Wikinews:Changing username/Archive 4

Null → Echo

 * Reason: Please rename Echo to "make space" for a global renaming of this account Hurricanefan25. Thanks! Hurricanefan25 (talk) 22:15, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * ❌ as 'Null' is not registered on enwikinews (See SUL reports). Past practice has been to rename a "desired" username to "desired_usurped". And, as-stated at the top of the page, a confirming edit on the home wiki with the account which is to be renamed is required before any renaming will take place. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:23, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Terence Ong → Terence

 * Reason: I am w:en:User:Terence on English Wikipedia and I would like to usurp the inactive username on this wiki as I want to create a SUL account. Thanks. Terence Ong (talk) 17:10, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The large 'retired' notice is a little confusing; in any case, can you make a confirming edit on enWP and link to diff of such here please?--Brian McNeil / talk 11:08, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Have made a confirming edit here. Terence Ong (talk) 08:52, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:58, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Diego Grez → El Muñeco Shakes It Up, Baby

 * Reason: Privacy Diego Grez return fire 20:21, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Was ✅ (and ❌) ages ago. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:59, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Lambda2 → Lambda

 * Reason: Usurp for SUL purposes. Lambda has zero edits, so there should be no attribution problems. Diff on home wiki for confirmation. Lambda2 (talk) 20:55, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:01, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

SalfEnergy → Wagner
SUL unification, diff
 * Reason: SalfEnergy (talk) 20:04, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * ❌ - no reason given and Wagner has edits here. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:03, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Mikhail Castelein → Numbakoe

 * Reason: I would like to change my username in Numbakoe. It's already changed in many other languages of Wikipedia. All names 'Numbakoe' in other languages are my accounts. To prove, most of them are still linked to my old account (cfr. Usertalk pages) and are recentley changed. Thanks in advance. Mikhail Castelein (talk) 19:44, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
 * "To prove, most of them are still linked to my old account (cfr. Usertalk pages) and are recentley changed." I'm afraid I don't understand this, and because it relates to proof it seems rather critical to your request. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:04, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Fox → Foxj

 * Reason: To line up an SUL request. Confirmation on home wiki Fox (talk) 15:04, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yay, yours was simple. ✅ Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:05, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Pilif12p → Frood

 * Reason: Same as Fox. Pilif12p (talk) 03:07, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * ❌; please give us a confirmation diff, as detailed above. 19:06, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

None (SUL request) → Madman

 * Reason: SUL conflict. Confirmation: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AMadman&action=historysubmit&diff=479040131&oldid=479036216 (talk) 00:31, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:54, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Madman (talk) 21:07, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

N tmp → N

 * Reason: usurp for SUL

Confirmation link: http://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Benutzer:N

N tmp (talk) 13:51, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:58, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you. --N (talk) 15:35, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

(none) → Deepak

 * Reason: to complete suldiff 117.204.86.217 (talk) 14:49, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * ❌. This request does not make sense; does not exist. Please refer to the SUL information on meta, and provide an actionable request. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:25, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Andre Kloer → Watisfictie

 * Reason: I would like to have my real name removed from Google listings. Watisfictie is the name I use within other Wikipedia projects as well (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Watisfictie&diff=cur&oldid=498811148 ) --Watisfictie (talk) 10:52, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Please mention the source username and target usernamre in a diff on your home/promary project - not just the target username. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:24, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello, I made the adjustment: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Watisfictie&diff=prev&oldid=499056981 Thank you!

Bungopolis → Aomarks

 * Reason: Consistency with my global account Bungopolis (talk) 07:55, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Confirmation of account ownership: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3AAomarks&diff=505225063&oldid=321879886}}

None (SUL request) → Barrister

 * Reason: SUL conflict. Confirmation: http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0:Barrister#English_wiki --95.69.206.48 (talk) 13:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
 * ❌ Parameter 1 in the template is not filled in; it is thus impossible to ascertain which username you expect renamed to Barrister. It is likely you need to search for the meta pages on SUL and account unification. Some older accounts do not auto-populate across multiple wikis and running some of the relevant scripts, then logging out and back in again may resolve issues you are seeing. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:41, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Two of six wikies have renamed old users Barrister on smth else without any questions, two of them are considering my requests and they will fulfill my request and this is only one site where you can't do this, so what the reason?--95.69.206.48 (talk) 20:10, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Because you're asking for user "None/Blank" to be renamed to "Barrister".
 * File a competent request, please. --Brian McNeil / talk 06:10, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, okay. I have just filled the request by the examples on another wikies.--95.69.206.48 (talk) 08:33, 17 August 2012 (UTC)]

