Commons:Changing username/Usurp requests: Difference between revisions

Template:Shortcut3 When an account has already been taken, the rename can be carried out only by usurping (taking over) the existing account. That is allowed in certain cases (see below).

• Target account consents. If the Commons target account consents to the usurpation, the request will usually be allowed regardless of the presence of edits by the target account (unless the result is likely to cause confusion, for example where the target account is well-known).

• Both accounts are owned by the same person. If the user requesting usurpation can demonstrate that the Commons target account belongs to them, usurpation will usually be allowed regardless of the presence of edits by the target account. (Sometimes this is required when the requester has already created the Commons account they wish to be renamed to, erroneously believing this to be a necessary part of the rename process). Note that it is not possible merge the two accounts.

• Target account is unused, and has not been SUL reserved. Usurpation will usually be allowed if the Commons target account has been registered but never used (or has only deleted edits or entirely non-useful edits). In such a case, bureaucrats may at their discretion usurp even if the target account does not consent. However, usurpation will not be allowed in any event where the account has been reserved by somebody else as a Single Unified Login (SUL) account.

• The target account has useful edits and does not consent. Forced usurpations of Commons accounts with useful (non-deleted) edits and/or uploads are not allowed since, among other reasons, this could cause GFDL copyright issues. A target account with useful edits must explicitly consent to the usurpation if the request is to be permitted. Lack of response and/or user no longer available is not considered sufficient: explicit consent is needed. The existence of deleted contributions by the target account is not in itself usually a bar to usurpation, since these are automatically reallocated during renaming.

• The proposed username for the target account is an SUL account of another user who has useful edits elsewhere. Requests to change your username to a name that has been SUL reserved by somebody else will not be granted. This tool allows you to see if your desired username already exists on other wikis.

• The account requesting usurpation is not established. To ensure that requests are being made in good faith, usurpation of Commons accounts is reserved for established Wiki users. Requests to usurp a Commons target account may be declined if the user is unable to show a record of positive contributions to the wiki from which the request is being made.

In these cases you will need to select a different global name, or alternatively accept that your name on Commons will continue to be different from the name you use elsewhere.

Please read step 5 of Commons:Changing username#Procedure very carefully before making your request.

Status:    In progress

• Current username: Hitomi22 (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Hitomi (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)
• Datestamp: 10:25, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username   (1)  (2)

Hitomi22 (talk) 10:25, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
My SUL account on enwiki: [1] on kowiki: [2]

I think will be good idea if you'll find more unique user name. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:57, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Before I was using anonymous access for years and now I started to use hitomi at other projects as a SUL account, I like this username, I feel it will be a problem if I use a different name at commons, and I found hitomi on commons is occupied but not in use. Additionally hitomi22 is also regustered by someone else in zhwiki where I am considering to have contributions. Please give consideration to my request, thank you.Hitomi22 (talk) 16:33, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This name is used in other projects too. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 16:04, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I noted that, but this name on remaining projects are all have no edits(or very few and old edits)and obviously no longer in use, able to be usurped according to the rules, and I am going to apply for usurp for each one.Hitomi22 (talk) 18:43, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

May I trouble you again that I want to get this username in commons, which not be SUL reserved and have no contributions, while I am using this name on other wikis with SUL account and wanna use this username to upload images etc. to commons.Hitomi22 (talk) 18:25, 26 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Status:    In progress

• Current username: Anndelion (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Anna (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)
• Datestamp: 00:21, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username   (1)  (2)

Anndelion (talk) 00:21, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
My account on Wikipedia was recently renamed, and I have received permission from the owner to usurp the Commons account. Proof of ownership on the English Wikipedia is here.

I think will be good idea it you'll find more unique user name. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 02:40, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

? I was already renamed on the English Wikipedia, and the account-holder on Commons has given me permission. Anndelion (talk) 03:12, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I now have the SUL as well. Anndelion (talk) 08:25, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, just wondering about the status of this. The target account has 0 edits and I hold the SUL for the username Anna, so my request fits the criteria. Thanks! Anndelion (talk) 00:41, 1 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Eugene to find a more unique username. Yours is by far the youngest of all accounts with that name and there are many of them. Also the account here has been used as admin-account for over four years and even so this admin has renamed herself, there are many admin-decisions that still link to the account which I think is not good at all if it would be occupied by somebody else. -- Cecil (talk) 09:34, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Did you read what I linked to above? Perhaps I'm misunderstanding something, but since she renamed her accounts, all of her past admin actions would have gone with the rename. Is that correct? She's given me permission to usurp the account, and although mine are the newest, I am in possession of the SUL for the "Anna" username (and hold it on the English Wikipedia). My request seems to fit the criteria outlined on this page. Anndelion (talk) 14:24, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, here admin-actions are moving, but not here admin-decisions. Signatures do not change. Whenever she signed e.g. a delete-decision or a restore or whatever else admin-related discussion, it shows the old name and by the redirect that is currently on her page, users who are following the trail, will find the correct admin. But as soon as you are using the account you will remove the redirect to Cookie and people will not be able to find the admin anymore. That's why it is recommended for people with some reputation to recreate the old account after renaming (both to help people who try to understand a decision and to prevent others to (mis)use a name which is known in the community). Also unless Cookie fixed it manually, all her picture-uploads still have the old name in the author-line of the file-information. Only the upload-history would have changed. -- Cecil (talk) 07:12, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Look here: Special:WhatLinksHere/User:Anna / Special:WhatLinksHere/User_talk:Anna / Commons:Requests and votes/Anna. Things like that do not change. Only logged stuff does. And with you being Anna the reproducibility would get lost. -- Cecil (talk) 07:19, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, thanks. That's fair enough; I'll go with AnnaL if that's not taken. Thank you. Anndelion (talk) 20:36, 12 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Status:    Not done

