# Changing sign in name

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-sign-in-name/173012>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 4, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-sign-in-name/173012 "2003-05-04T13:38:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Honeydew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-sign-in-name/173012/1 "2003-05-04T13:38:43Z")

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I’ve read the FAQ and saw I had to mail the adminstrators (which I did) to change my sign in name. For the reasons explained in the mail (to Arnold) I don’t really want to do much with this name until its changed.

I also emailed a mod… anything else I should do???

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-sign-in-name/173012/2 "2003-05-04T13:42:25Z")

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I think TubaDiva is the one to email for this.

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**Author:** ![Honeydew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-sign-in-name/173012/3 "2003-05-06T12:37:14Z")

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It’s done - thanks.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-sign-in-name/173012/4 "2003-05-06T13:15:46Z")

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😕 There seems to have been some kind of error; your username has been changed to ‘Honeydew’, when it should actually have been **Atomic Badger Racing**. 😉

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-sign-in-name/173012/5 "2003-05-06T19:31:03Z")

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A new wrinkle: now the thread starter name on the forum also changes. Previously that would stay as the old name. Interesting.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-sign-in-name/173012/6 "2003-05-06T19:39:26Z")

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That should be “name on the forum _page_ also changes.”