Changing forum username

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 2:41 am (20 years, 10 months ago)

I was wondering if my forum name could be changed (by mods/admin)?

Ty

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Yes, I can do that for you. What username would you like?

[mod="Daniel"]Moved to Our Site forum[/mod]

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 1:24 pm (20 years, 10 months ago)

Will you change mine to just Riker please? Thanks Smile

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Done

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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2003 1:00 pm (20 years, 10 months ago)

Danke

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 1:18 am (20 years, 10 months ago)

Hi Daniel,

Can you change it to:

selpaw

Thanks!

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Done

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WebHelper Joined: 01 Mar 2003 Posts: 69 Location: Texas

Okay, I have a question... why do folks turn of the ability of users to change their own username? It's a feature that can be set in the admin control panel for phpBB, and I'm just curious as to why folks turn it off.

Dave

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 2:34 am (20 years, 10 months ago)

Probably to prevent people from abusing the feature?

Using long nicknames/offensive names - but changing it before the mods etc come?

Thanks Daniel for the name change...

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Yes, I don't feel it's a good idea to allow name changes. As Luke said, it leads to abuse, and if people change their names too often you loose that "community spirit" Smile

, since nobody knows who's who anymore.

WebHelper Joined: 01 Mar 2003 Posts: 69 Location: Texas

Ah, just curious. Thanks for the input.

Dave