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Changing usernames for users with few or no edits

Previously, bureaucrats would not change usernames for users with few or no edits. I suggest this needs to change now since users can no longer simply make a new account for themselves if the new name they want is too similar to their current name. For example, The14thgGOD made a typo in his name but was not able to create an account with a new name due to this error:

"Login Error - The name "The14thGOD" is too similar to the existing account "The14thgGOD". Please choose another name."

So, I believe we need to be more accepting of such requests from now on, even for users with few edits. Angela . 03:13, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

At the moment, we are getting an increasing number of these requests, and I've been rejecting them, as new users can easily choose a completely different name. If we're going to change all these, we need more people working on WP:CHU. I wonder if the software could be altered to permit similar names to be created, provided that the request came within a day or two of the first name being created, and from the same IP address? Warofdreams talk 03:48, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is also blocking completely valid names, like saying omes is too ornes. Since ornes isn't especially active here anyway, I see no need to block the name omes. Maybe this change is a good reason to get some more bureaucrats. People often refuse to support new bureaucrat applications because we apparently don't need any more, but that's not the case right now. Angela . 13:24, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I tried creating an account while logged in, and while the name was very similar to the one I use, the software apparently accepted it [1]. It could be that the check is waived in that case. If so, it could be a solution to direct users to Special:Userlogin&type=signup to create the new account. Tizio 13:33, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another suggestion to deal with the situation while the software's still refusing similar names: we could amend the instructions on WP:CHU (even though we often get cases where people clearly didn't read the instructions before posting their request) to indicate to people that, if they have created an account recently, edited very little or not at all with it, that they should simply create a new account with the desired name. We would include a reference to the fact that, if the name is too close to the existing account (e.g. typos in username creation and the like), than the user should request the rename, including this reasoning in the "reason" line of the request. If we could confirm what Tizio just said as a normal event, and not just a stroke of luck, then this should go into the instructions; we wouldn't have to rename accounts with too few edits, and my previous suggestion would not be necessary.
On another note, I have been leaving renames to Warofdreams and Pakaran recently (although Pakaran hasn't been around recently), but if the page's traffic is starting to become a little overwhelming, I will return to attending to requests. Cheers, Redux 14:28, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Recycle a username?

Hi, I asked at the Wikipedia:Village_pump_(assistance)#Recycled_Usernames whether usernames get recycled, somehow. One of the usernames that are registered but never used is, unfortunately, Mysha, the username I use on nl: and fy:. At that page I was pointed to this page as a place to ask. Is there a way you people can help me? Mysha (nl)

Comment User:Mysha on en would have been deleted under WP:DUU90 if it had been implemented, as far as I as a non-admin can tell from the publicly visible logs (DUU90 gained consensus on Wikipedia but was rejected by the devs). --ais523 13:29, 10 November 2006 (U T C)

Bizarre username

I believe this username violates WP:UN: ° (talk · contribs). S/He's had it since around May 2005. What do we need to do to get it changed? ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 01:23, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As they appear to be a constuctive editor, the simplest way would be to have them request a change themselves. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:50, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 02:28, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's been 10 days since this editor was notified that his/her username needed to be changed in order to comply with WP:UN, yet there has been no response. Therefore, I am requesting that this editor's name be changed for them, perhaps to the [Degree symbol|name of that character]], as they don't seem to care either way. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 16:46, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Walton monarchist89

By the looks of things, it wasn't transcluded onto WP:RfA when it was created on November 3. It now should be closed (as if 10 hours or so ago), however I have no idea what you guys want to do about it - only 3 !votes because of the lack of transclusion. I'm thinking restart and relist, but you guys are the ones in the know, so I'll leave it for you to fix. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 23:26, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]