Reason: My account in Yahoo! with that name has been hacked, so I have decide to replace my name everywhere it is present.
Samyakxioen (
talk) 06:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Crazysane was registered about a week ago, must have been deleted. I use Crazysane everwhere and I'd like to keep the name recognition.
Matthew Glennon (
talk) 06:55, 30 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Actually, their is a user CrazySane. That was the issue.. I think CrazySane was mine. I'd rather have Crazysane though, for ease of capitalization.
Matthew Glennon (
talk) 09:54, 30 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Current user name is showing up in Google linking this account to other profiles on the Web. I would prefer to keep my edits to Wikipedia anonymous.
Dissolva (
talk) 00:06, 31 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I was contacted by a third party that (through copyright and Creative Commons) has rights to this name, and that third party (whom shall remain unnamed) has requested that I change my username (which I'm ok with, I was thinking about doing it anyways). Thanks in advance! ThePurpleMonkey(
talk•
contribs) 19:03, 31 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Leaving wikipedia. Don't want my username to remain on it since I use it elsewhere.
SuperVideoGameKid (
talk) 17:41, 31 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Bureaucrat note: Due to the presence of a block log on SuperVideoGameKid, be aware that any rename on the account will require that the new name be blocked for 1 second to link to the prior block log. Is this acceptable? P.S. I am sorry to hear that you are leaving this project.
Kingturtle (
talk) 17:52, 31 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Sure, it's acceptable. Could you please also delete my user page?
SuperVideoGameKid (
talk) 17:55, 31 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: unifying with my de.wikipedia- and de.wiktionary-accounts. Back in those days when I joined, it was case-insensitive, and Waldir was already taken.
Waldirei (
talk) 22:07, 31 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Clerk note: Wikilinks cannot be used in usernames - it wreaks havoc with linking and syntax. Fixing malformed request so that the wanted name shows up properly. -Jéské(
v^_^vDetarder) 05:52, 1 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: turns out that there is another jiuguangw out there on the internet. Jiuguang Wang is my full name.
68.211.220.48 (
talk) 01:41, 1 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Clerk note: All requests must be made while logged in to the account that will be renamed; this request was made by
68.211.220.48 (
talk·contribs). Please log in to the account that is to be renamed and confirm this request.
Acalamari 01:55, 1 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Reason:I want to have my name writen correctly, when i make my account i was green.
07:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Comment: Posted here per
request at my user talk. The user apparently ran into difficulties saving the page.
Dorftrottel (
criticise) 06:30,
April 1, 2008
Reason: Twenty has 6 characters, compared with Five, which is 4 characters. It will mean that i use less space when i sign on talk pages, and make talk page revisions smaller. Apart from that minor detail, i think its time.
TwentyYears 08:33, 28 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Your sig isn't the largest I've seen - hell, look at mine! -Jéské(
v^_^vDetarder) 17:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)reply
It will make a small difference to wikipedia. Its also the correct title of one of my favourite songs, although both names are of songs. Thanks.
TwentyYears 18:16, 29 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Bureaucrat note: I note that you have been blocked in the past. There is a bug that prevents block logs moving during renaming and renames are generally not performed where this will result in that information being lost. I could block your new name for 1 second after performing the rename to link back your previous block log, is that acceptable? WjBscribe 01:09, 31 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Yep, thats ok by me. Thanks.
TwentyYears 04:34, 1 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: This is an alternate account of
User:Pyrospirit which I use for testing purposes and to reduce the chance of my main account being compromised when I edit from public computers. I'm requesting this change so that the nature of this account will be more readily apparent.
Hand of Fire (
talk) 13:28, 1 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: trying to establish unified identity across multiple websites. with new name this is possible, with old it isn't. thank you!
Thothrough (
talk) 13:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I would rather use an anonymous ID rather than a username which includes my surname and first initial.
Navarrete (
talk) 14:56, 2 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: It's what I normally use for usernames but used the current initially cause I wasn't thinking.
Starriola (
talk) 16:10, 3 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Originally chose name by using partner's pet's name. Pet now dead. Girlfriend (an editor) says rename or else.
MC Rufus (
talk) 19:01, 3 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I want it to make my username flow more. It also makes my username 1 letter shorter, and more people know me by that. NimiTize 19:08, 3 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Privacy, since I've used the old name on other sites (and also I've moved to London anyway)
Brooklyntbone (
talk) 17:20, 4 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Changing Wikipedia username to match well known username used across many other websites, and my own website;
http://www.dieseldragon.co.uk. Hyperspeed (
Talk) - 04 April 2008
CE 18:32 UTC 18:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: My username is my real name and I would not like it to be visible to people. I didn't realize it could be seen under "Edits".
amadeus (
talk) 23:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I would like to avoid confusion by correcting the capitals, thereby separating the words in the name, I would like to maintain my typical nickname, which is PeterTheWall, and I did not know when I created the account that the account system of Wikipedia was case-sensative; thank you!
