# How to contact admin re name change

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-contact-admin-re-name-change/764538>\
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**Created:** [August 31, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-contact-admin-re-name-change/764538 "2016-08-31T04:01:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-contact-admin-re-name-change/764538/1 "2016-08-31T04:01:06Z")

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How do I contact an admin regarding a username change?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-contact-admin-re-name-change/764538/2 "2016-08-31T04:11:02Z")

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Contact your [favorite mod.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showgroups.php)  
Have a list of three choices(in case the first one is taken).  
The request will be passed up the chain.

I also reported the thread just to bump it along.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-contact-admin-re-name-change/764538/3 "2016-08-31T05:19:34Z")

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Thanks!

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-contact-admin-re-name-change/764538/4 "2016-08-31T14:01:59Z")

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Easy to check if they’ve been used-just go to the search screen, and type in prospective handles into the user name field. If it already exists it will pop up.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-contact-admin-re-name-change/764538/5 "2016-08-31T16:03:24Z")

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Yep, did that.

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-contact-admin-re-name-change/764538/6 "2016-09-02T02:18:44Z")

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Wow! Did you get married or switch states? 😉

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**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-contact-admin-re-name-change/764538/7 "2016-09-02T12:18:46Z")

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He’s no longer a white supremacist. 😉

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-contact-admin-re-name-change/764538/8 "2016-09-02T13:43:39Z")

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> [@Whiskey\_Dickens](#):
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> He’s no longer a white supremacist. 😉

And the doctors took care of his SIFL-ous. :eek: 😉

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**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-contact-admin-re-name-change/764538/9 "2016-09-02T16:17:37Z")

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IIRC, a shoebox filled with non-sequential 20s and 50s sent to your favorite moderator will often speed along the process.