Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-30602727-20160202181457/@comment-35301431-20160311143737

Umbreon126 wrote: Bunai82 wrote: Angel Emfrbl wrote: Good luck.

I want to make another wikipedia account, but someone took my name... and never editing anything.

I've been thinking about what to do.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username/Usurpations ?

I will try this, thanks. And while I have read about username change request, the page I read stated that it couldn't be done due to some policy, but I saw no link to this 'Usurpation' page. So this is new to me.

Anyway, the username did not edit on Wikipedia and only made a code page on wikibooks- which, again, never made edits that contribute to the wiki. I even tried to create an alternate to match my Wikia name only to be met with "this name is too close to another" etc. This is understandable and I kind of would like Wikia to do this too, but there are some absurdities when Wikipedia prevents you from doing this. I mean what if some people want to use their real name for professionalism and they have the same name?