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user name

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 8:20 pm
by phl0at
Searched high and low and still found no way to change user name! My buddy "helped" me on the keyboard #-o hopefully I am not stuck with gofer! Could someone enlighten me on how to change the entry, please.

Re: user name

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 1:52 am
by iansjack
Why not just create a new account? The loss of your posting record is hardly a big deal.

Re: user name

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 9:20 am
by onlyonemac
User Control Panel > Profile > Edit account settings > Username

It's right there.

Re: user name

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 5:55 pm
by phl0at
Boy do I feel sheepish. :shock:
Thank you.

Re: user name

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 10:18 pm
by Muazzam
iansjack wrote:The loss of your posting record is hardly a big deal.
At least, I judge the credibility and trustworthiness of the users based on their number of stars and join-date. It indicates a lot of things.


P.S. I've changed my user name with the capital M to indicate that it's my real first name. I didn't that we could change that, thanks.

Re: user name

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 1:03 am
by iansjack
Judging a poster on two posts, one of which is asking how to change their username may make a lot of sense to you. Not to me.

Re: user name

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:41 am
by Muazzam
iansjack wrote:Judging a poster on two posts, one of which is asking how to change their username may make a lot of sense to you. Not to me.
I meant, the user with more posts is more trust worthy, and vice versa. That's not always correct but is a good approximation.

The user that joined 10 years ago and is still here indicates that he's serious about OS development as compared to the one that joined, asked a question, and never returned.

Re: user name

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 6:21 am
by iansjack
The person I referred to had a total of two posts when I made that comment. (Now three.) Hardly a sufficient record to make any useful judgement.

Re: user name

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 7:02 am
by Muazzam
Well, I'm sorry. I got you wrong.

I thought, you were saying that post-count didn't matter for ANYONE, not just for the OP.