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== How To ==
== How To ==
#Create a sub-section under "Requests" for ''each'' name change, with the title "(Oldname) to (Newname)".
#Create a new subsection at the bottom of the page using the code <code><nowiki>===Oldname to Newname===</nowiki></code>
#At the top of the section, use {{tem|renameuser}} and its two variables, first the current username (case-sensitive) to the desired username (also case-sensitive).
#Below this, use {{tem|renameuser}} and put both your current and desired names (both case-sensitive), using this format: <code><nowiki>{{Renameuser|Oldname|Newname}}</nowiki></code>
#Leave a comment as to why you want the change after the template, and submit. It does not matter if the 2nd name (after the &rarr;) is red (pages uncreated) or green (pages created previously), though in most cases it will be red.
#Leave a comment as to why you want the change after the template and then save the page.
#Bureaucrats will check this page daily and if accepted can use the "Rename" link on the top-right corner of each section to directly change the username and move all userspace pages.
#Bureaucrats will check this page daily and if accepted can use the "Rename" link on the top-right corner of each section to directly change the username and move all userspace pages.
#The bureaucrat should say accepted or rejected in each section, and if rejected, why (such as already done twice this year).
#The bureaucrat will say whether the name change is accepted or rejected in each section, and if rejected, why (such as already being given two name changes over the preceding 12 months).


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Revision as of 01:05, January 28, 2013

This wiki has a Renameuser extension installed, which allows bureaucrats to change any user account name that was originally registered with to a new name, as long as it's nonexisting in the database (i.e. not registered by someone else).

All edits made by the user will be changed in the edit history to reflect the change. However, this feature has been somewhat abused, so there are now some limits:

  • Each user may only change their name twice within one year. (User rename log)
  • Changing & then reversing the change counts as two renames. So e.g. going from Alpha to Beta and back to Alpha wastes your rename privileges for the year. Therefore please be 100% sure you'll be happy with your name change!
  • All requests go at the bottom of this page, not on the user talk of bureaucrats.
  • If the name you want is already being used by an account that has been completely inactive for years, and provided you have a good reason for wanting the name (i.e. it's your established nickname on the forums), you may directly contact a bureaucrat to see if the original account can be renamed, making the name available for you instead.

Previous renames are archived: 1 2 3 4 5 6.

How To

  1. Create a new subsection at the bottom of the page using the code ===Oldname to Newname===
  2. Below this, use {{renameuser}} and put both your current and desired names (both case-sensitive), using this format: {{Renameuser|Oldname|Newname}}
  3. Leave a comment as to why you want the change after the template and then save the page.
  4. Bureaucrats will check this page daily and if accepted can use the "Rename" link on the top-right corner of each section to directly change the username and move all userspace pages.
  5. The bureaucrat will say whether the name change is accepted or rejected in each section, and if rejected, why (such as already being given two name changes over the preceding 12 months).


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