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Title: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Roman on January 18, 2011, 05:45:06 am
Topic title says itself, Allow users to edit their displayed name.

Discuss, yes/no and why.
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: SafetyMoose on January 18, 2011, 06:04:16 am
Yes

so much easier then contacting Forum Admins to do it.
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Richard. on January 18, 2011, 06:15:29 am
Yes

so much easier then contacting Forum Admins to do it.
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: SavioR88 on January 18, 2011, 06:18:29 am
Big Yes


Because Webmaster are lazy to change your name :evil:
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Devin on January 18, 2011, 01:42:49 pm
Why if I may ask is it so important to change a forum name? its nothing serious, just a name which people can recognise you by.
So whats the need to change it?
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Thomas 'Leroy' Crof on January 18, 2011, 01:53:37 pm
Why if I may ask is it so important to change a forum name? its nothing serious, just a name which people can recognise you by.
So whats the need to change it?

It's easy and avoids confusion... :)
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Devin on January 18, 2011, 02:35:14 pm
Confusion is created when people change their names often aswell...  ;)
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Webster on January 18, 2011, 02:36:11 pm
Yes

so much easier then contacting Forum Admins to do it.
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Aldo on January 18, 2011, 09:17:15 pm
Confusion is created when people change their names often aswell...  ;)

That's why its disabled and because people would use inappropriate display names, When people get some maturity with this thing called "name change" then I will support
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Kent on January 18, 2011, 09:27:30 pm
That's why its disabled and because people would use inappropriate display names, When people get some maturity with this thing called "name change" then I will support
Why not creating a censored name list? Like the censored word one (not sure if it is possible)
Although I have asked webmasters alot in the past month, I do definitly support this.
If ARPD website has it, why not Main website also?
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Gandalf on January 18, 2011, 09:40:08 pm
Initially we disallowed it, as giving the permission opened up some other possible edits that could lead to problems. We will check exactly what the setting opens up in the current version, and if there is no further problem we can allow it.
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Nathan on January 19, 2011, 07:09:09 am
I don't see why not. But it doesn't affect me.
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: (tr)Ollie on February 07, 2011, 10:00:33 pm
I would like this as I could change my name back to its good old self whenever I get mistreated by someone on the forum administration team.
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: [NP]Monte Montague on February 14, 2011, 02:34:14 am
Initially we disallowed it, as giving the permission opened up some other possible edits that could lead to problems. We will check exactly what the setting opens up in the current version, and if there is no further problem we can allow it.

Don't allow it T.T.

There's no shortage of forum administrators now is there...
The risk of allowing would be much more stress maybe.
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Roman on March 07, 2011, 06:02:07 am
Initially we disallowed it, as giving the permission opened up some other possible edits that could lead to problems. We will check exactly what the setting opens up in the current version, and if there is no further problem we can allow it.

Would be nice.
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Que on March 08, 2011, 01:52:33 am
It'd be abused like shit.
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Dorg on March 08, 2011, 01:54:44 am
No thanks, one day I'll be Mr.Jakim and troll in one board, then I change back to something and no one recognizes....
It'd be abused like shit.
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Tanker on March 08, 2011, 02:00:22 am
u already do it with Invictus/Frank account (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3131567/smilies/problem.png)(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3131567/smilies/problem.png)(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3131567/smilies/problem.png)(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3131567/smilies/problem.png)
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Brad. on March 27, 2011, 05:59:22 am
No thanks, one day I'll be Mr.Jakim and troll in one board, then I change back to something and no one recognizes....

Then someone will look back at the posts and your new name will be there, and all of your posts will still be in your "last posts"  You filthy filthy troll.
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: [NP]Monte Montague on March 28, 2011, 06:01:07 am
Seeing as now the leaders have decided to disallow any name change whatsoever, this threads goals look a bit high  :lol:

It'd be of course abused.
How would it be regulated?
How would we know people do not over use it - like constant changing, leading to complete confusion and maybe abuse.
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Leon. on April 10, 2011, 08:25:27 pm
At my old community, the administrator got annoyed as fuck with 130941093249013209 pms asking for name changes. Therefore, he set something that allowed name changes once every two weeks.

Maybe once every two months?
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Julio. on April 11, 2011, 12:57:28 am
Personally I would not change mine, as I have changed my ingame name a few times, it's nice to think I still have something the same as when I first joined.
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: hAWK. on April 11, 2011, 09:13:47 pm
I'd like to have that function but as all said above it would be abused. I don't support the idea.
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Skan on April 12, 2011, 03:13:08 pm
Supported, but you have to wait 24 hours to change. This gives time for admins to know who is who..

Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Traser on April 12, 2011, 03:15:02 pm
I'll think it will be abused, but we can do it with the rule, that if someone abuses it, there will be a direct forum ban on him for 1 month :)
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Alaska on April 12, 2011, 03:16:43 pm
Supported , but how other users said : you have to wait 24 hours to change again.
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Roman on April 13, 2011, 12:14:09 am
No thanks, one day I'll be Mr.Jakim and troll in one board, then I change back to something and no one recognizes....

No. Learn2SMFnew, once your name is changed, it will automatically be updated in every single topic/board you've posted. In other words, if I change my name right now to "TROLL", post somewhere, change it back, and go to the topic I have posted in, it will say not "TROLL", it will actually be "Roman".

Then someone will look back at the posts and your new name will be there, and all of your posts will still be in your "last posts"  You filthy filthy troll.

No, read above
:)

At my old community, the administrator got annoyed as f**k with 130941093249013209 pms asking for name changes. Therefore, he set something that allowed name changes once every two weeks.

Maybe once every two months?

Maybe

I'd like to have that function but as all said above it would be abused. I don't support the idea.

Yea, right. "hAWK."?  xD

I'll think it will be abused, but we can do it with the rule, that if someone abuses it, there will be a direct forum ban on him for 1 month :)

Yea, Agreed :)
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Torero on May 05, 2011, 02:59:32 pm
Confusion is created when people change their names often aswell...  ;)

Changing forum name? I wouldn't do it even if my forum name was 'JustinBieber'.   Torero's Mind: Oh wait I would..
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Ryan C. on May 06, 2011, 11:02:17 pm
I agree with this idea, Roman, if people abuse it forum administration takes action!
Title: Re: Allow users to edit their displayed name
Post by: Devin on May 08, 2011, 11:18:20 pm
Perhaps logging of name-changes can take place per user, like a section where an administrator can see all previous forum names of a user,
as well as the players can change name if they want to but first it must go through admin verification before it gets changed to prevent inappropriate names?
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