# User name change notice... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027 "2013-04-06T17:09:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/1 "2013-04-06T17:09:52Z")
Just wanted to advise the crowd that I’ve changed my username. (Thanks, TubaDiva.) My original was my real name, which was a 1999 mistake; my name of the last several months was a generic placeholder. After deep consideration of about three minutes, I’ve chosen a highly representative and meaningful name to represent me here f’revermore. Points to anyone who can spot the derivation without Google-fu. No cheating, now. - The Poster Formerly Known As **NitroPress** ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/2 "2013-04-06T17:24:22Z")
I thought we were only allowed _one_ username-change? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/3 "2013-04-06T17:40:30Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I thought we were only allowed _one_ username-change? This is my only true name change. The former was from merging my original 1999 account and my newer one - the older name was dropped and there was no other change. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/4 "2013-04-06T17:53:09Z")
I don’t believe there’s a fixed limit to how many name changes you have per se, just that they don’t want people changing names willy-nilly which would be confusing. So unless you have a good reason, then they prefer you stick with what you’ve got. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/5 "2013-04-06T22:08:02Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > …they don’t want people changing names willy-nilly… Is willy-nilly not available, then? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/6 "2013-04-06T22:13:25Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Is willy-nilly not available, then? Sure, if you really _want_ it… One of my City of Heroes alts was a huge yellow tanker named _Mean Mr Mustard_, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/7 "2013-04-06T23:00:02Z")
Is this part of your super-secret anti-snark defense plan? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/8 "2013-04-06T23:59:58Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Is this part of your super-secret anti-snark defense plan? Like I’d tell _you_. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/9 "2013-04-07T02:00:59Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > …they don’t want people changing names willy-nilly. For the last time, don’t use my real name on the boards. Do you know how much trouble I’ve already had with a rhyming hyphenated name? Not to mention that last night my underage nepalese au pair masseuse intern screamed out “Ooh, chilly-willy!” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/10 "2013-04-07T02:10:47Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Is willy-nilly not available, then? > mmm Well, sorta. The name “willynilly” (no hyphen) is registered, but has no posts. So “willy-nilly” is technically available, but the mods and admins have generally frowned upon people finding names too similar to someone else. In this case, though, it probably would slide thru. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/11 "2013-04-08T00:30:42Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Well, sorta. The name “willynilly” (no hyphen) is registered, but has no posts. So “willy-nilly” is technically available, but the mods and admins have generally frowned upon people finding names too similar to someone else. In this case, though, it probably would slide thru. Would you\* allow willie-nillie? [sub][sup]\*rhetorical you[/sup][/sub] ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/12 "2013-04-08T02:53:42Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Would you\* allow willie-nillie? > > [sub][sup]\*rhetorical you[/sup][/sub] No ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/13 "2013-04-08T12:55:17Z")
Also, none of you better be thinking about taking drewtwo100. I’m saving that for when I level up! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/14 "2013-04-08T13:02:17Z")
I hate to tell you guys this but there are a shitload of other Billfishes out there. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/15 "2013-04-08T16:48:06Z")
677 to be exact. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/16 "2013-04-08T16:52:49Z")
You forgot “Poster Zero” ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-change-notice/655027/17 "2013-04-09T00:33:38Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Also, none of you better be thinking about taking drewtwo100. I’m saving that for when I level up! I call dibs on drewthree99.