Peterthewall (
talk) 03:33, 5 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I'd like to start contributing more to Wikipedia, but as my account is outdated and old I'm attempting to update my name to my current online handle.
Xarrin (
talk) 09:28, 5 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I naively and against policy choose a username that associates two of us, and now we risk implicating each other in conversations- people don't realize that we aren't one person. And yet, I've established loose relationships with people as I've worked on a couple of projects. Please help me on this. Secondly, I don't want the name DEZnCHRIS on Wikipedia, used by us anyway. Thank you very much for your help. Also, I posted this yesterday and a bot (VoABot) deleted it along with a couple of other requests. I'm assuming it was targeting a requester who had posted more than once. But I don't know. Anyway, thank you.
DEZnCHRIS (
talk) 08:20, 7 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: (1)easier to type (shifts aren't so ergonomic) (2)consistency with my other aliases (3)looks nicer!
MangoSquasher (
talk) 20:17, 7 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Would like to update username to reflect my e-mail and other user name changes on different websites.
Ghettorichie01 (
talk) 07:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I use often this ID because even more portals asks to use complex IDs containing both literals and digits . thank you .
Profesorul (
talk) 12:00, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I was renamed on german Wikipedia (
de:Benutzer:Blunts), use the name on commons and es:WP and would like to have the same name here.
Bluntsde (
talk) 13:54, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: capitalisation of last name in order to more clearly link "Banning Family" research. EP Banning was the first marine commisioned in the civil war and is the great great grandfather of Katherine Banning.
Katherine banning (
talk) 14:10, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Changing username to full name to appear more credible in edits to others viewing these changes.
Dickkirkland (
talk) 15:44, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Victao is only a nickname for Victor. However, most of non-Portuguese speakers won't really understand it ("Victão" means "Big Victor" in Portuguese), and may think that's my real name. Therefore, I would prefer being called Victor here at Wiki. I know that I can alter my signature at "Preferences", but I would like the new name to appear in Pages' Revision histories as well.
Victao lopes (
talk) 18:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I first choose this name because i didnt whant give anypersonal info. But now alot of people think I should Change it and if i run for admin. again i dont whant my username holding me back. :) IwilledituTalk:) 20:46, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: My name on the dutch Wikipedia is now Emil76, so for consistency with that username I'd prefer to have this name here too.
Freestyle 11:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Twenty has 6 characters, compared with Five, which is 4 characters. It will mean that i use less space when i sign on talk pages, and make talk page revisions smaller. Apart from that minor detail, i think its time.
TwentyYears 08:33, 28 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Your sig isn't the largest I've seen - hell, look at mine! -Jéské(
v^_^vDetarder) 17:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)reply
It will make a small difference to wikipedia. Its also the correct title of one of my favourite songs, although both names are of songs. Thanks.
TwentyYears 18:16, 29 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Bureaucrat note: I note that you have been blocked in the past. There is a bug that prevents block logs moving during renaming and renames are generally not performed where this will result in that information being lost. I could block your new name for 1 second after performing the rename to link back your previous block log, is that acceptable? WjBscribe 01:09, 31 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Clerk note:bug 7011 is marked fixed, this may not be necessary after all --
Random832 (
contribs) 19:39, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Not done - the name Five Years is taken. And active. Same user?
Kingturtle (
talk) 19:20, 9 April 2008 (UTC)reply
User has already been
renamed. It's more likely that this request wasn't marked as "done".
Acalamari 19:25, 9 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: cause i have undergone a change of location.
Karan adik (
talk) 08:13, 5 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Bureaucrat note: Due to the presence of a block log on Karan adik, be aware that any rename on the account will require that the new name be blocked for 1 second to link to the prior block log. Karan adik, is this acceptable?
Kingturtle (
talk) 03:13, 6 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Clerk note:bug 7011 is marked fixed, this may not be necessary after all --
Random832 (
contribs) 19:39, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Reason for requested renaming.
Cyber ghega (
talk) 05:35, 7 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Bureaucrat note: - what is your reason?
Kingturtle (
talk) 12:03, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
The reason is obvious, the other crats generally don't make them give reasons for trivial punctuation/space/capitalisation changes. --
Random832 (
contribs) 14:12, 9 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Fresh start, want to trade in the alphabet soup for something more tangible. Maintain contribs, all for transparency.
EBDCM (
talk) 18:15, 9 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: My account in Yahoo! with that name has been hacked, so I have decide to replace my name everywhere it is present.
