# Mod comings and goings - welcome and farewell **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 27, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020 "2015-01-27T17:17:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/81 "2015-01-28T09:29:28Z")
Who handles name changes now? It seemed like **TubaDiva** was the go to admin for name changes. From the FAQ: Q: I want to change my user name. A: Contact any administrator by email ( [TubaDiva@aol.com](mailto:TubaDiva@aol.com), [CKDextHavn@aol.com](mailto:CKDextHavn@aol.com), [Gaudere@gmail.com](mailto:Gaudere@gmail.com), [lynnbodoni@hotmail.com](mailto:lynnbodoni@hotmail.com), [gfactor999@gmail.com](mailto:gfactor999@gmail.com)) and request a change. That really brings home how much turnover there’s been lately. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/82 "2015-01-28T12:35:40Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > I think we all owe a huge debt of gratitude to **Tuba** and **Dex** for their work during the early years of the board. Their fairness and wisdom in setting up this place were really what distinguished it from so many other boards that have since fallen by the wayside. I agree whole-heartedly. Thanks you, **Dex** and **TubaDiva** , for all your years of service, which have made this place what it is. **Twix** and **Gukumatz** , shorter tenures, but thank you as well for putting up with us all with wit and good humour. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/83 "2015-01-28T16:23:16Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Many thanks to the retiring mods, most of whom I’d had the fortune to interact with personally over the years. I grabbed **Ed Zotti’s** crotch at a ChiDope one year. Welcome to the new overlords, and a fond farewell to the retirees, even though they’ll still be around. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/84 "2015-01-28T17:32:27Z")
Oh man, this is great news! One of these new mods is a pal of mine - it’s finally time for me to let my Crazy Internet Poster flag fly!! Really, tho - welcome! The loss of some of these long-time mods is a bit shocking but boy howdy, do I understand how rough a job it can be. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/85 "2015-01-28T17:38:43Z")
The Mods are dead! Long live the Mods! Thanks and very best wishes to both the coming and the going (and the going and coming - and always too soon!) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/86 "2015-01-28T20:17:46Z")
Welcome, new folks! I look forward to being modded by you. And goodbye, old folks! Y’all have been a great crew. I especially remember **Twickster** ’s running of a game lo these many years ago in which I embodied Doper Memes; it was one of the more fun times I’ve had round these parts. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/87 "2015-01-28T20:35:48Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I especially remember **Twickster** ’s running of a game lo these many years ago in which I embodied Doper Memes; it was one of the more fun times I’ve had round these parts. [offtopic] That was probably Party Quirk. I ran the first three and she took over four or five or possibly both. I was thinking of creating a six sometime, or maybe doing it together with her. [/offtopic] ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/88 "2015-01-28T21:08:12Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > [offtopic] > > That was probably Party Quirk. I ran the first three and she took over four or five or possibly both. > > I was thinking of creating a six sometime, or maybe doing it together with her. > > [/offtopic] That’s the one–thanks! ---
**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:** [January 28, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/89 "2015-01-28T21:14:22Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I grabbed **Ed Zotti’s** crotch at a ChiDope one year. What happens at ChiDope should probably stay at ChiDope. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/90 "2015-01-28T21:18:03Z")
Wow, talk about the changing of the Old Guard! Are there any mods from the early days left? My best wishes to all the Young Turks! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/91 "2015-01-28T21:26:57Z")
Thanks to the old mods and to the new mods try not to let the ding dongs get you down. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/92 "2015-01-28T21:29:45Z")
[QUOTE=Superdude] I grabbed Ed Zotti’s crotch at a ChiDope one year. [/QUOTE] I didn’t bother. I hate waiting in lines. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [January 28, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/93 "2015-01-28T22:35:15Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Wow, talk about the changing of the Old Guard! Are there any mods from the early days left? I believe that **Gaudere** is currently the mod with the longest service (aside from Ed). She was a moderator by 2000, if not earlier. Then **samclem** (6/25/2004) and **tomndebb** (12/24/2004). I am a bit shocked to find I am now in fourth place, having started 6/24/2007. I think moderator-years are like dog-years. Each moderator-year counts as seven human years.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/94 "2015-01-28T22:40:53Z")
I’ve been a moderator on a board with far less traffic than the SDMB and it is indeed one of those thankless jobs. Thanks to those moving on and to those dumb enough to pick up the yoke! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/95 "2015-01-28T22:44:49Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I am a bit shocked to find I am now in fourth place, having started 6/24/2007. 2011 here. I was shocked to see I’m now the longest served one in MPSIMS. That was a pretty big surprise to me. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/96 "2015-01-29T00:25:16Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I believe that **Gaudere** is currently the mod with the longest service (aside from Ed). She was a moderator by 2000, if not earlier. Then **samclem** (6/25/2004) and **tomndebb** (12/24/2004). Thanks for making me feel older than I did before I opened this thread. 🙂 Before I die I must apologize to **tomndebb**. At a drunken modfest in Cleveland that Fall(2004), I badgered tom into modding Great Debates. He’s done a great job. Just ask all the posters who have pitted him. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/97 "2015-01-29T00:58:15Z")
Ave atque vale! ---
**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:** [January 29, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/98 "2015-01-29T01:49:50Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Thanks for making me feel older than I did before I opened this thread. 🙂 Well, you are almost 77 in moderator-years. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/99 "2015-01-29T03:14:15Z")
A sincere welcome to the new and farewell to the old. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020/100 "2015-01-29T04:27:20Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Well, you are almost 77 in moderator-years. Just shy of that in mere mortal years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020.md?page=6)