How does one change user names?

Alejandro · Jan 2, 2004

I just noticed that Darrin Drader's Baraendur nick became Whisperfoot. How does one's user name change?

EricNoah · Jan 3, 2004

It has to be done by an Admin. Tell us what you want your new username to be and one of us will take care of it.

BrooklynKnight · Jan 3, 2004

GAH Someone please give Eric a shave!

He's lookin a cross between a wild west cowboy and some french cheese maker or something.

Alejandro · Jan 3, 2004

Ah, so it's voluntary. I was confused, and thought that "playful punishment" had gone a step beyond title and icon changes. Thanks Eric!

ConnorSB · Jan 3, 2004

Oh! Oh! I have a related question. Can you merge usernames? Like, can you take two usernames, and merge thier posttotals into one? Like, if someone made a new username but wanted all the posts he made with his last one to still be editable, can you "transfer responsibility" of those posts (and retroactivly change the name on all of them from the old one to the new)?

EricNoah · Jan 3, 2004

Not to my knowledge.

Mark · Jan 3, 2004

Can't any admin remove the "secondary" account and add to the postcount total of the "primary" account?

Piratecat · Jan 3, 2004

Sure, but that neither changes the name on those old posts nor makes them editable.

Mark · Jan 3, 2004

Piratecat said:
Sure, but that neither changes the name on those old posts nor makes them editable.

Good point. I suppose the secondary account could be given a name similar to the primary account with the addition of an underscore on the end but anything would be patch job. If there isn't a "Merge Accounts" feature it might be worth sending an email into the software development team for consideration in future versions.