• Current username: Thomas.bjorndahl (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: T-Bjørn (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)
• Datestamp: 07:18, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username   (1)  (2)

T-Bjørn (talk) 07:18, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Could you give us an explanation what you want to do. Both accounts exist. You seem to have the ownership of the second account. For the first account you have not confirmed ownership. What should we do with this request? Merging is not possible. If you own Thomas.bjorndahl and want to rename it to T-Bjørn then what do you want to do with the current account T-Bjørn? -- Cecil (talk) 12:15, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done. No feedback since five month. -- Cecil (talk) 21:05, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Status:    In progress

• Current username: GreenPine (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Pine (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)
• Datestamp: 08:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username   (1)  (2)

GreenPine (talk) 08:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was Greenpine on -en and was granted a usurp request for Pine. I also own the global Pine login, which is now linked to the usurped Pine account on -en. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3APine_%28usurped%29&action=historysubmit&diff=434198956&oldid=434101188 GreenPine (talk) 08:22, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think will be good idea if you'll choose more unique name. There are several Pine accounts in other projects. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:25, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The only other Pine account that actually has any significant recent use is on kowiki, which had its last edit in June 2010. All of the other accounts have few, if any, edits. Usurps have already been approved by stewards on En and Meta, so I think it should be OK here as well. I don't foresee any other "pine" user objecting. GreenPine (talk) 17:12, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If user of Korean Wikipedia was active recently, it'll be good idea to ask his permission. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:44, 21 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The most "recent" is on Kowiki, which was a year ago. I would leave him a message but I can't speak Korean. However, I think that there really is not any reason to be concerned about this usurp request since the only possible person I can see objecting is this person from Kowiki who was last active a year ago, so I think the possibility of there being any problem with my usurp request is so small as to be irrelevant. :) GreenPine (talk) 06:27, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to add this point for emphasis. The rule on Commons says above that a usurp on Commons is allowed when, "Target account is unused, and has not been SUL reserved. Usurpation will usually be allowed if the Commons target account has been registered but never used (or has only deleted edits or entirely non-useful edits). In such a case, bureaucrats may at their discretion usurp even if the target account does not consent. However, usurpation will not be allowed in any event where the account has been reserved by somebody else as a Single Unified Login (SUL) account." In the case here, the Commons account has zero edits and I own the SUL account, so this rule seems to apply. :) GreenPine (talk) 08:37, 2 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think in case of commons names it's good idea to find more unique one. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:46, 6 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Eugene, I've thought about this for awhile. Uniqueness isn't one of the criteria that is in the rules for usurp requests, so please allow the request. It meets all of the rules. GreenPine (talk) 07:00, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Since I now got mails by to separate users concerning this usurp: it is 'in progress' (see state below the heading). I am watching this page. If I don't get active then because you gave me no reason to get active. -- Cecil (talk) 12:28, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Although I stand by my statements above, I have made a translation request as a first step to contacting the user on Korean Wikipedia. GreenPine (talk) 08:52, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Status:    In progress

• Current username: Johan de Velde (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: John Campo (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)
• Datestamp: 15:33, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username   (1)  (2)

94.215.140.175 15:33, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• As asked here is the Diff. link Thank you and Best Regards, 94.215.140.175 15:38, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please login (old name) and sign request. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:56, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Status:    In progress

• Current username: None (SUL request) (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Striker (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)
• Datestamp: 17:33, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username   (1)  (2)

186.213.139.173 17:33, 25 July 2011 (UTC) I'm writing this request as an anonymous user as the local account prevents me from logging in. Here is the confirmation for this request.[reply]

