About Changing Names

[pika2000]

Well, I wanted to ask you a question: why do you have to sign up for changing your name?
What's the point of it?
I know it would be a lot of work for the admins to change the users' name's, but we actually have 11 (!) people with admin powers here.
Why do we need so many of them, if they haven't much administrative things to do?

Look, I don't mind losing my posts when signing up for a new name, but the load of multiple accounts is confusing like hell.
(Not everybody is posting in the name change thread)
Another fact, which is annoying me, that you lose all your rep and most people think you are new.
You have to PM your friends about your change and so on.

I also feel it's kinda like faking PCs number of members a bit, isn't it?

Don't you have any better solution for the name change thingie?
Like creating a new usergroup for "Name changers" or just promoting someone to do it...

You could make rules for it like only allowing people to change their names every few months or something.

So, what do you think?
Would you maybe change your opinion concerning that topic?

 

[Kyogre-chan]

We already have about 10 people capable of changing others' names.

I suggested a minimum time frame between each change a while back, but I don't know what happened to that...

 

[Natsuki]

Ummmm...XD I'm sorry, I think you might be confused. ^^; The Name Change Thread is for people to announce that they have changed their names themselves. i.e. - they logged out, and re-registered under a different username. ^^;

The PC staff doesn't do the name changes themselves, like other forums might. If you wish to change your name, then just log out and register again with a new one. <.<

Sooooooooooo, unless I read you wrong, then I'm afraid you're just a bit confused. ^^; All the Name Change Thread does is allow members to let their friends know they have changed names. ^^

~Kelsey

 

[Kyogre-chan]

Kels... she's suggesting ways how allowing name changes would be able to work.

 

[Alex_]

Meh,I would really like to change my name. I think we should just have a certain post amount/length you've been a member so no one can constantly change. So..I voted yes.

 

[T3hCoM]

I have to agree.

Although some don't mind about losing their postcount or rep, but others might find it hurtful to start from scratch again. Not to mention, like pika2000 said, you might get confused of being a newbie.

And besides, is it so hard to change a name? And if a name change thread is made, you can put a requirement that the person must put on his/her sig what was the old name. And also put a time-waiting period to change name again (For example, at SPPf, you must wait 2 months after a name change to have another).

I AM considering to change my name sometime on the future, but not by making a new account!

Those were my 2 cents.

 

[Alex_]

I completely agree with everything CoM said..

 

[Arcanine]

I don't see any use for the poll. It's not going to happen anyway.

Trade Post Count & Rep = New User Name.
We see this as a good trade. If you really want a new user name then you will give up your rep and post count for it. It's always been like this (for the 2 and a half years PC has been running it's always been this way). But everyone should put a little thought into your username. I mean I've had "Arcanine" for over two years, Erica (Lightning), Tommy (tmbjr) and D (Dakota) and a few other members has had their user name even longer then me. If a little thought was put into a name then you would be sticking with that name for a long time.

 

[Imakuni?]

I believe if you have so-many quality posts, you should be allowed to have your name changed. Like, 1000+ posts otherwise we'd have 10 post n00bs changing their name every 10 minutes. Or maybe a 1 time name change or something. Or once every X posts... Oh well

 

[ravenstorture]

I would like to see name changes be able to be done. But maybe like once a year, maybe only one time? Not anything like once a month or one every three months. One a year sounds reasonable, I would think.
If that happened, a thing I would like to see would be a rule that says you have to have in your signature for like atleast 3 months or something that says who you formerly were like say I changed my name, then in my sig I would have to have "Formerly: PiroMunkie" or something like that, to let everyone know everytime they see me post.

 

[Kyogre-chan]

Trade Post Count & Rep = New User Name.

...I thought we were trying NOT to confuse members?

 

[Natsuki]

Kels... she's suggesting ways how allowing name changes would be able to work.

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, Ty, no need to SPAM up the thread by embarassing me. XD

Well then, I guess now that I understand more clearly, I always was used to SPPf's way of allowing admins to change the names for members...buuuuuuuut, I shouldn't be talking since I'm not an admin anyways. XD

But then, seeing how often some members change names, it sure as heck would be an awful lot of work to do...I dunno. I'll stop here and add more later when I think of more opinions. XD

~Kelsey

 

[Arcanine]

...I thought we were trying NOT to confuse members?

Ok lets look back at the old PE2K. They used to have ProBoards (yea I know, no need to say how bad it is XD) and on PB you can change your name. Everyone was getting mixed up on names, wondering who is who. Even with all their posts there it was still confusing to all the members.

 

[Snivi]

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

 

[Kyogre-chan]

But then, seeing how often some members change names, it sure as heck would be an awful lot of work to do...

Which is where the time limit would come in. ;P In reality, changing a member's name is as easy as 1-2-3.

Ok lets look back at the old PE2K. They used to have ProBoards (yea I know, no need to say how bad it is XD) and on PB you can change your name. Everyone was getting mixed up on names, wondering who is who. Even with all their posts there it was still confusing to all the members.

But that's where the time limit lies. Which would you find more confusing - a new member signing up without telling anybody that they changed them name from so-and-so, or an existing member posting in the name change thread so others can see what their original name was before it was changed?

 

[Draik]

But what about the DAC=Alexiz thing? He changed his name. Satoshi-kun to Jake, what about that?

 

[Kyogre-chan]

There are many other cases in which the person's name was changed and nothing else happened, but let's not get into that. The fact of the matter is that the only way to maintain fairness is to allow name changes. =X

 

[Arcanine]

There are many other cases in which the person's name was changed and nothing else happened, but let's not get into that. The fact of the matter is that the only way to maintain fairness is to allow name changes. =X

That's to "maintain fairness"? We (higher Staff) has turned down countless members on asking for a name change. Is that fair to them members that we turned down? We have been the same on name changes for 2 and a half years and everyone got by just fine.

 

[Kyogre-chan]

Mmhmm. If those members are still around, then they could ask for a name change, should her idea go through.

I'm just saying... you do it for some, then it's only fair to do it for all. =X

 

[Arcanine]

Mmhmm. If those members are still around, then they could ask for a name change, should her idea go through.

I'm just saying... you do it for some, then it's only fair to do it for all. =X

As far as I know no one did any name changes. But Jake was the only one that changed his own name.