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* Account names requested here are regarded as being "reserved" until the request is accepted or rejected. If someone else registers the account while the request is here, it will be renamed if necessary to allow for the requested move. |
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* ''Be aware'': This change will not affect signatures you have already left on talk pages, or other places where you signed your username with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>. Those pages will continue to display your signature (including the link to your old username) unless edited manually. |
* ''Be aware'': This change will not affect signatures you have already left on talk pages, or other places where you signed your username with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>. Those pages will continue to display your signature (including the link to your old username) unless edited manually. |
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* Once you have been renamed, your old account will no longer exist and may potentially be recreated by a third party. This is true even if your old account pages have redirected towards your new account. To guard against impersonation, you may wish to recreate the old account yourself. |
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* Of possible interest: the [[foundation:Privacy policy|Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy]]; "[[m:Right to vanish|Right to vanish]]" |
* Of possible interest: the [[foundation:Privacy policy|Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy]]; "[[m:Right to vanish|Right to vanish]]" |
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Revision as of 18:49, 4 October 2007
- WP:CHU redirects here. You may be looking for Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser.
This page permits users to request, and bureaucrats to consider and carry out, username changes. It is generally only possible to rename an account to a name which is not yet taken. Please check the Wikipedia:Username policy to see if your desired username is considered to be appropriate.
- If you wish to "usurp" an existing username, please make your request at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations and not here.
Instructions
Please follow these instructions carefully to ensure the correct processing of your request.
- Check that the username you are requesting does not yet exist. This may be done via the search function at Special:Listusers; if the name appears in the list, even if the link is red, the name is taken. Be sure to capitalize the first letter of the username, as the software does not permit usernames that begin with a lowercase letter. Do not create an account under the new name. If the name does exist, go to Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations.
- Ensure that your request meets the changing usernames guidelines.
- To add a request, either:
- 1). Click and then replace the text
"CURRENT"
with your present username and"NEW"
with the username to which you wish to change. Fill in a reason where indicated but do not add anything in the "subject/headline" box. OR; - 2). Copy the following text and paste it at the very bottom of the "Requests" section.
{{subst:Renameuser|CURRENT|NEW|Reason for requested renaming.}} ~~~~
- Replace the text
"CURRENT"
with your present username and"NEW"
with the username to which you wish to change. Fill in a reason where indicated.
- Be sure you have logged in under your present username. Verify that you have spelled both names correctly. Save the page.
- Check back periodically to see whether a bureaucrat has fulfilled your request or whether additional information is required. Do not be surprised if you suddenly cannot log in to your old account; this merely indicates that your request has been fulfilled.
Effects of a username change:
- When the rename has been completed, your account will have been renamed, and any contributions you have made (including deleted contributions) will be reattributed to your new account as a background process. Your account preferences, watchlist contents, password, etc. will all be preserved, and your user and user talk pages will have been moved to the new name.
- Note: The background process responsible for updating old contributions is currently dependent upon the job queue mechanism, which is a low-priority update mechanism. You may find old contributions do not appear under your new account immediately; this is perfectly normal. Updates should take at most a day to complete, although the length of time will vary according to the size of the job queue on this wiki, and the status of the server processes which process this queue.
- Your request will be moved to the archives and the change will appear in the user rename log in the interest of transparency. There is no provision for renaming accounts without logging the change.
Notes
- It is not possible for bureaucrats to merge two accounts, or to reattribute edits from IP addresses. Only registered accounts can be renamed.
- This page is for requests on the English Wikipedia only. To change your username on another Wikimedia project, please ask a bureaucrat on that project or make a request on Requests for permissions.
- As an alternative, please consider changing your signature. This will change your "public appearance" on talk pages and other places where you sign your username with ~~~~.
- It may be easier for you simply to create a new account (although due to technical restrictions, requests to change only the capitalisation or punctuation should be made here). You can then discontinue use of the old one. It does not need to be deleted; disused accounts are harmless and may be safely ignored.
- Account names requested here are regarded as being "reserved" until the request is accepted or rejected. If someone else registers the account while the request is here, it will be renamed if necessary to allow for the requested move.
- Be aware: This change will not affect signatures you have already left on talk pages, or other places where you signed your username with ~~~~. Those pages will continue to display your signature (including the link to your old username) unless edited manually.
- Once you have been renamed, your old account will no longer exist and may potentially be recreated by a third party. This is true even if your old account pages have redirected towards your new account. To guard against impersonation, you may wish to recreate the old account yourself.
- Of possible interest: the Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy; "Right to vanish"
Several users provide assistance with the mechanics of this process. If you wish to help please read the linked page carefully.
- Completed rename requests:
- Rejected rename requests:
- 2005: Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2006: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2007: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2008: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2009: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2010: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2011: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2012: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2013: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2014: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2015: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2016: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2017: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2018: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2019: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2020: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2021: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2022: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2023: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
- 2024: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May
- Completed:
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