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wikipedia courtesy vanishing wikipedia 560 captures 30 nov 2011 27 sep 2026 sep oct nov 01 2021 2022 2023 success fail about this capture timestamps the wayback machine http web archive org web 20221001123350 https en wikipedia org wiki wikipedia courtesy_vanishing wikipedia courtesy vanishing from wikipedia the free encyclopedia jump to navigation jump to search wp rtl redirects here for text directionality see wikipedia manual of style text formatting mixed right to left text for current wikimedia practice see meta right to vanish this page documents an english wikipedia behavioral guideline it is a generally accepted standard that editors should attempt to follow though it is best treated with common sense and occasional exceptions may apply any substantive edit to this page should reflect consensus when in doubt discuss first on the talk page shortcuts wp rtv wp vanish wp cvan wp leave wp vanished this page in a nutshell courtesy vanishing means any user in good standing upon leaving wikipedia forever may request renaming of their account deletion or blanking of user pages and possibly the deletion or blanking of discussions related to their conduct this courtesy vanishing does not include the deletion of user contributions and normally does not include the deletion of user talk pages wikipedia guidelines guidelines list policies list behavioral assume good faith conflict of interest courtesy vanishing disruptive editing don t bite the newcomers don t disrupt to make a point etiquette don t game the system user pages other behavioral guidelines wmf friendly space policy discussions talk page guidelines signatures content biographies of living persons citing sources external links reliable sources medicine fringe theories non free content offensive material don t copy long texts don t create hoaxes patent nonsense other content guidelines editing article size be bold edit summary understandability other editing guidelines organization categories lists templates categorization disambiguation style manual of style contents lists tables deletion deletion process speedy keep deletion guidelines for administrators project content project pages wikiprojects templates user pages user boxes shortcuts subpages other naming conventions notability v t e the usual way to leave wikipedia is simply to stop editing and abandon your account a courtesy vanishing may be implemented when a user in good standing decides not to return and for whatever reason wishes to make their contributions harder to find or to remove their association with their edits when there is no administrative need to retain the information a permanently departing user may request that a wide range of user pages and other pages that affect them alone be deleted on departure the user account is renamed user pages are blanked or deleted and pages related to the user s conduct may be deleted blanked or moved contributions logs signatures and user page templates for example templates related to blocks or bans are usually not removed user talk pages are usually not deleted courtesy vanishing is discretionary and may be refused it is not intended to be temporary it is not a way to avoid scrutiny or sanctions it is not a fresh start and does not guarantee anonymity any of the deleted pages may be undeleted after a community discussion if the user returns the vanishing will likely be fully reversed the old and new accounts will be linked and any outstanding sanctions or restrictions will be resumed as all contributions are licensed under the cc by sa 3 0 license and the gfdl and must be attributed to a user it is not possible to delete an account contents 1 vanishing from wikipedia 2 how to request a courtesy vanishing 3 what vanishing is not 4 deletion of user talk pages 5 see also 6 notes vanishing from wikipedia vanishing typically involves the following a global renamer or steward responds to a rename request and renames the account to for example renamed user 157yagz5r48a5f1a1f references in the history of pages to the former username are replaced with references to the replacement username note that signatures on user talk pages article talk pages and project discussion pages will not be changed and will by default be redirected to the new user name you can ask for this redirect to be removed the account s user page and subpages are deleted user talk pages are rarely deleted and may be undeleted by community consensus this action will be global due to account unification how to request a courtesy vanishing first consider whether you really want to vanish or whether a simple retirement or clean start might be more appropriate vanishing is a last resort and should only be used when you wish to stop editing forever and also to hide as many of your past associations as possible if you decide to vanish you may wish to blank or delete your user page and any subpages in your userspace to request deletion of any existing pages add the db user tag to the top of each page and an admin will delete the page for you do not create a page just to request its deletion or you can replace your userpage with the retired template note that your user talk pages will normally not be deleted except in rare cases see below if you wish to take advantage of courtesy vanishing you can use one of the following methods to make your request the best way is to visit special globalrenamerequest to access the rename request interface requests made this way will be processed by global renamers or stewards please specify request to vanish in the reason field your requested username should be of the form renamed user nnnnnnnnnn replacing n with random characters if your request is particularly sensitive you may contact the stewards via e mail and ask that your account be renamed giving request for courtesy vanishing as the subject please use the contact interface at meta special emailuser wikimedia global renamers or email renamers wikimedia org if you send the mail directly please include some kind of proof that the account is indeed yours please be aware a record is kept in the vrt system that can be seen by anyone with access to the renamers email queue this is restricted to current renamers stewards and wikimedia foundation staff there is a public request page for name change requests but this is not recommended because it will leave a public record of your request to vanish that cannot itself be hidden if you have questions about vanishing