# Changing user name

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-user-name/127759>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 10, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-user-name/127759 "2002-09-10T02:55:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![HippyDippy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a8b319/32.png) [@HippyDippy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HippyDippy)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-user-name/127759/1 "2002-09-10T02:55:23Z")

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When I registered, I was snoozin and therefore loosin and mistyped my user name. Can I change it or do I need to reregister?

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-user-name/127759/2 "2002-09-10T03:08:53Z")

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Email a mod such as tubadiva, she will fix it. Don’t just reregister. That’s verbotten.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-user-name/127759/3 "2002-09-10T03:09:12Z")

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E-mail TubaDiva (click on her name in the About This Message Board forum) and ask her to change it for you. Definitely do not re-register; having two user names is not permitted on this board.

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-user-name/127759/4 "2002-09-10T03:19:26Z")

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And you’ll likely get tired of typing in a 21 letter name; life is much easier with something shorter.

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-user-name/127759/5 "2002-09-10T05:33:17Z")

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Moderators can’t change names, but as an adminsitrator, TubaDiva can. Her e-mail address is TubaDiva at AOL dot com. Please do not reregister; we frown on that.

I’ll just close this since you’ve got your answer.

**DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator