# Changing my SN **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 5, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-sn/39780 "2000-11-05T04:56:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-sn/39780/1 "2000-11-05T04:56:49Z")
If I wanted to change my SN, would that be possible? I’m not talking about overhauling my name, but let’s just say that I wanted to capitalize the “w” or change the 23 to 24. Could that be done? I know, a change is a change, whether it’s minor or written in arabic. Besides, if I change my SN, then everyone will want to. But still…is it possible? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-sn/39780/2 "2000-11-05T05:14:39Z")
Email TubaDiva at [TubaDiva@aol.com](mailto:TubaDiva@aol.com) and tell her your problem and she’ll fix you right up. Actually any administrator can help you. Jim ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-sn/39780/3 "2000-11-05T10:05:22Z")
Yeah… and the way I hear it, they’re usually very nice about it. But they’re even nicer if you send them chocolate along with the name-change (I forgot the chocolate, and look what my name turned out to be!! SPOOFE Bo Diddly?!? What the heck is that?!?) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-sn/39780/4 "2000-11-05T17:00:44Z")
Thanks all. I’ll probably get around to it in January as that’s when the 23 needs to become 24. Glad to know it can be done. And SPOOFE, I guess it’s better than Spooje. Be thankful. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-sn/39780/5 "2000-11-05T17:06:09Z")
I’ve long been thinking about changing my screen name, even more since the somewhat recent addition of a member who shall remain nameless by the name of Opus1. My main reason for not changing it was that I didn’t know if all of my past posts would be updated to reflect the new name. Would all of my previous posts be updated with my new user name? Would my new identity hold my current post count or would I be reset to single digits? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-sn/39780/6 "2000-11-05T17:36:14Z")
Opus, if you change your name, your post count stays with your new name. All the posts since the change to the vBB software will show your _new_ name. All the threads you started, however, will show “Opus” as the thread starter in the thread lists. The name “Opus” will still show in the posts with the old UBB software. Is that clear as mud? Jim ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-sn/39780/7 "2000-11-05T17:36:45Z")
Will I be required to go through some kind of heathen ritual where I have to march in my underwear down a double row of all SDMB posters with a post count above 1000 who will take turns hitting me with autographed copies of The Straight Dope while chanting “this [book] is the body of Cecil”? ‘cause if not then I’m not doin’ it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-sn/39780/8 "2000-11-05T17:42:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by opus \* > Will I be required to go through some kind of heathen ritual where I have to march in my underwear down a double row of all SDMB posters with a post count above 1000 who will take turns hitting me with autographed copies of The Straight Dope while chanting “this [book] is the body of Cecil”? Of course! That goes without saying. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-sn/39780/9 "2000-11-05T20:15:13Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Enderw23_ > Thanks all. I’ll probably get around to it in January as that’s when the 23 needs to become 24. Glad to know it can be done. Just a warning: I imagine if you start requesting to get the number changed every year, TubaDiva will be having a talk with Lynn’s cousing Vinnie. > [@](#): > > And SPOOFE, I guess it’s better than Spooje. Be thankful. **SPOOFE** and **spooje** are two different people, btw. I don’t think either one has had a name change. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-sn/39780/10 "2000-11-06T04:27:09Z")
> [@](#): > > SPOOFE and spooje are two different people, btw. I don’t think either one has had a name change. Actually, I was originally called “Winky-Binky”, and I requested a name change, and I forgot the chocolate, so Tuba got mad and said (in her deep, booming voice), “Thou darest forgetteth mine chocolateth?!? Thou shalt be cursed with the stupidest name on the Straighteth Dopeth!” Then she struck me with a bolt of lightning and transformed me into the twisted, misshapen creature that you see before you… (Note: This story is fictional) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-sn/39780/11 "2000-11-06T04:57:12Z")
If that was a _true_ story, it would’ve ended with you getting your name changed _to_ Winky-Binky. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-sn/39780/12 "2000-11-06T23:15:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE Bo Diddly \* > **twisted, misshapen creature that you see before you** After reading the TMI thread, I think it’s safe to say you’d have come out twisted anyway. 😉 –Tim