# Mod help requested: Screen name change? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 7, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-help-requested-screen-name-change/253973 "2004-07-07T17:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-help-requested-screen-name-change/253973/1 "2004-07-07T17:52:09Z")
Sorry to post this in a thread, but I can’t seem to track down another Mod (tried 2). I need to talk to a mod about a name change. I have what I think is a very good reason, but I can’t seem to hunt anybody down. On the otherthand, I may be doing it wrong. I randomly selected a Mod, clicked ‘email this person’ and sent a mesage to the address provided. Is there something morte official I shoud be doing? I assume everybody’s doing summer things, and the only reason I’m in anything resembling a hurry myself is, well, I’m going on vacation myself and was hoping to get this squared way before I do. How can I get my name change? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-help-requested-screen-name-change/253973/2 "2004-07-07T17:56:13Z")
E-mail Admins not mods. Aither Lynn Bodini or TubaDiva, ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-help-requested-screen-name-change/253973/3 "2004-07-07T17:57:30Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > E-mail Admins not mods. > Aither Lynn Bodini or TubaDiva, Or ‘Either’. FWIW I kind of like your current username. ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-help-requested-screen-name-change/253973/4 "2004-07-07T18:02:30Z")
Thanks… Wasn’t clear on the Mod/Admin difference, but by pure chance those are the two I tried and can’t get a hold of. If email is the right way to do it, I wonder if I am getting caught in a SPAM filter. 😕 I guess I’ll hang tight and see what comes of it. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-help-requested-screen-name-change/253973/5 "2004-07-07T18:05:27Z")
There’s also CK Dexter Haven. He’s an administrator. I think there’s a list somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-help-requested-screen-name-change/253973/6 "2004-07-07T18:06:25Z")
There’s also CK Dexter Haven. He’s an administrator. I think there’s a list somewhere… \*\* oh and I forgot to mention, this is important - put ‘SDMB’ in the subject (without the quotes) otherwise your e-mail will be ignored (assumed spam)\*\* ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-help-requested-screen-name-change/253973/7 "2004-07-07T18:11:50Z")
So _that’s_ how you get over 7,000 posts 😉 Thanks, will do! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-help-requested-screen-name-change/253973/8 "2004-07-07T18:31:48Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > E-mail Admins not mods. > Aither Lynn Bodini or TubaDiva, > Or ‘Either’. What’s Either’s email address? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-help-requested-screen-name-change/253973/9 "2004-07-07T18:38:52Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > What’s Either’s email address? [either@or.com](mailto:either@or.com) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-help-requested-screen-name-change/253973/10 "2004-07-08T00:15:09Z")
Before Lynn comes in to lay the hammer down, I have to make one correction. It’s “Bodoni” not “Bodini”. 😃 Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-help-requested-screen-name-change/253973/11 "2004-07-08T00:42:05Z")
Damn. All this time I read it is ‘Bodini’. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-help-requested-screen-name-change/253973/12 "2004-07-08T02:45:10Z")
> [@DakotaDog](#): > > I need to talk to a mod about a name change. I have what I think is a very good reason, but I can’t seem to hunt anybody down. My understanding is that one doesn’t need an especially good reason for one name change. For a second, yes. They like one to have thought long and hard about ones username, nor do they want to enable people to leave their past behind. Not that that’s you, I’m just saying. But, yeah, add all the advice together: email all the admins, put SDMB in the title, and be patient. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-help-requested-screen-name-change/253973/13 "2004-07-08T18:41:46Z")
The other admins are **Arnold Winkelreid** and **Gaudere** , along with the afore-mentioned **TubaDiva** , **Lynn Bodoni** , and **C K Dexter Haven**. At least, those are the active admins. **Ed Zotti** is also an administrator, but you can imagine that he’s usually busy with other matters, and **Cecil Adams** , the Perfect Master, has administrative powers, but prefers for Ed to do his dirty work when necessary. There are also assorted other members of the Reader staff (most notably **jdavis** , aka Jerry the Tech God) with administrator privelidges, but who almost never show up.