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This page is for requests to usurp accounts that already exist. If you want your account renamed to a name that is not already taken, please see Misplaced Pages:Changing username.

This page permits users to request, and bureaucrats to consider and carry out, the "usurpation" of usernames. This consists of renaming an existing dormant account in order to permit another user to adopt the name.

If you wish to request usurpation, please read carefully the "Instructions" section below. Malformed requests waste other users' time, and may not be fulfillable. Be advised, in particular, that the account you want to usurp must have no edits or log entries (except in the username creation log) to qualify for usurpation.

Please do not request usurpation if your 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

Please follow these instructions carefully to ensure that the process runs efficiently. Malformed requests waste other users' time.

• Be sure the account you wish to usurp has no edits or log entries (except in the account creation log).
• Ensure that it meets the changing usernames guidelines.
• Log in to your present account.
• Leave a message on the talk page of the target account (preferably of the form {{subst:usurpation requested}} ~~~~) notifying the user of your request.

Please do not e-mail the target account yourself. If this becomes necessary, a bureaucrat or other designated user will do it.

• Add your request to this page using the proper template. This may be done via a shortcut (1) or by the traditional method (2):
  • (1) The shortcut: Click this link. Replace "Name_To_Usurp" with the username you wish to usurp, and "Current_Name" with your current username. You may include some reason for the change beneath the template if you wish. Leave the "Subject/headline" field blank.
  • (2) The traditional method: Click "edit this page"; find the section for today's date; copy the following text and paste it at the bottom of that section.

{{subst:usurp|Name_To_Usurp|Current_Name}} ~~~~

Replace "Name_To_Usurp" with the username you wish to usurp, and "Current_Name" with your current username. You may include some reason for the change beneath the template if you wish.

Check your spelling and click "Save page".

Your request is now complete and ready to be processed. If the owner of the target account does not object within seven days, a bureaucrat will fulfill your request. Mark the date, so you will not be surprised when you find yourself unable to log in to your old account.

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. Bureaucrats, see Misplaced Pages:Bureaucrats for instructions for processing these requests.

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Current requests

Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the bottom of the list. The current UTC date is 27 December 2024.

October 22, 2007

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than October 30, 2007.

Soleil ← I

• Current username: I (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Soleil (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 19:27, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  This name is difficult to refer to. It was a misguided usurpation on my part, and I'd like an easier name. i  19:27, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. --Chris  G  11:35, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

On second thought, I'd like to super make sure this is the username I want before going through with it. I thought I was, but my usual indecision has set in. So I'd rather not be renamed just yet. So can we consider this request suspended? Thanks. i  03:58, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I think you are better off without a gimmicky username, but that may just be me. You are a decent contributor with a silly name.. Secretlondon 17:11, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

The name isn't silly, Secretlondon. It was just a personal preference of the user, it is not for us to judge usernames. Cheers :) Qst 17:15, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Well as I is having trouble making up his mind, the opinions of others may help... Personally, I agree that Soleil would be a better name. I deal with more single letter usernames than most people as a lot of you helpfully clerk these boards having been renamed here - I confess that I do occasionally get confused as to which of you is which and have to look up your old usernames to tell you apart. I is fine as a username (otherwise you wouldn't have been renamed to it) but if you're asking what others think - I prefer Soleil (you'll still have User:I as a redirect your userpage)... WjBscribe 17:23, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

I too prefer Soleil to I. It's just simpler overall, and you'll still get redirected to your userpage if you search User:I, and keep all your edit count and whatnot. — jacĸrм (talk) 17:42, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh I know. I do want a new username, I am aware of the concerns about my current one, for instance what Secretlondon often says about single letter names. I'm just not sure what I would like to change it to. I wouldn't have my name changed a fourth time, so I want to make sure what name I really want. I'll probably end up going with Soleil, but I hadn't decided for sure during the week, so I'll probably just ask a bureaucrat if I do decide on Soleil, as the week has already passed. i  18:58, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

October 24, 2007

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than November 1, 2007.

Spartan ← IamMcLovin

• Current username: IamMcLovin (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Spartan (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 22:28, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Kevin 22:28, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Shows no contributions for Spartan

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. -- Anonymous Dissident 22:34, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Note. The target user had not been notified of this request. I have now done so and moved the request to today's section so the target account has the full 7 days to respond. WjBscribe 18:23, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

 Done =Nichalp «Talk»= 05:22, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much :-) Kevin 05:31, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

October 27, 2007

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than November 4, 2007.

Andy ← Andrewh

• Current username: Andrewh (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Andy (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 18:18, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Username is shorter (if this is successful, I'll keep User:Andrewh as a redirect) Andrew (My talk) 18:18, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. i  18:24, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
• I have now notified User:Andy of the usurption request. Sorry, must have forgotten to do it earlier! Andrew (My talk) 19:24, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Niss carol ← NEcents

• Current username: NEcents (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Niss carol (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 22:59, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Niss carol 22:59, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

typo on miss so...