I think will be good idea if you'll choose more unique name. Striker is used in several projects. Striker here has useful contribution. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:41, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It would have been a good idea in February 2010, when I created my account at my home wiki. Now I'm active in the SWMT and I have done many contributions in various wikis, being the most active Striker nowadays. On the other hand, the other Strikers did nothing significative, only creating accounts and never using or making few edits then abandoning. Those accounts are inactive for more than 4 years and their usurpation is in progress. There might be an exception we can discuss about, the Striker from the English Wikipedia, who is a very occasional editor that makes less than 10 edits per year nowadays. I believe it is fair that I hold and represent the name. I have already mentioned that renaming my account to add a numerical suffix to my username would be the best soluction, however it isn't. I hope you understand. 186.215.28.137 23:16, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Update: the unification of my account is 98% complete. The only unattached accounts (whose usurpation is needed) are w:en:User:Striker and the local User:Striker as you can see here. I think you can allow the usurpation of the local one. I belive it belongs to the Striker from the Dutch wikipedia, whose usurpation has been granted, judging by the only edit the local user has made here. Will you allow the usurpation now or do you prefer to wait for a response from the enwiki user? 177.18.82.239 23:18, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
•  Comment I'd consider whether grant usurpation here. User:Striker has only one (useful) contribution and one deleted contribution. The user does not edit since 2007. Striker is nearly fully unified by the requesting user though I understand that it may be against point 1 of the policy. Bureaucrat discussion? --Marco Aurelio (disputatio) 13:18, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  If this would be a transfer of a freely licenced image I would consider it, but it is own work. As such I vote against this usurp request. It would have been a good idea to actually check all needed usurps before starting to usurp. Then it would have been visible that with two of the biggest projects this would get a difficult hassle and immediately change to the numeric version. Sorry. -- Cecil (talk) 21:18, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Status:    In progress

• Current username: None (SUL request) (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Toshiki (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)
• Datestamp: 21:47, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username   (1)  (2)

92.78.249.185 21:47, 26 August 2011 (UTC) Owning the SUL for Toshiki (see here), I would like to have the Commons account as well.[reply]

This user name is used in English and Japanese Wikipedia. I think will be good idea if you'll find more unique name. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:57, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your advice, but (for now) I would like to keep my name. I hope that I will be able to usurp the English Wikipedia account and am currently not particularly interested in receiving the Japanese Wikipedia account, because I lack the knowledge required to write an article in that language anyway. Even if I shouldn't succeed usurping the English Wikipedia account, I believe it would be a great help to own the Commons account. — 188.102.129.102 20:38, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think you should do usurpation on other first. Users of this projects may want to use same name on Commons too. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:14, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That is indeed a good argument, but as you can see, there is no contribution of the current user Toshiki. I don't know whether it is the English or Japanese Wikipedia user who has reserved this Commons account, but neither of them has been active in the past four years. It is therefore highly unlikely that the account will be missed by anyone. Nevertheless, I will request usurpation for the other Wikipedia accounts as well. — 178.0.105.229 18:28, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I just see that I was mistaken. I mixed up the Japanese Wikipedia with Japanese Wikibooks. The Japanese Wikipedia user Toshiki was active in this year. I inofficially asked him whether he would change user names for me, as many of the requirements to usurp his account are not met in my case and I doubt I would be granted his account in an official usurp request. — 178.0.105.229 19:41, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unless you want to also edit on Japanese WP it would be enough (at least for me) if he confirms that he does not want the Commons account. -- Cecil (talk) 12:33, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Status:    In progress

• Current username: Pesare amol (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Mehdi (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)
• Datestamp: 08:53, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: SUL report (amol old • new) | Email target username   (1)  (2)

Pesare amol (talk) 08:53, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Per SUL request [3].My real name is Mehdi and I would like rename my username to Mehdi in commons@wiki. My name has changed to Mehdi in fa@wiki[4] and en@wiki [5].--Pesare amol (talk) 08:53, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There are many other Mehdi accounts on other projects. I think will be good idea if you'll find more unique name. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:52, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Almost 98% of user names are for Me. Please confirm My request. I have not way for back.--Pesare amol (talk) 16:06, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What is remaining 2%? --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:53, 1 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Are being carried out. 18 wikis renamed my username's so far and other wikis coming soon. Pardon Me! This user has not any contributions in commons [6] and You can changing username according WP:CHU but I don't know this delay is for what?--Pesare amol (talk) 16:51, 1 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please usurp this account first. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:50, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

But I'm not Bureaucrat and only u can usurp this username for Me, like En@wiki and other (18) wikis[7]. I can edit with this username to another wikis but I can't login to commons. :( --Pesare amol (talk) 16:33, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please request usurpation of Mehdi name on other projects where you still doesn't own it. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:05, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi dear EugeneZelenko after 3 weeks, My username has been changed to all wikis except commons, wikimania2008 and fa@wikinews [8]. Mehdi in fa@wikinews is active in other projects with mehdiabbasi username and this user is not active with this name in commons and create his userem in fa@wikinews on 22 January 2011 but mehdis name in commons has been created on 7 February 2008! And wikimania 2008 has been blocked for edit and no one cannot edit and usurp on this wiki except developers.--Pesare amol (talk) 20:57, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please ask fa@wikinews user to confirm your words? --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:57, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Status:    In progress

