# Can I change my SDMB username?

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**Created:** [May 18, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-sdmb-username/496813 "2009-05-18T03:38:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-sdmb-username/496813/1 "2009-05-18T03:38:52Z")

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When I joined, I was flailing about for a name and came up with a terrible one. Since then, I’ve developed one I like, and by which I’m already known at most of my other cyberspace haunts.

Can I change it now, rather than rejoining under a new name and losing my accumulated posting history?

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**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:** [May 18, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-sdmb-username/496813/2 "2009-05-18T03:40:34Z")

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Send me an email (from the same email address listed in your profile so I know it’s you).

Tell me who you want to be – and if that name’s not already taken (it’s first come, first served here) I’ll change it.

You’ll keep your post count, etc. Nothing will change except your moniker.

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**Author:** ![The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-sdmb-username/496813/3 "2009-05-18T07:24:21Z")

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> [@TubaDiva](#):
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> Send me an email (from the same email address listed in your profile so I know it’s you).
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> Tell me who you want to be – and if that name’s not already taken (it’s first come, first served here) I’ll change it.
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> You’ll keep your post count, etc. Nothing will change except your moniker.

Thank you thank you thank you! I’m on it.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-sdmb-username/496813/4 "2009-05-18T14:10:44Z")

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Just for the record, it’s part of the FAQ Technical Issues thread in ATMB: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7698885#post7698885](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7698885#post7698885)