Um do you want to change your user name to NEcents? --Chris  G  11:17, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

 Clerk note: As well as what Chris G pointed out above, this is also your first edit, usurpation is generally reserved for established editors, in order to make sure popular usernames go to good use. However, this decision will be performed at the discretion of a bureaucrat, however it is unlikely, you will be renamed. Qst 13:27, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, NEcents is not an exisiting account; thus there is nothing to usurp. If Niss carol wishes to be renamed to NEcents, we can move her request to CHU. i  13:29, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

 Bureaucrat note: Well it's the wrong way round as Niss carol is the current account and they wish to be renamed to NEcents. However this is their only edit so they can just make the new account. Secretlondon 17:08, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

 Not done Only has 1 edit, just make the new account. Secretlondon 17:08, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

October 30, 2007

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than November 7, 2007.

Jack ← Jackrm

• Current username: Jackrm (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Jack (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 09:42, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  
• Reason: Jack has no edits, and redirects to a user which is completely different to it. Therefore I feel this username can be fairly usurped, as it makes my own name simpler, and the current user of the username Jack has made no edits. Thankyou, — jacĸrм (talk) 09:42, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified. -- Anonymous Dissident 10:20, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Could I just ask what I should do if I do acquire this username, as User:Jack links to another user, should I simply remove the redirect or inform the user whom it redirects to or what? Thanks, — jacĸrм (talk) 18:20, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Its probably best to tell the user then remove the redirect, because this request is valid that link would be rightfully yours. Qst 18:37, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Hmm this might be another case for that template AD created. --Chris  G  09:06, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Which template? — jacĸrм (talk) 00:12, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm happy to delete the redirect at User:Jack, provided someone changes all the links to the page currently (given Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Jack) to links to User:Jeandré du Toit. There's only 44, and that includes one of the links from this page. --Deskana (talk) 02:08, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

I'll wait to see if I get the username before changing anything on talk pages. I don't want to change them all now only to find I don't get the username. Plus changing 44 signings will be tedious, will it be possible to get a bot to do this? — jacĸrм (talk) 03:01, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Well consider the request accepted. We'll do it when the notification period passes. I'll mess around with AWB to get those links sorted. --Deskana (talk) 03:03, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

I fixed all the links. Now we wait. --Deskana (talk) 03:16, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Secret ← Jbeach56

• Current username: Jbeach56 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Secret (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 22:32, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  Jbeach 18:57, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Note this is the second time I asked for the username, I was rejected the first time because I didn't tell that I had another account prior, so can this be quickly renamed. And yes, I'm an admin. Jbeach 18:57, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.

— Qst 19:11, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Err no you have to wait the full time - and I want more information. You told me that you made a new account as you lost the password to the other one. You haven't told us what the old account was, or provided any proof of that. I note that Raul654 resysopped you as your old account was an admin, but I don't know how you proved that. This doesn't really help. Secretlondon 17:05, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Jbeach posted on WR that he used IRC, and with the same mask + password from before, I'm pretty sure that proved that Jbeach was Jaranda. hbdragon88 23:23, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Provided he is Jaranda, the renaming can be done immediately, surely? The required week waiting time has already passed with the first request, and the only reason that one was denied was because he was, at that time, seen as a new editor. i  02:02, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, provided Secretlondon does not currently have any problems with this. She had her reservations above, I'd prefer her input before doing this. --Deskana (talk) 02:06, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

As long as they don't try and impersonate me with their sig I don't mind. Secretlondon 02:56, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Done. Linuxbeak (The cake is a lie!) 18:23, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

October 31, 2007

Requests left here will be filled no earlier than November 8, 2007.

Pi ← 3.14 etc

• Current username: 3.14 etc (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Pi (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 14:21, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
• Reason : Space in current name is confusing.
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  3.14 etc 14:21, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Note:

• The target username meets the requirements for usurpation.
• The current owner of the target username does not have an email address specified.

— jacĸrм (talk) 14:32, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

The log is empty, as is the contributions page. What has the user done? 3.14 etc 18:06, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

November 2, 2007

Trey ← TREYWiki

• Current username: TREYWiki (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Trey (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log)
• Datestamp: 21:47, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: Email target username   (1)  (2)
  

Personal Preference. I want to ditch the "Wiki" part of my username. I know this user has edits and might not make the criteria. Those edits were back in 2003 and only to its own userpage. —trey 21:47, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Note: This is not for block log evasion, as brought up on IRC. A link to my previous blocklog could be provided in the new block log. —trey 21:49, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Note

• As this account has made 6 edits, it does not meet the standard requirements for usurpation. Given the latest of those edits was in May 2004 and all were to the account's own userspace, there are no GFDL or other issues with this request. A bureaucrat may therefore be willing to perform the request as a matter of discretion.
• The target username has no deleted edits logged.
• The current owner of the username has been notified of this usurpation request.
• The current owner of this username does not have an email address specified.

– WjBscribe 23:13, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

 Note: Bureaucrat Deskana has requested the input of the Arbitration Committee for this rename. Please see the discussion here. Daniel 08:20, 3 November 2007 (UTC)