# abel = Unregistered?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abel-unregistered/105695>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 26, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abel-unregistered/105695 "2002-04-26T02:00:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![abel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@abel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abel)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abel-unregistered/105695/1 "2002-04-26T02:00:04Z")

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Okay, I posted a reply to a question in GQ, and when I look at it in the main (forum) view, it shows my name as Unregistered, not abel. When I go into the thread, my old lovable self is back, but I’m curious as to why this would happen, and/or if there’s something I need to do to correct it. Do I need to logoff and then log back on?

Not exactly an emergency, more curious than anything else.

Thanks,  
abel

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**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abel-unregistered/105695/2 "2002-04-26T02:17:15Z")

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Don’t worry about it. The new software has some glitches, and occasionally logs you out with no warning.

You won the lottery. The board accepted your post and logged you out just before it finished and searched the database fore your username and whatnot.

Search this forum. **Coldfire** explained this better than I could.

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**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abel-unregistered/105695/3 "2002-04-26T02:22:22Z")

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Replace “fore” with “for” and “ **Exgineer** ” with “ **Total Idiot** ” and the above post will make some sort of sense.

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**Author:** ![abel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@abel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abel)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abel-unregistered/105695/4 "2002-04-26T02:31:21Z")

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ROTFL Exgineer!

Thanks for the info, I’ll check out Coldfire’s explanation.

-abel

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**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abel-unregistered/105695/5 "2002-04-26T07:30:47Z")

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**betenoir** is showing up as unregistered on the main menu in the shishkebob thread too. Weird.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abel-unregistered/105695/6 "2002-04-26T15:28:29Z")

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It can happen sometimes with the use of the Quick Reply box. We would like to ask users to only use the Quick Reply box when you see a username for the “Logged in user” field in the cell immediately below the Quick Reply box.

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**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abel-unregistered/105695/7 "2002-04-26T22:48:27Z")

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See, I was right.

Not in my answer to the OP, but in my second post.

“ **Exgineer** = **Total Idiot**.”

There ya go.

Sorry for sticking my nose in where it didn’t belong, **Arnold**.