Wikiversity:Changing username

The user name you choose for yourself is not set in stone. On request, Bureaucrats can change user account settings and article histories such that all previous edits of a given user are attributed to the new name. Currently, only users with fewer than 5000 edits (edit counter) can be renamed. You can only be renamed to an account that does not exist.

1. To change your user name on the English Wikiversity only, please make your request on this page.
2. To change your user name on another Wikimedia project that has a local bureaucrat (see Special:Listusers on your wiki to check), please ask one of those bureaucrats.
3. To change your user name on another Wikimedia project that has no local bureaucrat, please ask a steward at meta:requests for permission.
4. Re-attribution of edits from an anonymous account to a username can not be carried out by bureaucrats.

This page may also be used for username requests related to unified login.

Archive

Alternatives

Change your signature

Instead of changing your name, you can change your preferences to change your signature. This will change your "public appearance" on talk pages without requiring costly changes to the database.

• All your edits will be attributed to the same user. Although it will be your Username and not your sig that appears in page histories, most public interaction here goes on via talk pages.
• If you have the desire and the patience, you can use "What links here" from your User: page to manually edit all your old signatures to use the new sig as well (probably not necessary in most cases).

Create a new account

You can simply create a new account with the desired name, and redirect your old User: and User Talk: pages to your new account.

• Put a note at the top of your new User: and User Talk: page to explain the change.
• This does not merge your contributions history; but anyone investigating the old edits will be redirected to your new one.
• Again, if you have the patience, you can use "What links here" from your old User: page to manually edit all your old talk page signatures to display the new sig as well, using a piped link of the form [[User:OldUserName|NewSig]]. Use an informative edit summary so that people do not think you are tampering with someone else's entry on a talk page (a definite community no-no).

Instructions

Please follow the procedure carefully or your request will not be fulfilled.

NOTE: You must not create the new account yet for this process to work. If the target username exists, the rename process will fail.

1. Check you have fewer than 5000 edits (edit counter).
2. Check the new name you want does not exist (Special:Listusers)
3. Sign in with the account that you want renamed.
4. Add your request in the section below.
5. If you are a sysop, please note this fact with your request so that the necessary changes can be made.
6. Once your request is dealt with, all edits from your old account will be reattributed to your new account.
7. You should check that the old account has been recreated and blocked to prevent someone else creating the account and impersonating you.
8. You will probably want to move and redirect your userpage and talk page after changing.

User rename requests

Please put new requests at the end. To expedite your request, post a note on the talk pages of all bureaucrats. You may find a list of bureaucrats here. Fulfilled requests will be immediately moved to Archive. See also special:log/renameuser

Change username from "naweedkhan" to "nomi8998"

• Current username: naweedkhan
• Requested username: nomi8998
• Reason: No longer want to use real name. -- Naweedkhan 18:25, 28 March 2011

was unsigned. Signed for user, Abd 14:01, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Change username "Fire in the Hole" to "Lester Foster"

Hi. This is supposed to be my alternate account, and I have been using the Lester Foster nick for ages in other forums, and I'd like to be renamed to that name. Thank you. Fire in the Hole 17:26, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Usurpation

Important note: there is a current review of the procedures and policy regarding usurpation at Wikiversity:Community Review/Usurpation of usernames.

Please use {{Usurpation requested}} on the talk page of the account you are requesting to usurp and also email the user to notify them that you have made this request. Also include a link to a confirmation edit on your SUL account's home wiki.

Usurpation of User:Cliff

• Current name:User:Clifsportland
• Target name: User:Cliff
• Reason: I have the SUL Cliff. My home wiki is en.wikipedia. Because I intend to use this name for the next 50 years or so, I would like to unify it if at all possible. Below is the link to the diff, showing my ownership of Cliff on en.wikipedia. --Clifsportland 16:48, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
• User notified: User talk:Cliff.
• Diff link: here
• Account was registered 2006. No edits. I've emailed the user. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 03:28, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

SUL Usurpation Mayurbot →Mayur

• Current name:User:Mayurbot
• Target name: User:Mayur
• Reason: Hi, I am a bureaucrat of hindi wikipedia, My main account is hi:Mayur in hi wiki, In english wikiversity this account has already covered by some user but he had no edit so far and inactive, To have a global account i want to Rename my this account user:mayurbot to user:mayur at en wikiversity so as to have a global account, Thank you and Regards--Mayurbot 03:26, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
• Target user does not have email enabled. Please also add {{Usurpation requested}} to the target user talk page.
• Can you please verify this request by editing your home wiki and letting us know about that edit here? -- Jtneill - Talk - c 03:47, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
  • Hi i have informed that user on is talk page and edited my home wiki user page here for proof--Mayurbot 09:36, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Usurpation of User:Nikki

• Target name: User:Nikki
• Reason: I have the SUL Nikki and I'd like to finish resolving the conflicts where possible. My home wiki is commons. Thanks. --95.223.246.236 02:08, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
• User notified: User talk:Nikki.
• Confirmation: [1]

SUL Usurpation of User:LordVetinari

• Target name: User:LordVetinari
• Reason: For the purpose of SUL unification. My home wiki is Wikipedia. Thanks. 122.105.140.130 12:41, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
• User notified: User talk:LordVetinari.
• Confirmation: [2]

It's been 17 days. Could you rename me now please? 122.105.140.130 11:56, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Change username from "mankbadi" to "Philospher287"

• Current username: mankbadi
• Requested username: Philospher287
• Page to be deleted or renamed: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:Mankbadi
• Reason: Want to be anonymous. Thanks in advance!!!

edit by Mankbadi 19:04, 21 July 2011 confirmed by Abd 23:32, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

• Mankbadi, if you wanted to be anonymous, this won't quite accomplish it. That account was old and this request actually calls attention to and would link to the new accounts. You'd be better off starting a new account with a new name, not one of those above. While the account could be hidden, the edits themselves, where you placed your user name, will still be found on the wiki, they can't be removed without a lot of difficulty. If you want your user page deleted, just edit it as Mankbadi, blank it, and copy

{{delete|user page requested by user ~~~~}}

onto it. Given that the Mankbadi account did not have any problems, nobody will mind if you start up a new account, it's not worth the trouble of telling us! --Abd 23:32, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Usurpation of User:Joy

• Current name: User:Joy-temporary
• Target name: User:Joy
• Reason: I'm trying to get a unified account, and this account Joy here, created on 15 September 2007 has 0 edits and stands in the way. Please move it away. en:User:Joy --Joy-temporary 10:10, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
• User notified: User talk:Joy - but I can't email them - don't see the link (?).
• SUL confirmation: en:User:Joy/SUL