or have concerns that might be addressable by a less permanent method you may want to contact a functionary or a member of the arbitration committee for advice what vanishing is not vanishing is not a way to start over with a fresh account when you request a courtesy vanishing it is understood that you will not be returning if you want to start over please follow the directions at clean start instead of not in addition to this page if you make a request to vanish and then start over with a new account and are then discovered the vanishing procedure may be reversed and your old and new accounts may be linked vanishing is not a way to avoid criticism sanctions or other negative attention unless you really mean to leave permanently as such it might not be extended to users who have been disruptive who leave when they lose the trust of the community or when they are blocked or banned it is not a way for accounts affiliated with organizations or interests opposed to the wikipedia community to erase documentation that they edited wikipedia this could happen when an account associated with a business for example is criticized on their user talk page for the way they edited wikipedia vanishing is not the best way to remove personal information that you may have accidentally revealed about yourself especially if you want to continue editing see the page on oversight instead if you want to change your username users in good standing are free to request a change of username at any time all contributions made under the old username will be re attributed to the new username including deleted contributions preserving the edit history a deletion of user talk pages shortcut wp cvut while user pages and subpages may be deleted the deletion of established users talk pages is invariably controversial and is the rare exception not the rule this is because user talk pages unlike other user pages have largely been written by other editors user talk pages should not be speedy deleted by admins users who wish to delete user talk pages should consult a functionary or the arbitration committee community consensus is that user talk pages should be deleted only where there is a compelling reason to do so related to serious privacy concerns and the potential for real world harm otherwise user talk pages should be deleted only at mfd any deletion can be challenged and overturned at deletion review user talk pages should never be moved to become user subpages to facilitate deletion see also wikipedia anonymity wikipedia changing username wikipedia clean start meta right to vanish wikipedia retiring wikipedia sleeper account template userbox ex wikipedia wikipedia missing wikipedians phab t8397 notes old signatures embedded in past posts cannot be changed due to technical limitations of the mediawiki software although in some cases collapsing or blanking is possible v t e wikipedia key policies and guidelines five pillars ignore all rules content p verifiability no original research neutral point of view what wikipedia is not biographies of living persons copyright copyright violations image use article titles g notability autobiography citing sources reliable sources medicine do not include copies of lengthy primary sources plagiarism don t create hoaxes fringe theories patent nonsense external links conduct p civility consensus harassment vandalism ignore all rules no personal attacks ownership of content edit warring dispute resolution sockpuppetry no legal threats child protection paid contribution disclosure g assume good faith conflict of interest disruptive editing do not disrupt wikipedia to illustrate a point etiquette gaming the system please do not bite the newcomers courtesy vanishing responding to threats of harm talk page guidelines signatures deletion p deletion policy proposed deletion biographies criteria for speedy deletion attack page oversight revision deletion enforcement p administrators banning blocking page protection editing p editing policy g article size summary style be bold disambiguation hatnotes broad concept article understandability style manual of style contents accessibility dates and numbers images layout lead section linking lists classification categories lists and navigation templates categorization template namespace project content g project namespace wikiprojects user pages user boxes shortcuts subpages wmf p terms of use list of policies friendly space policy licensing and copyright privacy policy list of all policies and guidelines p list of policies g list of guidelines summaries of values and principles v t e wikipedia accounts and governance unregistered ip users why create an account create an account request an account ips are human too ip addresses are not people ip hopper registered users new account logging in reset passwords username policy changing username usernames for administrator attention unified login or sul alternate account account security password strength requirements user account security personal security practices two factor authentication 2fa for awb committed identity on privacy confidentiality and discretion compromised accounts how to not get outed blocks bans sanctions global actions blocking policy faq admin s guide tools autoblock appealing a block guide to appealing blocks utrs unblock ticket request system blocking ip addresses range blocks ipv6 open proxies banning policy arbcom appeals sanctions personal sanctions general sanctions discretionary sanctions and log essay long term abuse standard offer global actions related to accounts sockpuppetry single purpose account sleeper account vandalism only account wikibreak enforcer retiring courtesy vanishing clean start quiet return user groups and global user groups requests for permissions admin instructions admin guide account creator perm auto confirmed perm autopatrolled perm autowikibrowser perm bot request edit filter helper request event coordinator perm extended confirmed perm file mover perm ip block exempt request mass message sender perm new page reviewer perm page mover perm pending changes reviewer perm rollback perm template editor perm global rights policy otrs volunteer response team advanced user groups administrator rfa bureaucrat rfb checkuser and oversight request edit filter manager request interface administrator request founder importer researcher committees and related arbitration committee bot approvals group functionaries clerks spi clerks 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