# We the People of the SDMB would like customizeable titles! {Not doing the contest, maybe a Queue} **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 14, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847 "2024-03-14T21:54:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/81 "2024-03-18T01:27:34Z")
Where the @Typo_Knig when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/82 "2024-03-18T01:43:43Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I’ve got the first draft of the Queue thread up in our Mod forum and once it is reviewed, I’ll roll it out tomorrow I hope. Cool! Will it be in ATMB? Will y’all run some kind of board-wide banner alerting those who hadn’t dropped into this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/83 "2024-03-18T01:48:46Z")
I’ll take one for the team: change my title to “Ask What\_Exit about my new title” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/84 "2024-03-18T01:50:43Z")
I’ll globaly pin it for 3-4 weeks. We don’t want PMs for this though. I’ll have the thread up tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/85 "2024-03-18T09:21:23Z")
Maybe we could use custom titles as a bribe for something that makes the board a little more nifty. Maybe adding your location and/or a photo of yourself to your profile earns you a custom title of your choice (within reason). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/86 "2024-03-18T13:31:52Z")
And the Queue is open: > [@Custom Titles Queue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-queue/998955): > > Please enter your current title and what you want the new title to be as a post in this thread. The basic rule for Custom Titles are that they are supposed to be fun, so nothing offensive. You can’t use something that is already a title of some sort in the system (Moderator, Admin, Charter Member, etc). Self-deprecating titles are Ok, but you can’t insult someone else. So I could change my title to “old fat guy” but I couldn’t use “Ned is ugly”. In the past, the staff had to change a couple of… Remember, requests in this thread will probably get missed. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/87 "2024-03-18T13:43:23Z")
Wow, that took far fewer years of complaining and arguing than enabling avatars, or embedded images. Could it be that the board has become _more nimble_ in its old age? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/88 "2024-03-18T13:46:08Z")
I think we have actually. Renaming MPSIMS happened amazingly fast after dozens of rejections in the past. Enough rejections where I thought it would never be approved. Ed has been fast about revising the rules and trying to clear them up as he goes. Tags went off pretty smoothly and I think we’re using them pretty well now. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/89 "2024-03-18T13:51:15Z")
Well, that’s probably great news for our odds of continued survival. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/90 "2024-03-18T14:40:13Z")
Aw! The completed title change list is private. I wanna see what everyone is opting for! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/91 "2024-03-18T14:40:56Z")
Mine already went through. Check it out! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/92 "2024-03-18T14:41:09Z")
I’m going to see about moving it to ATMB at least for the first month. It can always be stored in documentation later. Done for now. It might get moved back though. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/93 "2024-03-18T14:47:21Z")
Lookee lookee! I gots it! Thank ye kindly, magnificent mod! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/94 "2024-03-18T14:50:51Z")
Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/95 "2024-03-18T15:41:34Z")
Yes, thanks to the Mod staff for making this feature happen so quickly and thanks to @What_Exit for the nearly instant service on my own request this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/96 "2024-03-18T15:50:17Z")
I’m confused. Am I supposed to put my request in the [Custom Titles Queue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-queue/998955) thread, email a mod, email an administrator, or something else? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/97 "2024-03-18T15:51:29Z")
First line of the thread: > [@Completed Title Changes Thread {Mar 2024}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completed-title-changes-thread-mar-2024/998987/36): > > Please enter your current title and what you want the new title to be as a post in this thread. Please do not Email or PM. We’ll reject such requests as it makes documenting hard. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/98 "2024-03-18T16:04:15Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Yes, thanks to the Mod staff for making this feature happen so quickly and thanks to @What_Exit for the nearly instant service on my own request this morning. Agreed, and I, too, want to thank @What_Exit – probably our most active mod – for helping make this happen and for so quickly accommodating all the requests. And kudos to @ParallelLines for submitting the suggestion in the first place. It may seem like a small thing, but things like this help make this a fun place! > [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Lookee lookee! I gots it! Thank ye kindly, magnificent mod! In keeping with my new title, I would like to question whether the word you were looking for in your title was really “herdress” or should more properly have been “herderess”. 😉 If you’re busy right now I will come to your house later and we can discuss this until you agree I’m right, or all night, whichever comes first. I promise to be unfailingly polite. 🦭 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/99 "2024-03-18T17:03:36Z")
Hey! If “huntress” works for “hunter”, why not “herdress” for “herder”? Huh? Huh? Bad dog! [boops nose with rolled-up magazine] And stop barking at me; I left the Beggin treats in my other jacket. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847/100 "2024-03-18T17:19:13Z")
So 24 titles changes so far. About 50/50 for @puzzlegal and myself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847.md?page=6)