Samyakxioen (
talk) 06:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Crazysane was registered about a week ago, must have been deleted. I use Crazysane everwhere and I'd like to keep the name recognition.
Matthew Glennon (
talk) 06:55, 30 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Actually, their is a user CrazySane. That was the issue.. I think CrazySane was mine. I'd rather have Crazysane though, for ease of capitalization.
Matthew Glennon (
talk) 09:54, 30 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Current user name is showing up in Google linking this account to other profiles on the Web. I would prefer to keep my edits to Wikipedia anonymous.
Dissolva (
talk) 00:06, 31 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I was contacted by a third party that (through copyright and Creative Commons) has rights to this name, and that third party (whom shall remain unnamed) has requested that I change my username (which I'm ok with, I was thinking about doing it anyways). Thanks in advance! ThePurpleMonkey(
talk•
contribs) 19:03, 31 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Leaving wikipedia. Don't want my username to remain on it since I use it elsewhere.
SuperVideoGameKid (
talk) 17:41, 31 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Bureaucrat note: Due to the presence of a block log on SuperVideoGameKid, be aware that any rename on the account will require that the new name be blocked for 1 second to link to the prior block log. Is this acceptable? P.S. I am sorry to hear that you are leaving this project.
Kingturtle (
talk) 17:52, 31 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Sure, it's acceptable. Could you please also delete my user page?
SuperVideoGameKid (
talk) 17:55, 31 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: unifying with my de.wikipedia- and de.wiktionary-accounts. Back in those days when I joined, it was case-insensitive, and Waldir was already taken.
Waldirei (
talk) 22:07, 31 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Clerk note: Wikilinks cannot be used in usernames - it wreaks havoc with linking and syntax. Fixing malformed request so that the wanted name shows up properly. -Jéské(
v^_^vDetarder) 05:52, 1 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: turns out that there is another jiuguangw out there on the internet. Jiuguang Wang is my full name.
68.211.220.48 (
talk) 01:41, 1 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Clerk note: All requests must be made while logged in to the account that will be renamed; this request was made by
68.211.220.48 (
talk·contribs). Please log in to the account that is to be renamed and confirm this request.
Acalamari 01:55, 1 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Reason:I want to have my name writen correctly, when i make my account i was green.
07:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Comment: Posted here per
request at my user talk. The user apparently ran into difficulties saving the page.
Dorftrottel (
criticise) 06:30,
April 1, 2008
Reason: Twenty has 6 characters, compared with Five, which is 4 characters. It will mean that i use less space when i sign on talk pages, and make talk page revisions smaller. Apart from that minor detail, i think its time.
TwentyYears 08:33, 28 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Your sig isn't the largest I've seen - hell, look at mine! -Jéské(
v^_^vDetarder) 17:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)reply
It will make a small difference to wikipedia. Its also the correct title of one of my favourite songs, although both names are of songs. Thanks.
TwentyYears 18:16, 29 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Bureaucrat note: I note that you have been blocked in the past. There is a bug that prevents block logs moving during renaming and renames are generally not performed where this will result in that information being lost. I could block your new name for 1 second after performing the rename to link back your previous block log, is that acceptable? WjBscribe 01:09, 31 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Yep, thats ok by me. Thanks.
TwentyYears 04:34, 1 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: This is an alternate account of
User:Pyrospirit which I use for testing purposes and to reduce the chance of my main account being compromised when I edit from public computers. I'm requesting this change so that the nature of this account will be more readily apparent.
Hand of Fire (
talk) 13:28, 1 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: trying to establish unified identity across multiple websites. with new name this is possible, with old it isn't. thank you!
Thothrough (
talk) 13:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I would rather use an anonymous ID rather than a username which includes my surname and first initial.
Navarrete (
talk) 14:56, 2 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: It's what I normally use for usernames but used the current initially cause I wasn't thinking.
Starriola (
talk) 16:10, 3 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Originally chose name by using partner's pet's name. Pet now dead. Girlfriend (an editor) says rename or else.
MC Rufus (
talk) 19:01, 3 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I want it to make my username flow more. It also makes my username 1 letter shorter, and more people know me by that. NimiTize 19:08, 3 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Privacy, since I've used the old name on other sites (and also I've moved to London anyway)
Brooklyntbone (
talk) 17:20, 4 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Changing Wikipedia username to match well known username used across many other websites, and my own website;
http://www.dieseldragon.co.uk. Hyperspeed (
Talk) - 04 April 2008
CE 18:32 UTC 18:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: My username is my real name and I would not like it to be visible to people. I didn't realize it could be seen under "Edits".
amadeus (
talk) 23:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I would like to avoid confusion by correcting the capitals, thereby separating the words in the name, I would like to maintain my typical nickname, which is PeterTheWall, and I did not know when I created the account that the account system of Wikipedia was case-sensative; thank you!
