# Name Change Repertory

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-repertory/177335>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 25, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-repertory/177335 "2003-05-25T02:46:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-repertory/177335/1 "2003-05-25T02:46:07Z")

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Is there a list of members who have changed their screen name or is this somehow secret? These name changers are making it difficult for me to keep track of my grudges. 😃

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-repertory/177335/2 "2003-05-25T02:56:26Z")

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I don’t believe there is, but that would make an interesting feature to include on the Profile page. Too bad they hate hacking the board software, it would be really easy to implement.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-repertory/177335/3 "2003-05-25T03:12:26Z")

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No there is no list. We usually ask posters who change names to put their old name in their signature for a while so that people can make the connection between old and new name.

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**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-repertory/177335/4 "2003-05-25T03:23:37Z")

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Thanks **Arnold W**. I’ve noticed many high postcounts for user names I don’t recognize, and can only assume that at least some of these have changed names. I think I’m a regular enough board reader that I’d have noticed them before, but evidently not regular enough to have noticed the change, or recognize the posters.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-repertory/177335/5 "2003-05-25T03:33:53Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \*  
> \*\*No there is no list. We usually ask posters who change names to put their old name in their signature for a while so that people can make the connection between old and new name. \*\*

Even better. I can visualize the necessary code to automatically display a name change in a sig for any arbitrarily-chosen length of time. You know you’re a geek when dreaming this stuff up is the high point of your day. 😃

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**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-repertory/177335/6 "2003-05-25T03:40:42Z")

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It’s not a complete list, but here’s a thread asking people to [identify their former usernames](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=173835).

I also sometimes search the user’s old posts to see if I can see someone else referring to them by their old name or ask someone what their old name was.