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November 29, 2007, 9:34 PM
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Username Change Function?
I know this was removed some time ago, because DB said it was malfunctioning or fucking up or something...but would it be possible to put it back in the forums? That nifty little feature is something that would be invaluable to us members, and save the admins a lot of time. And it would avoid people having to wait for ages to get a username change...
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November 29, 2007, 9:39 PM
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Sorry AG. I really do not like encouraging people to change names. It does get very confusing. But since people continue to want their names changed, it would be nice to have them do it themselves. Hopefully a feature can be added to only allow it done every 6 months. So people do not keep continually changing their names all time.
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November 29, 2007, 9:44 PM
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Well yeah, it would be nice if they were restricted to once every 3 months, and if they wanted to go over that - THEN they'd have to contact an admin.
So a compromise - it would be nice to see a feature that allows you to change your username yourself. With time limits.
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November 29, 2007, 9:45 PM
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It had a 6 month limit anyway.
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November 29, 2007, 11:14 PM
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This is a nice suggestion, I'm for it, but I'd say make it 3 months, 6 is too long IMO.
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November 29, 2007, 11:17 PM
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Wasn't it set to 60 days, like the current limit? I don't see why such a long one is needed though, a month would be enough I think.
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November 29, 2007, 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Bellamy
Wasn't it set to 60 days, like the current limit? I don't see why such a long one is needed though, a month would be enough I think.
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Because a month is not long enough. Just think how confusing it would get if several people kept changing their name every month. |
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November 30, 2007, 12:01 AM
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I honestly don't think it would be that bad. Doesn't take much to catch up on what changes people have had either.
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November 30, 2007, 12:09 AM
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I'm willing to go with whatever the staff consensus is, I have no preference.
I'm not sure how a time limit thing would be done. If it's easy to implement then that's fine.
IIRC there's a vB mod that allows users to buy a name change with some sort of points system, though I don't know what it's called. If anyone knows then post about it here. I'll watch this thread.
Note that there's an issue with name changes and post counts. I believe post counts need to be updated when a username is changed? Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not sure if anyone would have a problem with updating post counts, I know at some forums for some people it's an issue.
Last edited by Lord Golbez : November 30, 2007 at 12:11 AM.
Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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November 30, 2007, 12:21 AM
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I never noticed an issue with name changes and post counts. Are you refering the mod?
Matt, it can lead to total chaos. A month is too short of a period.
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