User Name Validity

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When I first signed up for the SDMB, I was going to have my user name be Scratched Cherry. When I went to register a prompt came up saying it was already in use. The other day I didn’t have anything better to do, so I did a user name search for scratched cherry to read some of the posts by whoever had gotten the user name first.

According to search, though…such a user doesn’t exist. I got the following message: Please specify some words or valid user names to search on. There were no matches for those that you specified.

I’m curious…was there ever a member by this name, or was it blocked by the server from use for some other reason?

Thanks,
OS

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This can occur if the user is registered but hasn’t posted anything.

Here’s how to look up the profile of a member by name:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&username=Scratched%20Cherry

Click on the “quote” button for this post to see exactly how this is coded. If the user name contains spaces, replace them with “+” or “%20”.

You do need the exact name, though, and this name isn’t registered.

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Hmmm, that’s odd. The only names I find containing the string “cherry” are:
•cherry
•cherryblue_0
•CherryBomb
•Cherry_Blossom_
•Ellen Cherry and
•Wild Cherry

If you’d like to change your name, you can e-mail one of the admins and they can help you out.

4

There seems to be a theme to these user names.

[ul]:wink: [sup]Perhaps a better choice would be Tootie Fruitie[/sup][/ul]

5

So you’re saying they scratched your username? :slight_smile:

6

I think Bongmaster has much username validity.