Peterthewall (
talk) 03:33, 5 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I'd like to start contributing more to Wikipedia, but as my account is outdated and old I'm attempting to update my name to my current online handle.
Xarrin (
talk) 09:28, 5 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I naively and against policy choose a username that associates two of us, and now we risk implicating each other in conversations- people don't realize that we aren't one person. And yet, I've established loose relationships with people as I've worked on a couple of projects. Please help me on this. Secondly, I don't want the name DEZnCHRIS on Wikipedia, used by us anyway. Thank you very much for your help. Also, I posted this yesterday and a bot (VoABot) deleted it along with a couple of other requests. I'm assuming it was targeting a requester who had posted more than once. But I don't know. Anyway, thank you.
DEZnCHRIS (
talk) 08:20, 7 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: (1)easier to type (shifts aren't so ergonomic) (2)consistency with my other aliases (3)looks nicer!
MangoSquasher (
talk) 20:17, 7 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Would like to update username to reflect my e-mail and other user name changes on different websites.
Ghettorichie01 (
talk) 07:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I use often this ID because even more portals asks to use complex IDs containing both literals and digits . thank you .
Profesorul (
talk) 12:00, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I was renamed on german Wikipedia (
de:Benutzer:Blunts), use the name on commons and es:WP and would like to have the same name here.
Bluntsde (
talk) 13:54, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: capitalisation of last name in order to more clearly link "Banning Family" research. EP Banning was the first marine commisioned in the civil war and is the great great grandfather of Katherine Banning.
Katherine banning (
talk) 14:10, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Changing username to full name to appear more credible in edits to others viewing these changes.
Dickkirkland (
talk) 15:44, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Victao is only a nickname for Victor. However, most of non-Portuguese speakers won't really understand it ("Victão" means "Big Victor" in Portuguese), and may think that's my real name. Therefore, I would prefer being called Victor here at Wiki. I know that I can alter my signature at "Preferences", but I would like the new name to appear in Pages' Revision histories as well.
Victao lopes (
talk) 18:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: I first choose this name because i didnt whant give anypersonal info. But now alot of people think I should Change it and if i run for admin. again i dont whant my username holding me back. :) IwilledituTalk:) 20:46, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: My name on the dutch Wikipedia is now Emil76, so for consistency with that username I'd prefer to have this name here too.
Freestyle 11:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Twenty has 6 characters, compared with Five, which is 4 characters. It will mean that i use less space when i sign on talk pages, and make talk page revisions smaller. Apart from that minor detail, i think its time.
TwentyYears 08:33, 28 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Your sig isn't the largest I've seen - hell, look at mine! -Jéské(
v^_^vDetarder) 17:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)reply
It will make a small difference to wikipedia. Its also the correct title of one of my favourite songs, although both names are of songs. Thanks.
TwentyYears 18:16, 29 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Bureaucrat note: I note that you have been blocked in the past. There is a bug that prevents block logs moving during renaming and renames are generally not performed where this will result in that information being lost. I could block your new name for 1 second after performing the rename to link back your previous block log, is that acceptable? WjBscribe 01:09, 31 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Clerk note:bug 7011 is marked fixed, this may not be necessary after all --
Random832 (
contribs) 19:39, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Not done - the name Five Years is taken. And active. Same user?
Kingturtle (
talk) 19:20, 9 April 2008 (UTC)reply
User has already been
renamed. It's more likely that this request wasn't marked as "done".
Acalamari 19:25, 9 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: cause i have undergone a change of location.
Karan adik (
talk) 08:13, 5 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Bureaucrat note: Due to the presence of a block log on Karan adik, be aware that any rename on the account will require that the new name be blocked for 1 second to link to the prior block log. Karan adik, is this acceptable?
Kingturtle (
talk) 03:13, 6 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Clerk note:bug 7011 is marked fixed, this may not be necessary after all --
Random832 (
contribs) 19:39, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Reason for requested renaming.
Cyber ghega (
talk) 05:35, 7 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Bureaucrat note: - what is your reason?
Kingturtle (
talk) 12:03, 8 April 2008 (UTC)reply
The reason is obvious, the other crats generally don't make them give reasons for trivial punctuation/space/capitalisation changes. --
Random832 (
contribs) 14:12, 9 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Reason: Fresh start, want to trade in the alphabet soup for something more tangible. Maintain contribs, all for transparency.
EBDCM (
talk) 18:15, 9 April 2008 (UTC)reply