Barrister → Barrister (renamed)

 * Reason: I'd like to usurp local account to complete my SUL. Local user has been inactive since 2008 and has 1 edits. Thanks 95.69.206.48 (talk) 08:36, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * ❌ I checked your confirmation link, but it only refers to an account on English Wikipedia. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:46, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Look at this again, please --95.69.206.48 (talk) 12:11, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * One assumes the non-mangled confirmation link is supposed to be this, as-opposed to an explosion in a statistician's office. I hope to gawd you're nor referring to this dictionary definition with the username. Bad handwriting may-well go with the profession, but excellent spelling and grammar are prerequisites. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:13, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

(SUL) → Deepak
I want to usurp User:Deepak for complete SUL. conformation link here--117.231.131.94 (talk) 15:51, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Katarighe → Cyfraw

 * Reason: I would like to rename my account from "Katarighe" to "Cyfraw". Here are the Confirmation diffs for evidence.  Katarighe  ( Talk  ·  Contributions  · E-mail) 05:54, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Readopedia → Energybender

 * Reason: I would prefer to use this name on all wikis. Readopedia (talk) 19:15, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Jurgen1996 → JurgenNL

 * Reason: Global username. See here for confirmation. Jurgen1996 (talk) 10:53, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Blackjogger → TourEiffel

 * Reason: I don't like my user name any more Blackjogger (talk) 13:38, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅, but why request renaming on a project where you didn't have any edit history? The only edit that got moved over to the new name was the edit you made here to request renaming.  --Pi zero (talk) 15:28, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Hippo_et → Hippo

 * Reason: SUL, see Hippo et (talk) 01:18, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

ChimpNews → .AlexB.

 * Reason: To be more professional on WikiNews ChimpNews (talk) 09:30, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 17:44, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

ArkBlitz → csolisr

 * Reason: Already phased out my old username in all major networks; better matches my real-life name. --ArkBlitz (talk) 03:19, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * You haven't provided evidence that you own the destination account (per the instructions, above), and the destination already exists. --Pi zero (talk) 17:40, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Meand → Me and

 * Reason: Consistency with my name on English Wikipedia. Corresponds to my recent rename there, which I'm hoping, together with SUL on the old name, is sufficient to prove ownership and intent. me_and (talk) 09:27, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 17:36, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

BCG999 → RandomDSdevel
BCG999 (talk) 17:39, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Reason: I wish to mirror the username change that I made on Wikipedia and have requested on Wiktionary to rid my username of my initials across all Wikimedia wikis which I use to avoid SUL conflicts
 * There's only one edit to move, namely the one making this request; also, almost incidentally, the destination account already exists here (with zero edits) and no evidence is provided that you own the destination account. --Pi zero (talk) 17:31, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

William (SUL Request)

 * Reason: Please rename User:William so that I can attach it to my unified login. Confirmation that I own that the SUL is available here. Many thanks. WilliamUK (talk) 16:09, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
 * User:William hasn't made a single edit on this project, so there's really nothing to rename; while, on the other hand, User:WilliamUK already has an edit here, namely this request. --Pi zero (talk) 17:25, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
 * You don't understand. I own the SUL for William, home wiki de.wiktionary. I am using WilliamUK so that I can request the Williams who aren't me on other projects are moved out the way; specifically I am using WilliamUK so that I don't have to edit logged out. I am not requesting User:William here be renamed to User:WilliamUK. WilliamUK (talk) 18:26, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ Renamed to .  --Pi zero (talk) 19:44, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Much obliged. WilliamUK (talk) 20:55, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Lester Foster → Küñall

 * Reason: More representative username Diego Grez (alternate account) alt. talk 20:23, 29 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Um. There's already an SUL under that name.  Is that you?  (And can you provide evidence?)  --Pi zero (talk) 03:32, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
 * might this suffice? 200.112.239.82 (talk) 05:02, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 02:32, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Djdubay → Djd

