Username change request thread

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MOS-FET · Post by **MOS-FET** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 1:46 pm

hello,

i have a little problem, i hope some of the site maintainers can help me :-) :-)

i'm currently posting as "elektrohirn" but i want to change my username to "MOS-FET" if it's possible. unfortunately, i've already created an account called "mos-fet", so could this one be deleted? i'm asking for this because i don't want all my posts and my rank that i have with the "elektrohirn" account to be deleted or something.

well i hope this is possible, if not, then well wouldn't be too bad :-)

thanks
tom

fourhead · Post by **fourhead** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 1:49 pm

so this is me again (elektrohirn). i just want to proof that the "mos-fet" account is really mine and that i don't just want to kick a user out to grap it's username

so would be nice if you could delete this "mos-fet" account and switch the username "elektrohirn" to "MOS-FET" (uppercase if possible).

thanks a lot again!!

tom

masseya · Post by **masseya** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 5:56 pm

It has been our policy to not delete accounts that have posts. This causes the posts to show up as being from a "Guest" which can be confusing if more than one person has posted as a Guest in the same thread. We really don't want to lose information like that.

In addition, the case of your user name will be preserved for the purposes of display on the screen, but not for purposes of detecting a duplicate. (i.e. MOS-FET and mos-fet are duplicate accounts..) However, I have swaped your accounts. Hopefully, this is a good sollution.

MOS-FET · Post by **MOS-FET** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 6:25 pm

thank you so much! i really appreciate that! never thought this would happen so quickly :-)

greetings
tom

Vishruth · Post by **Vishruth** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 6:47 am

Is it possible to change usernames in phpBB? If it is, will you please change my username from Vm. to "Vishruth"?

Post by **pjp** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 7:41 pm

Done.

Vishruth · Post by **Vishruth** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 7:22 am

pjp wrote:Done.

Thanks!

Souperman · Post by **Souperman** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 10:07 am

I'd like mine to be changed to "Souperman" if it's not too much trouble.

Andersson · Post by **Andersson** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 2:30 pm

gpd wrote:I'd like mine to be changed to "Souperman" if it's not too much trouble.

You can change it yourself now, in your profile. But hurry before I take that name!

Post by **pjp** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 2:55 pm

Souperman wrote:I'd like mine to be changed to "Souperman" if it's not too much trouble.

Done.

Andersson: Unless there has been a change, users aren't allowed to change their own names.

Andersson · Post by **Andersson** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 3:06 pm

pjp wrote:Andersson: Unless there has been a change, users aren't allowed to change their own names.

You're right, I just tried and I couldn't. I always believed you could change it yourself because there is a textbox in the profile.

Souperman · Post by **Souperman** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 5:29 pm

pjp wrote:
Souperman wrote:I'd like mine to be changed to "Souperman" if it's not too much trouble.
Done.

Thanks

Andersson: I already tried it before asking. I know an admin can change it because I've done it once or twice in the past myself.

porter · Post by **porter** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 7:41 pm

I'd like mine to be changed to porter

AlterEgo · Post by **AlterEgo** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 7:51 pm

Nickchange

Knight of Ni wrote: We are now no longer the Knights Who Say "Ni"!
We are now the Knights who say "Ekky-ekky-ekky-ekky-z'Bang, zoom-Boing, z'nourrrwringmm".

porter · Post by **porter** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 10:39 pm

Thanks to pjp for changing my username.

ian! · Post by **ian!** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 7:31 pm

Made thread sticky.

ian!

bobby_j · Post by **bobby_j** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 9:16 am

sticky is a great idea.

can i get mine changed to "bobby_j" (that's "bobby<underscore>j") so it matches the irc nick i use on freenode? :)

thanks a ton.

malteo · Post by **malteo** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 3:38 pm

I'd like mine changed to "CortoMaltese"... thanks a lot

masseya · Post by **masseya** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 7:53 pm

toobobfortv -> bobby_j

arkangel -> CortoMaltese

epicmyth · Post by **epicmyth** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 2:23 am

is it possible to delete an inactive account I made with a yahoo address (before I read about Yahoo!'s problem), so It can be changed?

The yahoo! addy was epicmyth1@yahoo.com (I think)
and the username was epicmyth

revertex_dot_net · Post by **revertex_dot_net** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 4:10 pm

My first registration at this forum as "revertex" did work fine at least 1 month, after this it says my pass was wrong.
(dunno why, my stupid pass is too stupid to forget)
With no chance to login, time to new registration, this time as "revertex_dot_net".(toooo long to type)
Is there any way to change to "revertex", my old nick?
I'm a soul without body without my old nick!
Thanks in advance!

smite · Post by **smite** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 3:27 pm

can i get mine changed to "smite"? Thx.

mflatischler · Post by **mflatischler** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 11:33 pm

I would like also to change my name from 'gentle2gentoo.' to 'mflatischler'. Thx in advance.

masseya · Post by **masseya** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 4:06 pm

bhicksric wrote:is it possible to delete an inactive account I made with a yahoo address (before I read about Yahoo!'s problem), so It can be changed?

The yahoo! addy was epicmyth1@yahoo.com (I think)
and the username was epicmyth

It is our policy to not delete inactive accounts because the posts are then assigned to a 'Guest' user. This makes following threads more difficult, especially if two accounts have been deactivated in the same thread. However, it would be possible to swap usernames with the old account if this is what you would like.

masseya · Post by **masseya** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 4:13 pm

CannibalBob -> smite
gentle2gentoo. -> mflatischler

revertex_dot_net - You are in the same boat as bhicksric in that your other account needs to have a username as well. I will swap the two if that is something you are interested.