# Hi all \[name change request\] **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 28, 2015, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947 "2015-10-28T08:52:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![riveingimsure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@riveingimsure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riveingimsure)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947/1 "2015-10-28T08:52:46Z")
I farked up my username as it was meant to to say rivetingimsure. How do I fix it or am I stuck with Awh well stuff it if I am Sup ya’ll ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947/2 "2015-10-28T09:06:25Z")
Welcome to the Boards. Usually you would contact an administrator, but the emails don’t seem to be up to date. I’m sure a moderator will be along any moment to move this to the correct forum, and they will be able to give you the correct information. p.s. to a moderator…probably a good idea to update those e-mail addresses in the sticky in ATMB. Some of them are no longer admins (or even active members). ---
**Author:** ![riveingimsure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@riveingimsure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riveingimsure)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947/3 "2015-10-28T09:13:34Z")
Shot budaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! (brother!) ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947/4 "2015-10-28T09:47:18Z")
welcome 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947/5 "2015-10-28T10:06:11Z")
Here’s a list of the current active moderators with direct links to PM and email them. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showgroups.php](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showgroups.php) Also, the moderators of a particular forum can be found on the bottom of the main page of the forum. If you want to change your username, send an email to any moderator from the address you used to sign up for the SDMB. They don’t handle name changes directly, but they can pass the request up the ladder to Ed Zotti, the admin, who will handle the name change. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2015, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947/6 "2015-10-28T10:19:13Z")
**Moderator Action** Moving thread from General Questions to About This Message Board. Also, edited the title to more clearly indicate the topic. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2015, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947/7 "2015-10-28T10:25:16Z")
You can start by sending me a PM or an e-mail (my e-mail address is on my profile). We moderators can’t make name changes ourselves, but once we have everything verified then I will send the information on to an admin who will actually make the change. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947/8 "2015-10-28T23:48:02Z")
TubaDiva asked me to change my username, and handled it when I picked a new one. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947/9 "2015-10-29T00:08:03Z")
> [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > TubaDiva asked me to change my username, and handled it when I picked a new one. **TubaDiva** is also no longer an admin or mod and hasn’t been very active of late. The active mods are at the link I posted. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947/10 "2015-10-29T00:28:20Z")
How did you find that list? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947/11 "2015-10-29T01:23:17Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > How did you find that list? It was in the sticky [FAQ - Technical issues for Posting](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384827) under item #15 - Contacting the staff directly. I had to do some digging, it’s not in the most obvious of places. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947/12 "2015-10-29T01:49:19Z")
If you go to [www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com) and click on Message Boards on the upper left, that takes you to the main list of forums. If you scroll down near the bottom of that and click on View Forum Leaders, that will take you to the list. Once you click on any forum, the moderators of that forum are down at the bottom of the page. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947/13 "2015-10-29T03:55:54Z")
Thanks. Sounds familiar. It’s been a while since I decided to click all the buttons and see what they can do. ---
**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947/14 "2015-10-30T20:29:35Z")
I still giggle when I come across Cheez\_Whia. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947/15 "2015-10-30T20:33:56Z")
If you change it, it will no longer be the backward spelling of the Latin phrase for “sun warrior.” ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-all-name-change-request/735947/16 "2015-10-30T21:25:18Z")
> [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > TubaDiva asked me to change my username, and handled it when I picked a new one. There should be a rule that any time someone talks about having changed their username, they have to say what it was previously. In interest of not being a hypocrite, my name was originally tbg, but I didn’t like how it looked in certain contexts of the board and asked Tuba to change it to TBG. Not much of a change, I admit.