayed two errors (and two forms!) 'There is no e-mail address recorded for user "Davidgro".' and 'Error sending mail:'. I checked in case someone else took my name first (it's not common) and the user page, the user talk page, and (like Crux did above) are all empty.

If that account's creation date is today, then it means it was half-registed when I tried to, and if possible I'd like to have a password, and an e-mail address of davidgro at gmail dot com set on that account. Please let me know if that account really was pre-existing, so I know to register a real one for myself. --] 06:43, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)

*I registered with the username ] here sometimes in 2003, but I had some log-in problems because of my browser and managed to change my password, but I actually don't know to what I changed it anymore. The user has no contributions, so if it would be possible, could you send me the password or change the email-adress for ] to the one I use? And if this is possible, I'd like to have my username changed to Conti, then. :-) --]|] 12:58, Oct 1, 2004 (UTC)

* I wanted to register ] but it's already in use. However, the user has made no edits and has no user page. Is it possible to "take over" the username? I'm currently ] on this wiki and ] on many other wiki's. The same holds for ]. Something similar is true for ], although this one has made some minor edits one year ago. I wonder what possibilities there are: I would really like to use the username ] on all wiki's, especially because of the upcoming single login feature. ] 18:15, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC) (a.k.a. Topjaklont)

* Hallo I'am a german user. My name is . Please send a new password to the e-mailaddress "laferela@hotmail.com", because my old e-mailaddress isn't valid anymore and I forgot my old passwort. Therefor I cannot log in at the moment. When this is not possible, than I will have to register again. That would be bad, because I have already authored some articles under this name. thx ( Morgaine ) --] 18:18, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC) (
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Request board for simple changes of username
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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.
CautionDo not be surprised if you suddenly cannot log in to your old account; this merely indicates that you should log in under your new user name as the request has been fulfilled.


Kirospe → Kiro Ristov

Robot clerk note: No problems found—Talk to my owner:Online 11:10, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
Kirospe,  Renamer note: Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name? Cabayi (talk) 11:17, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

WikiAuthorArm → NarekGr

Robot clerk note: No problems found—Talk to my owner:Online 08:30, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

MrLaffo → TheDAC

Robot clerk note: No problems found—Talk to my owner:Online 13:00, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
 Not done_MrLaffo There're three similar accounts, (Anti-spoof hits) The dac, TheDac, and Thedac:, please choose a different name. - FlightTime (open channel) 16:38, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

RyanTheRedZombie → RealCribCage

Robot clerk note: No problems found—Talk to my owner:Online 22:40, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
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