# My username **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 26, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-username/197678 "2003-08-26T03:36:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-username/197678/1 "2003-08-26T03:36:56Z")
Ok, I’m not sure if this belongs in GQ or what, but is it possible for me to change my username without losing my postcount and whatnot? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-username/197678/2 "2003-08-26T03:38:29Z")
Yes, email an Administrator to request a name change. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-username/197678/3 "2003-08-26T18:11:00Z")
**Flowerchild** : If you had put this in GQ, I’m sure the mods of that forum would be along to move it to ATMB. (can’t remember who they are offhand, and am too lazy to go look them up) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-username/197678/4 "2003-08-26T18:16:41Z")
But since I’m off to that forum to ask a question / browse (for the first time in a few months, actually)… The mods of GQ are: **bibliophage Dr. Matrix xash** (there… I’m not THAT lazy 😃 ) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-username/197678/5 "2003-08-26T19:08:06Z")
Email more than one admin. They’ll decide amongst themselves who’ll do the change (this may sometimes involve sacrificing a pigeon or two and examining the entrails and/or other eldritch rituals unsuitable for more sensitive viewers). I think all of the admins are TubaDiva, Arnold Winkelreid, C K Dexter Haven, Gaudere, and Lynn Bodoni (Lynn’s in the hospital and out of commission at the moment, so don’t email her). Ed Zotti’s also an admin, but don’t email him because he never gets involved with routine stuff like this. Apologies if I left anyone out. ---
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-username/197678/6 "2003-08-27T00:21:50Z")
Okay, just email an admin, my puny hamsterish brain can handle that much ---
**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:** [August 27, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-username/197678/7 "2003-08-27T16:58:42Z")
> [@](#): > > Ed Zotti’s also an admin, but don’t email him because he never gets involved with routine stuff like this. Apologies if I left anyone out. There are actually a lot of admins who never get involved with routine stuff. **Cecil Adams** ’ official title is “Perfect Master”, but he has admin rights. But of course, this sort of thing is even further beneath him than it is Zotti. And there are numerous members of the Reader staff who’re admins ( **jdavis** , the tech god, is the most prominent of these), but most of them hardly ever post, much less administrate. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-username/197678/8 "2003-08-27T18:48:25Z")
Once you’ce decided on a new name and had the name change take effect, please post in [The Official Record of Name Changes Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3902515#post3902515). That way, we don’t have to wonder where **Flowerchild** has gone. 🙂 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-username/197678/9 "2003-08-28T07:33:55Z")
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