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Template:Communitypage The name Wikipedians choose for themselves is not set in stone. On request, Wikipedia developers can easily change user account settings and article histories such that all previous edits of a given user are attributed to the new name. This has been done several times in the past, either voluntarily, or forced due to our policy on offensive usernames.

When a name is changed, the previous account ceases to exist, and the user may immediately log in with the same password under the new name. The user may wish to re-create the old account to prevent impersonation. In the case of forced name changes, the old account will be recreated by the developer and then blocked. Signatures in talk pages can be changed manually if desired. The deletion log and the upload log are not altered.

Please place requests in the section below. DO NOT CREATE THE NEW NAME IN ADVANCE

(To request attribution changes for individual edits of articles -- including changing attribution from an IP address to your username -- see Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit instead.)

Requests for name change

  • user:666, who goes under the names user:Administrator and user:Vfd. I personally am okay with 666, I know other wouldn't. But, I personally am thoroughly against "Administrator" and "Vfd", which are completely ridiculous. No one should ever have these usernames. -- user:zanimum
  • In matters of church and state of Wikipedia... I am not sure if this is the right place -- but User:Jesus_Saves! is the kind of POV prostletizing username that makes those of us who are jews, muslims or other intelligent, non-evangelical christians feel all icky and weird in a collaboration-type atmosphere. I have nothing against religious choice and support religious tolerance of all sorts - but using wikipedia for POV expression via articles - or tacitly via usernames is quite offensive to some of us. Davodd 10:56, Dec 27, 2003 (UTC)
    • This is the right place, but at Wikipedia, decisions of this nature generally take a long time to make. In the meantime, please keep the discussion at User talk:Jesus Saves! -- Tim Starling 13:37, Jan 1, 2004 (UTC)
  • If there is a way to change my username to be all-lowercase (no first caps), please change it. Otherwise change it to my realname, Matthias Bauer. TIA. --Moeffju 04:44, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • Could my name be changed to 47b please. I'm told I'm confusing people. Thanks in advance. --257.47b.9½.-19 16:19, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • Please change my user name to Andrew Levine, with the uppercase L and the space. I did not realize when I created my user name that I could have a space and an internal capital letter. Thanks. Andrewlevine 08:10, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • I would like to change my username (in the german wikipedia) from Nikola to Nikola Herweg. Thanks! -- Nikola
  • Could I change my name from User:Tristanb to just T (if one letter logins are allowed) i would have chosen tb, but that's taken. My primary reason just so casual users looking up a subject (say a small town) won't instantly recognise my name and have a big snoop. :-) Thanks. T 04:55, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • The French wiki is now using UTF-8. My name was changed during this process because I was using a French character not available in ISO-8859-1. I want to change my name back to Cœur because else I got troubles to login : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:C%C2%9Cur. Thanks a lot. Cœur 11:52, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Previous name changes

  • User:Tokerboy to User:TUF-KAT
    • Voluntarily changed in the interests of community harmony. TUF-KAT felt that the old name may have been offensive to some people.
  • User:Jlk7e to User:John Kenney
    • Objections to this user's unpronounceable name were raised when he applied for sysopship. John decided to take the plunge and reveal his real name to the world. Sysop status was given immediately.
  • Changed to User:H.J.
    • H.J. complained that a google search for her real name mostly returned discussions on this site regarding her previous disruptive behaviour. H.J. has since left the site, and requested all instances of her name be removed.
  • Changed to User:JHK
    • This user requested that their real name not be associated with Wikipedia after they left.
  • User:M123 to User:Maximus Rex
    • Hi, my username is currently User:M123, could it please be changed to "Maximus Rex". My current username was hastily chosen for the purpose of uploading an image. I think that a letter followed by 3 random numbers is more difficult to recognize. Thanks, M123 00:24, 18 Oct 2003 (UTC)
    • Done -- Tim Starling 01:13, Oct 18, 2003 (UTC)
  • Chris mahan to Christopher Mahan
    • Christopher had been going under the name "Christopher Mahan" for some time, with a redirected user page. After comments by Ed Poor on WP:RFA, Christopher requested a proper name change. -- Tim Starling 23:41, Nov 11, 2003 (UTC)
  • User:Jesus_blows_goats to User:pagan (if available -- not sure how to tell)
    • Requesting change due to non-inflammatory policy Jesus Blows Goats 08:08, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Done -- Tim Starling 11:25, Dec 27, 2003 (UTC)
    • Request to change again, because I chanced upon a negative comment on my choice of nickname elsewhere; they didn't tell me, but lets pretend they did, and proceed to change mine anyway (FearÉIREANN: "User:Pagan's nickname is a classic example of a stupid nickname that reeks of presumed bias."). Please may it be changed to "kyk" ?
  • I would like to change my user name to Mark. According to Angela, the account user:Mark exists, but has never made any edits and there is nothing on its user or user talk pages. I don't feel all that comfortable having my full name on display on the internet. - Mark Ryan
  • I'd like to be something less acronymic. Could I buy a couple of vowels and become User:Hajor instead? –Hjr 01:48, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • (I have deleted a previous request for a formatting change. Sorry if I caused you any inconvenience.) I would like to change my username from my full name to an acronym for my name: joshays. As always, your assistance is appreciated. jshanesmith 17:43, 6 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • I have a similar request. I registered some time ago as Rlowry, not realising that a space was possible between initial and surname. It's irritated me ever since, and it's a fair bet that if I dislike seeing it myself then others will too. I think changing it to R Lowry would make it more readable, if it's possible. Thanks for your time, R Lowry 03:39, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Done -- Tim Starling 12:24, Jan 26, 2004 (UTC)
      • Thanks again for your time. It's much appreciated. R Lowry 22:26, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • I'd like to have my username changed to Fredrik. Doesn't appear to be used. Fredrik 01:44, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • I made my account as ϼ«ï¼©ï¼ºï¼µ: I believed I put simply my name with latin alphabet, but then I invoked other language input-method. Now I would like to change my acount into KIZU which I use basically i

