# IMPORTANT! If your user name has a space in it or a non-alphanumeric character READ THIS **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 12, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-if-your-user-name-has-a-space-in-it-or-a-non-alphanumeric-character-read-this/855560 "2020-06-12T20:15:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-if-your-user-name-has-a-space-in-it-or-a-non-alphanumeric-character-read-this/855560/121 "2020-06-17T17:17:55Z")
You know… you can’t really do anything about people who lost their email. But you CAN help the folks who will not know what their user name is on the new forum. Any chance you could send a mass-email to all users (or maybe all users whose user-name will change) and tell them what their new user name will be? Because I can see people not being able to guess, and giving up. And also a gazillion messages going out to Jenny from the people who don’t want to give up. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-if-your-user-name-has-a-space-in-it-or-a-non-alphanumeric-character-read-this/855560/122 "2020-06-17T17:35:01Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Any chance you could send a mass-email to all users (or maybe all users whose user-name will change) and tell them what their new user name will be? This is a good suggestion if possible, but I’m guessing there’s no easy way to do it. And on an almost entirely unrelated topic, although it does highlight a danger of removing spaces from names. I had the epiphany today that your username is probably intended as **puzzle gal** , not **puzz legal** like I’ve been calling you in my head all this time. [Camel case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_case), people! ( **Man Get Out** , this goes for you too.) ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-if-your-user-name-has-a-space-in-it-or-a-non-alphanumeric-character-read-this/855560/123 "2020-06-17T18:36:22Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > And on an almost entirely unrelated topic, although it does highlight a danger of removing spaces from names. I had the epiphany today that your username is probably intended as **puzzle gal** , not **puzz legal** like I’ve been calling you in my head all this time. I called her Puzz Gal in my head forever, too! > [@](#): > > [Camel case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_case), people! ( **Man Get Out** , this goes for you too.) Can we fight over whether it’s legitimately camel case if the first word is capitalized? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-if-your-user-name-has-a-space-in-it-or-a-non-alphanumeric-character-read-this/855560/124 "2020-06-17T19:15:27Z")
As a (former) programmer, I’d be on your side in that fight. But calling it Pascal case seems a little nitpicky for the audience in general. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-if-your-user-name-has-a-space-in-it-or-a-non-alphanumeric-character-read-this/855560/125 "2020-06-17T19:45:51Z")
So, you want me to change my name to PuzzleGal? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-if-your-user-name-has-a-space-in-it-or-a-non-alphanumeric-character-read-this/855560/126 "2020-06-18T04:08:08Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > If this causes an issue for you, please contact us ASAP! I think the hamsters ate my message. I’d much prefer GaryRobson to Gary\_Robson. Thanks for handling all of this!!! ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-if-your-user-name-has-a-space-in-it-or-a-non-alphanumeric-character-read-this/855560/127 "2020-06-18T09:19:59Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > ( **Man Get Out** , this goes for you too.) I might be being whooshed here, but the principle meaning of **Mangetout** ’s username is that it’s French for “eat all” - because he likes to eat a wide variety of foodstuffs. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-if-your-user-name-has-a-space-in-it-or-a-non-alphanumeric-character-read-this/855560/128 "2020-06-18T14:03:27Z")
This is going to wreak havoc on my username, isn’t it? ---
**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:** [June 18, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-if-your-user-name-has-a-space-in-it-or-a-non-alphanumeric-character-read-this/855560/129 "2020-06-18T18:15:36Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > This is going to wreak havoc on my username, isn’t it? Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-if-your-user-name-has-a-space-in-it-or-a-non-alphanumeric-character-read-this/855560/130 "2020-06-18T19:07:29Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I might be being whooshed here, but the principle meaning of **Mangetout** ’s username is that it’s French for “eat all” - because he likes to eat a wide variety of foodstuffs. Yeah, the different readings of **Mangetout’s** name has been a topic of discussion before. I like his name in particular because both readings work together as a statement and response. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-if-your-user-name-has-a-space-in-it-or-a-non-alphanumeric-character-read-this/855560.md?page=6)