# Change Username?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-username/722664>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [June 16, 2015, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-username/722664 "2015-06-16T12:14:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-username/722664/1 "2015-06-16T12:14:20Z")

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Soz. I looked for a way to contact Admin but to no avail. How do I change my username - simply to a version derived from what I currently use.

I would henceforth like to be known as KiwiKen.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-username/722664/2 "2015-06-16T12:17:21Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697072#post7697072](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697072#post7697072)

ETA - You may already know this and are just looking for contact info. The admins have email addresses in their profiles.

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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-username/722664/3 "2015-06-16T12:58:43Z")

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> [@Telemark](#):
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> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697072#post7697072](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697072#post7697072)
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> ETA - You may already know this and are just looking for contact info. The admins have email addresses in their profiles.

Do we still have admins here? Won’t a mod work?

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-username/722664/4 "2015-06-16T15:13:46Z")

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> [@Morgenstern](#):
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> Do we still have admins here? Won’t a mod work?

You can lead a mod to a dmin, but you can’t…

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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-username/722664/5 "2015-06-16T15:38:13Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> You can lead a mod to a dmin, but you can’t…

make him a d7?

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-username/722664/6 "2015-06-16T16:23:18Z")

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> [@Morgenstern](#):
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> make him a d7?

For the win. (Even to the non-musician in a family of talented ones…)

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-username/722664/7 "2015-06-16T16:51:01Z")

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If you wish to change your name, send an e-mail to the e-mail address on my profile (drop the underscores from my sdmb name and add an @gmail.com at the end). Important: Send it from the account that is associated with your SDMB user account.