in otherwiki (Cf. KIZU) KIZU 01:26, 9 Feb 2004 (UTC)

For on just a presentation my problem is fixed? Thank you for your cooperation, someone I don't your name.
No problem. -- Tim Starling 01:25, Feb 22, 2004 (UTC)
  • User:JackLynch to User:Sam Spade.
    • I request to have my name changed to User:Sam Spade. I will also change the email by which I connect to the mailing list. I assume there is no problem with this? My reasons for doing so are pretty simple, I had no idea how hateful people here could become, and I no longer want my name connected to such unpleasentness. Also, I am not amused w jokes made about my name resulting from having created a mailing list account. Do I need to request a seperate name change on the meta-wikipedia? Jack 03:13, 28 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • I would like to change my username from gboy to yacht. Thanks! --Yacht 08:41, Feb 29, 2004 (UTC)
    • Done (attribution change) -- Tim Starling 06:21, Mar 20, 2004 (UTC)
  • I'm not sure whether this is the correct place to ask for this, because I'm asking for an account to be merged with an already existing account instead of a simple renaming. Can you merge all my edits done under Renamer with that of Dissident)? To be absolutely clear about this: account Dissident is the one that should remain and account Renamer is the one that should be deleted. -- Dissident 17:42, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)
    • Confirming. -- Renamer 17:43, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)
      • Done (attribution change)-- Tim Starling 06:21, Mar 20, 2004 (UTC)
  • I would like to change my username (in the german wikipedia) from Christoph Mussenbrock to Shannon. Kurt Jansson told me I should put my wish here. I have already registered in the german wikipedia under the new name. Please inform me if this makes trouble. christoph(dot)mussenbrock(at)gmx.de Thanks.
    • Done (attribution change) -- Tim Starling 07:59, Mar 20, 2004 (UTC)
  • BloodyLoony is my FPS nick name, which isn't appropriate here. I would like it changed to Lenton. I would like the same change on the danish (da) Wikipedia if that is possible. Thank you. --BloodyLoony 22:12, Mar 8, 2004 (UTC)
  • I would like to request a user name change to Jor if possible. I am signing with "Jor" anyway and found people found my using of two different names confusing. I have already claimed the "Jor" account. — Jor (Darkelf) 02:08, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)
    • Confirming Jor is the same person. Jor 02:09, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • I would like my Wikipedia username to be changed from Juxo to User:Juxho for it provides for better pronunciation and similarity to my nick change on Consumerium. To prove both identities are mine the password hashes are equal. I request this to retain my watchlist and (for vanity) user-contributions. --Juxo 22:00, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • Oh, you can have spaces in Wikipedia usernames? Can I have one, please? -- KarlNaylor 07:23, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC)
    • Done (attribution change) -- Tim Starling 07:59, Mar 20, 2004 (UTC)


Instructions for developers

  • Check to see if the target name is already taken
  • Log in to pliny
  • Copy /home/tstarling/changeuser.sql to your home directory
  • Edit the oldname and newname variables defined at the top of the file. Don't forget that usernames use spaces not underscores.
  • Block the user temporarily to prevent corruption
  • Run the script with sql-en < changeuser.sql.
  • Refresh Special:Ipblocklist, it should now show the new username. Unblock it.
  • Move the user page and talk page.
  • If necessary, recreate the old name and block it.
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