 * Reason: SUL request, confirmation link w:User talk:djd Djdubay (talk) 02:26, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 03:40, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Ajl772 → Radar33

 * Reason: More in line with my internet presence. Ajl772 (talk) 21:12, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 15:58, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Guycn1 → Guycn1 (unused)
Thank you, Guycn1 (talk) 21:48, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 16:04, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Newjerseyliz → Liz

 * Reason: I'd like my username to match the one I use on other Wiki sites. Here is a diff Newjerseyliz (talk) 13:11, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ There was an existing unused account Liz, which I renamed to LizUsurped. --Pi zero (talk) 06:32, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

King jakob c 2 → Jakec

 * Reason: Global rename underway. King jakob c 2 (talk) 02:07, 17 January 2014 (UTC)


 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 13:52, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

لطرش أحمد الهاشمي → لطرش احمد الهاشمي
Current Name: لطرش احمد الهاشمي

Reaname to:لطرش أحمد الهاشمي   (contribs &bull; logs &bull; [ Renaming ])

Reason:i want the same name in all wikimedia project

Confirmation:en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple/Archive151

--لطرش احمد الهاشمي (talk) 16:29, 15 December 2013 (UTC)


 * This request is misformatted. Did you use the technique described at the top of the page?  --Pi zero (talk) 02:27, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Scott Martin → Scott

 * Reason: SUL unification. Confirmation link. Scott Martin (talk) 13:38, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ fwiw. --Pi zero (talk) 12:05, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Much obliged. Scott (talk) 17:15, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

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IndianWikipedian → Anup

 * Reason: My username IndianWikipedian was recently renamed to user:Anup and SUL unified with the same. I'm requesting usurpation of user:Anup for the purpose of SUL unification. I made a failed attempt to login the requesting username IndianWikipedian, therefore requesting the same using my legit alternative account Anupmehra. Thank you! Anupmehra (talk) 12:07, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ I have renamed the unattached account "Anup" to "Anup (usurped)". To my understanding of the situation, that should allow you to expand your "Anup" SUL into en.wn.
 * You should use account Anup to put a doppelganger template on User:Anupmehra. --Pi zero (talk) 13:31, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Ilya K → Ilya

 * Reason: My SUL account is Ilya. I started to use enWn recently, and it's not convenient to relogin. Ilya's account which I want to usurp does not have recent or significant contribution to enWn. Proof that I'm Ilya. Ilya K.(talk) 15:39, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 16:09, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Stokeswiki → SimpleEditor1000

 * Reason: To help protect identity of avoiding username being known to represent my identity of my last name. Also hide my last name in the username "Stokes"wiki from being relevant to my other online profiles.
 * ✅. You'll need to merge the accounts once you've got them renamed.  --Pi zero (talk) 15:49, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

EarthUSAwriter → Editor of Wisdom

 * Reason: To help protect my identity from being known about abuse history of my old username.

ArchiveBot → ArchiveBot (usurped)

 * Reason: I operate a bot by the same name on Commons, and would like to create a SUL/global account for it. According to the WikiNews owner of ArchiveBot, this bot is no longer active (and has not been for 6 years), and was intended to be temporary only. Thanks,  F ASTILY  07:24, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 10:24, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

D_abhi → Abhinav

 * Reason: For completing SUL process. Diff to confirm. D abhi (talk) 06:14, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅, usurping unused destination account (now [ Abhinav (usurped)]). --Pi zero (talk) 10:43, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Dudel250 → Lor

 * Reason: SUL. Diff Dudel250 (talk) 06:45, 8 June 2014 (UTC)


 * ✅ Renamed unattached account "Lor" to "Lor (usurped)", and "Dudel250" to "Lor". --Pi zero (talk) 22:27, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Computerjoe → RetiredUser138857941938

 * Reason: I am requesting the Wikinews-equivalent of a courtesy vanishing: I intend to fully retire from Wikinews and wish to protect my identity Computerjoe 's talk 22:03, 21 July 2014 (UTC)


 * ✅ Good luck in whatever life brings to you.  --Pi zero (talk) 22:34, 21 July 2014 (UTC)