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Your request is now complete and ready to be processed after the hold period (usually about a week). If the owner of the target account does not object, a global renamer will fulfill your request provided other requirements are met. Do not be surprised when you find yourself unable to log in to your
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Please do not request usurpation of another account if your own user account is less than several months old, or barely used. In order to ensure that usurped usernames be put to good use, we prefer only to grant requests from reasonably well-established
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Please note that global accounts whose "home wiki" is another project or which have significant attachments on other projects cannot be usurped here; these requests must be made at
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to qualify for usurpation (though rare exceptions are made in some circumstances). This includes edits or log actions on other Wikimedia projects. These can be checked through
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If the URL above does not work, simply copy the following text, click "edit this page" and paste it at the bottom of the page. Modify it as indicated.
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leave a talk page message or e-mail the target account yourself. If this becomes necessary, a user familiar with the usurpation process will do so.
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For usurp only requests, which leaves your logged in account untouched, set the usurponly parameter to yes:
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with the mechanics of this process. If you wish to assist as well, please read the linked page carefully.
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Requests that do not adhere to these instructions or that are grossly malformed are subject to removal.
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Any requests for usurpation of global accounts with attachments on other projects should be made at
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Preview the changes and make sure both names are spelled correctly. Click "Publish changes".
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For requests involving renaming an account other than your logged in account, use this:
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should be displayed next to the en.wikipedia.org entry for the account at
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Please place your request in the section for the current day, at the
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of the list. It is currently 07:24:25, 22 September 2024 (UTC) (
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To add an optional non default signature, use the sig parameter:
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This page is for requests to take over an account name that is
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This page is a forum in which users can request, and
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have the English Knowledge as its "home wiki", i.e.
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