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ShadowyBob
post Oct 18 2006, 12:11 PM
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Is it at all possible to change your alias? Seems to be the only thing not available for changing in the My Controls section!
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Darin McGrew
post Oct 18 2006, 01:27 PM
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Doesn't the Change Display Name link do what you want?
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ShadowyBob
post Oct 18 2006, 01:29 PM
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Darin, it probably would if I could see it! Could you please point me in the right direction?
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Darin McGrew
post Oct 18 2006, 03:47 PM
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My Controls (near top) > Change Display Name (along left side)
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jimlongo
post Oct 18 2006, 03:48 PM
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Probably only available to admins. It's not there for me.
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ShadowyBob
post Oct 18 2006, 04:56 PM
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Thanks, jimlongo. I was beginning to think I was getting selective blindness as well as selective hearing (according to my better half)!

Can someone please make the facility available to us lesser mortals? It can't be a security problem as I'm sure I've seen a facility to look at a member's ID history.
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Darin McGrew
post Oct 18 2006, 05:03 PM
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Ah, yes. I see it right below the Change Personal Photo menu item.

I'll look into this.
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ShadowyBob
post Oct 18 2006, 05:09 PM
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Thanks Darin.
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John Pozadzides
post Nov 7 2006, 12:24 PM
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Unfortunatly only admins can change an alias. Users can change their titles after they reach 100 posts, but other than that things are pretty much locked in for names.

I think that philosophically this is so that users aren't confused by people constantly changing aliases. I could even forsee a situation where one long term member changes their alias and then another person grabs the abandoned one...

If anyone needs their alias changed slightly (like adding a space between Shadowy and Bob) let me know and I'll take care of it. But I won't make a habit of alias changes because it confuses everyone else.

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post Nov 8 2006, 04:31 PM
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Thanks John, I fully understand and its not too important. I chose the name I had been using in the old forum and continued it when I registered here. I tend to use a different one now in other forums and was just going to harmonise it for my own 'tidyness'.
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JamieHarrop
post Nov 8 2006, 05:12 PM
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John's post makes perfect sense, but I would like to add that many forums make a compromise, by offering users a change of username a maximum of once say, every 12 months. Maybe that is something the WDG could employ? smile.gif
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