# Newly Renamed Dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 3, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-renamed-dopers/617694 "2012-04-03T15:15:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 4, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-renamed-dopers/617694/21 "2012-04-04T21:59:09Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > Who do you send a request to if you want to get a user name change? Just curious. > > -XT I was under the impression Tubadiva so she was the one I contacted to get my username changed. I used to be Tahssa. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-renamed-dopers/617694/22 "2012-04-04T22:00:02Z")
Ah, cool…that makes sense. Appreciate the info. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-renamed-dopers/617694/23 "2012-04-04T22:20:40Z")
**TubaDiva** gets most of them, but any of the admins can change a username. I finally did a couple of them recently. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-renamed-dopers/617694/24 "2012-04-04T23:26:51Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > **TubaDiva** gets most of them, but any of the admins can change a username. I finally did a couple of them recently. I just popped in to say Marley did my name change. I sent an email and it was done. I am very appreciative. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-renamed-dopers/617694/25 "2012-04-05T01:55:09Z")
My thanks to Marley for the name change…and thanks for the info from my fellow 'dopers. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-renamed-dopers/617694/26 "2012-04-05T01:57:17Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > **TubaDiva** gets most of them, but any of the admins can change a username. I finally did a couple of them recently. Oh great, next thing you know, **Marley** will change everyone’s user name at once. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-renamed-dopers/617694/27 "2012-04-05T02:00:48Z")
> [@XT](#): > > My thanks to Marley for the name change…and thanks for the info from my fellow 'dopers. > > -XT You’re welcome. And can I say the new name is very slimming? Those extra letters were just slowing you down. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-renamed-dopers/617694/28 "2012-04-05T02:08:44Z")
> [@Wilson](#): > > Oh great, next thing you know, **Marley** will change everyone’s user name at once. That usually happens only one day a year, when all users become **I Lirpa**. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-renamed-dopers/617694/29 "2012-04-05T02:16:52Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] You’re welcome. And can I say the new name is very slimming? Those extra letters were just slowing you down. [/QUOTE] I was trying to be ‘ethical’ and do the least amount of harm to helpless animals. ‘Think of the hamster!’ keep echoing through my head every time I saw all those extra letters… :eek: You have done a great thing here Marley, both for myself and for all of hamster-kind! You can be proud of your efforts, and they have not gone unnoticed or unappreciated. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-renamed-dopers/617694/30 "2012-04-05T09:48:45Z")
I changed mine. Back in 99 or 2000, I forget. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-renamed-dopers/617694/31 "2012-04-05T12:57:38Z")
We do suggest that people changing their names “announce” it (like in a sig line), but it’s not compulsory. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-renamed-dopers/617694/32 "2012-04-05T13:47:31Z")
> [@Jake](#): > > Thanks for clearing that up, I was confused. (Nothing new, I’m always confused…) 🙂 Yeah, it caught a lot of people off guard. It does make searching for old **24 Club** threads easier, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-renamed-dopers/617694.md?page=1)