• Current username: True_Dominick (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Dominick (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs �� CentralAuth)
• Datestamp: 19:11, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username   (1)  (2)

True Dominick (talk) 19:11, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My diff for my proof of ownership is: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ADominick&action=historysubmit&diff=450130873&oldid=405824944 Thank you! True Dominick (talk) 19:16, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Since this is common name, please usurp Dominick accounts in other project where yoo didn't own them yet first. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:07, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I could but I don't speak most of those languages. I do not want to usurp Bylorussian Wikipedia, since the Dominick there has edits. Can I please renew this request to usurp this obviously unused username please? True Dominick (talk) 15:18, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dominick in Belarusian Wikipedia has big contribution. I think will be good idea if you'll choose more unique name. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:51, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

With all due respect I have had this name on Wikipedia since January 2004. I am content there is a Belarussian Dominick who registered well after I chose this name, so I see no reason to disturb him. I do not expect he and I will cross paths, I only know one or two russian words, and no belarussian words. So, without being dilatory, would you please usurp this name for me on Wikimedia? True Dominick (talk) 18:44, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not speaking a language is no reason for not asking the other user who has a right to this account here. There are a lot of people who speak belarusian or russian. Ask one for help with the contact and check if the other user is not interested in the account here. -- Cecil (talk) 21:08, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Status:    Not done

• Current username: MehranVB (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: Mehran (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)
• Datestamp: 18:48, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username   (1)  (2)

MehranVB (talk) 18:48, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

User:Mehran has useful contributions. I think will be good idea to choose more unique name. It used in several other projects too. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:50, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

User:Mehran has not useful contributions, and I want to golbal my SUL account, Mehran in the other projects is myself. And this is a link that confirms I'm him. MehranVB (talk) 04:57, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, perception of usefulness of contribution depend on person :-) Mehran (not attached to SUL) is used in Farsi Wiktionary and Dutch Wikipedia. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:06, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder why Wikicommons's rules is different from the other wikis. I requested to usurp my account in English, Farsi Wikipedia and Metawiki, they did that immediately without attending to the other "Mehran" in Dutch Wiki. Please take a look here, I have priority to the other "Mehran"s because I have a global SUL and they didn't. Can please do me a favor and like the other wikis usurp that inactive Mehran account for me? MehranVB (talk) 06:08, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done. User Mehran has uploaded an own picture under a free licence. It is not a picture from somebody else that he found and transferred but his own work. That is all it needs to have useful contribution. We do not usurp these kind of accounts no matter how many years they are inactive. Either you find a way to contact the owner of this account and get his agreement or he keeps it. We are not a Wikipedia, we are media database. As such different rules must apply and do apply. None of the bureaucrats here will usurp this account for you. The community trusts us to work according to our guidelines and not to violate them. -- Cecil (talk) 21:03, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Status:    In progress

• Current username: LordVetinari (talk · contribs · logs · block log)
• Target username: ClaretAsh (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)
• Datestamp: 11:14, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
• For bureaucrat use: SUL report (old • new) | Email target username   (1)  (2)

LordVetinari (talk) 11:14, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Recently renamed on Wikipedia and wish to do the same on the other projects. Would have requested a simple rename but the new account somehow appeared automatically. Evidence of ownership is here LordVetinari (talk) 11:14, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why accounts on English Wikibooks and Wiktionary is not attached to SUL? Do you own them? If not, please usurp them first. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:50, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I do own them and the proof I own them is the same as I have already provided here. As for usurping them first, I made all necessary usurp requests at the same time, although I forget the precise order in which I made them, what with different projects having different procedures and being exceedingly difficult to find information about renaming. There were one or two projects where I did not submit usurp requests. In one case, I didn't have a pre-existing account necessitating a usurp and, in the other case/s, my account didn't have any significant edits making a usurp useful. My motive for usurping here is that, in conjunction with my request above, I wish to place my past contributions under my current username, which I don't think is an unreasonable request. I don't understand why it be necessary for me to usurp my Wiktionary and Wikibooks accounts first. To begin with, they're separate projects and I don't see how it relates to a usurp request on this project. Secondly, neither of them is my home wiki, that being Wikipedia with Commons being a distant second. Thirdly, the usurp request at Wiktionary is already fulfilled, with notification being left in the customary location a mere 17 minutes after my request being placed and two hours and 24 minutes prior to your request I usurp it. Finally, as I have no control over different projects' usurp processes and the volunteers who maintain them, all I can do is exactly what I have done, place a usurp request and wait. LordVetinari (talk) 11:53, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]