01-31-2016, 04:31 PM | #61 |
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Re: Username Changes
cmon Rob don't be such a downer :^ )
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01-31-2016, 05:36 PM | #62 |
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01-31-2016, 05:40 PM | #63 |
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It's been years and people still call me wc
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01-31-2016, 05:41 PM | #64 | |
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regardless, the amount of cluttering, work, cataloging... I also feel new-coming users don't need to be anymore confused in the forums than they are now, and doing this would bring even more questions to the table; not to mention the leader boards. There are just a bit more downsides to this than I'd like to admit. Only good thing coming from this is that I could add four "X's" to my name and an underscore.
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01-31-2016, 06:08 PM | #65 |
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didn't velocity have that image as his username on the forums for some time?
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01-31-2016, 06:57 PM | #66 | |
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As it stands currently, changing usernames is extremely difficult because the majority of the site long ago used usernames are the key and not user ids. Due to this, one would have to find where all the references to usernames throughout the site are, change them all over to userids, update all the usernames in the database to user userids as well, and then maybe be able to change them without breaking something that was overlooked. Last edited by PrawnSkunk; 01-31-2016 at 08:31 PM.. |
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01-31-2016, 07:59 PM | #67 |
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01-31-2016, 08:19 PM | #68 |
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01-31-2016, 08:54 PM | #69 |
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is there something in the site code that allows for me to know who the hell banned Attractive?
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01-31-2016, 09:05 PM | #70 | ||
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Something that should be brought up is the fact that there are multiple places that use display names just fine, with little to no confusion, even in retrospect.
If somebody changes their name in such a way they're difficult to identify, they either: a) lose their reputation within that context, which is, for most, a bad thing b) are trying to hide a bad reputation. Contexts where this is significant should be using alternate methods of identification anyways. I dunno, I just don't foresee this being a place where name scamming will be particularly prevalent, and if somebody is just changing their name to change their name, so be it.
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01-31-2016, 09:12 PM | #71 | |
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01-31-2016, 09:24 PM | #72 |
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Why would PrawnSkunk edit Velocity's post?
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01-31-2016, 09:27 PM | #73 |
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01-31-2016, 09:29 PM | #74 |
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Think about it,
have you ever seen them both in one place at the same time? except for right now in this thread, ignore that
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01-31-2016, 09:38 PM | #75 |
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Prawnskunk is an alt account I use to dodge the blame of messing up the highscores without actually leaving, true fact.
In actual fact, I got him to fix a spelling mistake visible in the quotes where I wrote user twice. Display names aren't a standard feature of vBulletin 3, and adding such feature would be a massive undertaking for both the site and forums. |
01-31-2016, 10:07 PM | #76 |
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Man I thought you'd have stopped feeling guilty about that scores thing at this point.
I'm curious... if display names is not what Prawn and Tristan had in mind (referring to OWA's post on the first post), then what is the plan, actually? Is it a massive overhaul of the caliber you speak? |
01-31-2016, 10:41 PM | #77 | |
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In the moment, they seem to be trying something, though I haven't been in development for months now. |
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01-31-2016, 11:05 PM | #78 |
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Hoo boy this would be nice if it ended up happening.
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02-1-2016, 12:29 AM | #79 | |
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Although the actual implementation might be a bit tricky considering display names aren't a feature in vBulletin 3 as noted by Velocity. Dunno if it would be easier to try to perhaps gradually introduce the feature by trying to implement it for portions of the site at a time? (i.e. printing the display name instead of the username) |
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02-1-2016, 08:08 AM | #80 |
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I don't regret my username at all.
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