How Do I Change My Forum Name?

Hello ronseto. (ronseto for now, anyway )

I found this in the site glossary:

"Your username is the name by which you are known on CR4. You select your username when registering and cannot change it. Also, we ask that you avoid using registered trademarks, company names, or the names of real people (who are not you) in or as your username."

I remember some discussion about this. Instead of guessing, let's wait for a moderator. Then the answer will be certain.

We review name change requests on a case-by-case basis:

• You spelled your name wrong when you signed up (surprisingly, this happens a lot)
• You move or change jobs (or similar) and your user name no longer reflects you accurately
• Your name is confusing or too similar to another user name (identity crisis)
  
• You are asked to change your name because you disobeyed the rules and used an organization's name or copyrighted material as part of your user name
  

Changes in user name with malicious intent are not accepted. We also won't change everyone's name for the fun of it. In general, you are "stuck" with what you chose initially.

Past user history is still attached to the new user name.

Hey SavvyExacta, what happened to the post from merph? Was number 3, I think. Now it has simply evaporated. Gone.

I found it contributory to the discussion.

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I am not marking this OT because these admin edits are the topic of several threads, and some members indicate their participation will terminate or be limited because of perceived non-transparent moderation. Is this also why some members wish to change their handles?

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OK. Fair enough, merph.

I would like to ask, Why?

I do understand your comment was not in agreement with that of SE, but so what? Why not leave the original comment, place another post and have a little humble pie, and come clean after having given some inaccurate or incomplete advice? That is what a member has to do, if he wants to keep some credibility.

I also understand that leaving it in place may have begun a landslide of requests, the members not reading the entire thread before shooting CR4 admin a request.

Thanks, merph, for your response. Your moderator jobs are starting to look a lot more difficult than it appears from out here!

Once again merph, fair enough.

I appreciate your candor. It is a difficult task to keep everyone happy. See ya later.

Some time ago it was stated that the change is only possible with a limited number of posts.

But I suppose fixed rules are made to be changed.

It actually should be as easy as using a SQL function.

Why did you want to change it?

I wondered if I should change mine, a couple of people mistook me for Art Smith which is not my name, I didn't think about that when I picked the handle.

Anyway I am going to try using the signature line for that. Unless I should change it.

Dear Mr. A. Smith, may we try to guess your name?

Arnold? Achibald? Alan? Ambrose? Anthony? Arumplestiltskin?

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Hello ronseto...

I don't post a whole lot but I read a lot of postings and I am used to seeing your name. If you change your name, how am I going to recognise you?

This has me so stressed that I reached up to pull some hair out of the top of my head...OH NO!...I forgot... there is none there!

OK, I'm under control, but please let us know the new name, my friend, so we know who the new you is.

Take care,

Randy

Very simple...

Creat new one. (and forget all your earlie GAs.... I am sure you do not give great importance to GAs).

Like the immigrant from another country who got tired of eating hamburgers every day and wanted a hot dog instead, I guess I'll just stay with hamburgers.

You've go a fine name!!

Cheer up!

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