About Changing Names Page 3

Started by pika2000 April 29th, 2005 5:09 PM
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Should Admins/ Praetors whatever change your names?

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I don't think they are going to change the policy ^^; If they did I would change to Toto but if they don't I will stick with Totodile. XD
There's already a Toto. :P http://www.pokecommunity.com/member.php?u=9425

There's even a couple of variations. That's the sad part. If you want to change your name, you'd better make sure someone else hasn't already used it.

Maybe it's just because I haven't been a user for long enough, but I don't see why we should make the admins/mods change our names for us. Personally, I think that once you choose a name on a board you stick with it. It's like it becomes your identity for that community, and there are better ways of changing your appearance than changing your name. I dunno. I guess to me it's kind of like getting a tattoo - if you really want one, make sure it's one that will reflect how you feel for the rest of your life. :) If you do it like that, you won't have to worry about any painful changes later, lol.
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I couldnt have said that better myself. You dont go around changing your real name everyday do you? How would ppl know who you were?
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I guess it's alright for the post count and rep points, we should be able to keep join date. Maybe it's me, but join date is special. It shows you aren't new, and you have some kind of experience around here. Maybe it's me. But, I don't care too much, obviously, since I have like 4+ names on PC.
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We do edit names Kimi. If someone joined and made a typo in their username then we do edit user names (if you did "rika_chan" where it should have been "Rika-Chan" we will edit it).
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vBulletin is limited in that aspect. If users were to recieve name-changing abilities, it would also come with the ability to ban/delete accounts, and edit any parts of other users' profiles.
I couldnt have said that better myself. You dont go around changing your real name everyday do you? How would ppl know who you were?
Concur'd, however, the internet is different. In the real world, there is no place for you to label your previous names, whereas on the community, there is - your profile, the name-change thread, and soforth.

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Nu I luv this name but The only reason yes because I would like to edit if I want...
But I still say no.
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I think they should re-register. If they really hate their name they would be willing to lose the poustcount, if they prefer the post count then they just keep with the username


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That's a nice idea Pi, but I don't think that it'll work now, maybe for future preferences, though. Users being able to change their names is a bad idea, it'd just be abused -_-

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I think they should re-register. If they really hate their name they would be willing to lose the poustcount, if they prefer the post count then they just keep with the username
Esai-kun, did you read beyond the first post? ^^; It's not only postcount... it's all posts made under that account in general, reputation (yes, some of it is earned), join date, and soforth. You'd also need another e-mail address.

Oh, and another point to add... old accounts aren't deleted. Say, somebody signs up under the username "Torchic", then they later re-register as "Blaziken". What if somebody else wants the username "Torchic"? They wouldn't be able to have it. Doesn't really make much sense, considering the original owner of that username clearly wouldn't want their account any more in that situation.

As a side note, people, this thread isn't asking whether you want your name changed, but rather whether you think the Praetors and (Staff) Admins should be able to change others' names. ^^;
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Think of it this way everybody- we have around 8000 members at PC. If one person is allowed a name change, there's a potential 8000 people that will bug admins for a name change. Even though it won't be anything that close, it's still alot of work, and sets the stage for more drama than we need at PC. The Admins do alot of work at PC, and dealing with something as trivial as this is a waste of their time.
SPPf is at least 3 times more active and has less people with admin powers but they allow name changes there. I don't see what's the problem with allowing name changes, providing that they are limited to once every 2-3 months. Seriously people.

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SPPf is at least 3 times more active and has less people with admin powers but they allow name changes there.
While we aren't actually SPPf, I do agree. They seem to handle it just fine, so if a more active forum with less admins can cope, what's stopping us?
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Exactly what Kyogre-chan over there said. SPPf can handle it just fine, and it is way more active. And there are less admins. And the admins on SPPf are just as busy with IRL issues as you guys over here are, except working for SPPf is more demanding.

Being an administrator on a forum is a job. It takes some work.Admins on other more active forums have to do more work and they still pull for the team, so you guys should have no problem with doing a little more.
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Being an administrator on a forum is a job. It takes some work.Admins on other more active forums have to do more work and they still pull for the team, so you guys should have no problem with doing a little more.
I have to agree on that too. Most of the upper staff's work lies in moderation duties, as opposed to administration duties. =\
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I think they should re-register. If they really hate their name they would be willing to lose the poustcount, if they prefer the post count then they just keep with the username
People shouldn't have to choose between their name and their post count. Post count has some sentimental value, as well as join date and rep total. They're not just numbers. You put your free time into posting, repping, and being dedicated to the forum. People should not be forced to discard the fruit of their effort if they want a new name every once in a while.
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yeah, i suppose, so many good points on either side now o_O especially the new email and yeah choosing name and post-count...


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People shouldn't have to choose between their name and their post count. Post count has some sentimental value, as well as join date and rep total. They're not just numbers. You put your free time into posting, repping, and being dedicated to the forum. People should not be forced to discard the fruit of their effort if they want a new name every once in a while.
Best point brought up as of yet.

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I agree with Ty, that is a wicked point and so true... im beginning to change my initial opinion.


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the main reason we don't allow name changes, aside from the hassle of accually doing them, is it's too hard to keep track of who's who.. It's bad enough when a member signsup under a new name and we (all of us, not just staff) gotta try to figure out who that is.. as staff it's even harder since we have to watch for spam and crap too.. lot of people will want to change their names to avoid a bad rap on their current name. not too cool there.

We know other places allow it but felt that PC really didn't need to (both because of the above, and to be different).

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To be fair Steve, it's not too much of a hassle. All that's required is going to Users in the CP and changing the name. As for seeing whose who, there could be a list in the thread or something. We have 7 active people who can change names, so it shouldn't pile up as much as some people think it would. As for the 'change-name-to-get-new-rep' theory, then there's always IP checking for bad members.

Remember that it also has benefits, as it saves upon precious, precious bandwith. [/Gollum moment] As for the different thing... we don't need to be different for everything...
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We know other places allow it but felt that PC really didn't need to (both because of the above, and to be different).
Different =/= Better.
the main reason we don't allow name changes, aside from the hassle of accually doing them, is it's too hard to keep track of who's who.. It's bad enough when a member signsup under a new name and we (all of us, not just staff) gotta try to figure out who that is.. as staff it's even harder since we have to watch for spam and crap too.. lot of people will want to change their names to avoid a bad rap on their current name. not too cool there.
On SPPf there's a thread for keeping track of names. And actually, it's harder to keep track of who's who if you don't allow admins to change member's names... they'll make new accounts, and identifying them with totally different accounts (different email, etc.)will be even harder. So actually, not allowing members to get their names changed makes the problem worse.
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this isn't sppf nor do we want to be them.. we have our own idendity and way of doing things..

maybe one day we'll allow it, just right now, this week/month no.
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this isn't sppf nor do we want to be them.. we have our own idendity and way of doing things..
So your reasoning is that you aren't gonna allow name changes just because it would be copying SPPf?
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