# Can I change my name? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 22, 2005, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227 "2005-11-22T10:36:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/1 "2005-11-22T10:36:44Z")
Or do I have to message a mod? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/2 "2005-11-22T11:02:03Z")
You have to e-mail a moderator, or admin. Their e-mail addresses are in their profiles or click “view forum leaders” on the front page of the message board. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/3 "2005-11-22T14:09:02Z")
Only administrators can change names, moderators can’t do it. The current administrators are TubaDiva, C K Dexter Haven, Gaudere, and me. Ed Zotti’s an admin, but I rather doubt that he’d do a name change, he’s rarely involved in the board business. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/4 "2005-11-22T17:04:43Z")
Lynn, your enumeration moves me to ask the question: What happened with Noodles? Our Swiss hero of legend, **Arnold von Winkelried** became an Admin. at the same time as **Gaudere** , in the reconstruction after the Winter of our Missed Content. Now, I noted, he’s an active member and SDSAB staffer, but no longer a moderator or administrator. Since he’s posting regularly, I assume it was a congenial parting, and thus acceptable to ask about. (I may merely have missed the thread announcing it.) If not, of course please feel free to vanish this post, and its disappearance will “answer my question.” But I have always had great respect for **Arnold** , and so far as I know, the shift in roles was never announced, so I felt free to ask. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/5 "2005-11-22T17:37:07Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Now, I noted, he’s an active member and SDSAB staffer, but no longer a moderator or administrator. Check this thread: > **[Moderator changes](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=340098)** > > Effective today, Arnold Winklereid will no longer be serving as moderator and administrator. We thank Arnold for his years of tireless and generous service on our behalf. We’re gonna miss you in staff meetings, Noodles. 🙂 Bibliophage is your new... ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/6 "2005-11-22T19:30:40Z")
> [@Captain Amazing](#): > > Check this thread: > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=340098](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=340098) Thanks, Cap! Not sure how I missed it, but miss it I did. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/7 "2005-11-22T21:00:27Z")
Make sure you change it to something better…like…oh, I dunno, DflatMajor? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/8 "2005-11-22T22:47:26Z")
> [@csharpmajor](#): > > Or do I have to message a mod? to bflatminor? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/9 "2005-11-22T23:47:55Z")
Or maybe asharpminor. Things change, they stay the same 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/10 "2005-11-23T00:02:50Z")
> [@csharpmajor](#): > > Or maybe asharpminor. Things change, they stay the same 😃 : Tries to remember high school music theory. : : Head aplodes. : ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/11 "2005-11-23T01:49:12Z")
> [@csharpmajor](#): > > Or maybe asharpminor. Things change, they stay the same 😃 Aflatminor is, of course, what you get when you drop a grand piano down a mine shaft. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/12 "2005-11-23T04:36:53Z")
No, you can’t change it. That would have to make me remember who you were all over again. :p;) ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/13 "2005-11-23T05:25:28Z")
Send me an email already! [TubaDiva@aol.com](mailto:TubaDiva@aol.com) TubaDiva "So, three notes walk into a bar — a G, an Eb, and a C. The bartender looks up and says “We don’t serve minors.” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/14 "2005-11-23T05:35:31Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Send me an email already! > > [TubaDiva@aol.com](mailto:TubaDiva@aol.com) > > TubaDiva > "So, three notes walk into a bar — a G, an Eb, and a C. The bartender looks up and says “We don’t serve minors.” Groan 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/15 "2005-11-23T16:15:36Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Aflatminor is, of course, what you get when you drop a grand piano down a mine shaft. 🙂 “It’s always darkest just before the piano lands on you.” --Oliver Faltz 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/16 "2005-11-23T19:02:20Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > Groan 😃 I could go on and on . . . \*So the Eb leaves . . . and the other two have a fifth between them. \* TubaDiva I’m here all week! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/17 "2005-11-23T19:46:11Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > "So, three notes walk into a bar — a G, an Eb, and a C. The bartender looks up and says “We don’t serve minors.” Two eggs, a piece of bacon and a glass of orange juice walk into a bar. The bartender looks up and says, “I’m sorry, we don’t serve breakfast.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/18 "2005-11-23T20:10:55Z")
> [@](#): > > "So, three notes walk into a bar — a G, an Eb, and a C. The bartender looks up and says “We don’t serve minors.” …So the Eb leaves, and the C and the G have a fifth between them. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-name/332227/19 "2005-11-23T20:12:49Z")
You know, **Tuba** , it’s all your fault that I didn’t refresh this thread after I came back from lunch. I’m not sure how, but it’s your fault.