I know the authority of the mods is absolute. I run my own message board and I understand why democracy is too much of a hassle. But I was forced to change my screen name in order to maintain my newfound priveledges here and I can’t figure out why. I searched and searched for the answers but found nothing. Is there something obviously wrong with the name ‘xovoxovoxo’ that I’m missing?
My advice: E-mail an Administrator (Tubadiva@aol.com or Lynnbodoni@hotmail.com) and explain the situation. If your privileges were removed by accident, they will (most likely) fix it. If they were removed on purpose, they will tell you why. If you broke a rule without knowing it, it will give you a chance to apologize.
They frown on anybody making more than one screen name, so just trucking along with a new SN isn’t advisable.
I already accomplished all of that. TubaDiva already switched my SN the proper way, but I’m still out of any indication of an explanation. Assuming that the management is too busy to answer the question, I decided to take it to the rest of the board at large to see if anyone with some idle brain power could direct me.
Let me explain things a bit further actually. I realize the question was off the mark initially.
I was banned priveledges for the stated reason that my name ‘xovoxovoxo’ was unsuitable. I was re-instated as a member when I offered my current SN as an alternative. I just still don’t know why I had to change my name.
They probably just considered “xovox-whatever the heck it is” to be too awkward to be usable. It’s a precaution that serves two purposes: 1. Cuts down on people who want to make offensive/deliberately obnoxious screen names (I’m sure you’re not one of these people, however), or 2. Names that may be too awkward to be kept track of, or may prove difficult to work with in the future. For example, we once had a troll who would sign up names that were SIMILAR to other people’s who he wanted to annoy… “xovoxovoxo” would be a prime target for this sort of behavior.
Don’t feel bad… they just want to make sure that they have all their bases covered in terms of keeping troublemakers away.
Well I do feel bad because I appealed this and little consideration was given to the fact that I am confident enough in my name to have:
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registered a .com with it and associated my website of 5 years running with it
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pasted it to the back of my car
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signed letters with it
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joined the Well.com (a similar smarts-oriented service) with it. (perhaps they didn’t object because they charge money?)
I also go into great detail about the origins of this name in the Frequently Asked Questions section of my website. Basically put, it suits one my favorite sayings: “Less is More”–Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
I am being a bit reactionary here. I thought about your last explanation and it makes the most sense. It would be too much to ask for them to prevent all the iterations and imitations of xovoxovoxo. I think I can live with a different name on just one service, but we’ll see.
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To further quote you from your webpage "…This is to promote breaking it up for memorization and makes it easier to understand. ".
So does “Less is More” really work in this case? I think it can become cumbersome to explain constantly that “no it’s two times xovo and then just xo”. My opinion is that this time less is just too much.
On the other hand explaining human anatomy might be an arduous task too.
That is precisely the joke. What appears elegant to the eye is actually quite complicated.
Rohe was oft accused of prescribing the same dull box for all his projects. On closer inspection, however, one cannot escape the enormous complexity and custom detail that went into every individual building he created.
This also explains why everyone who copied him never fully realized his perfection, and perhaps hints at why so many of us didn’t like modernism when it hit our hometowns.
I remembered it after however many years it’s been since I last visited his website (sorry to see it’s down). I say let him have his name! xovoxovoxo is easy to write and remember once you know how to pronounce it.
The real question is why I am resurrecting a nine year old post. Well, xovoxovoxo is timeless. 
I agree it helps promote memory. After breaking it up (xovo twice, then xo) I have it memorized immediately.
Or (e)xo-voxo-voxo. Not that hard.
While I have no idea if this would even be a problem today, I can point out that it makes more logical sense to ban names that are similar to existing users–something I believe we already do. It really isn’t any harder to police than it was to police xovoxovoxo’s name, and then there’d be a more legitimate reason to stand on. “Sorry, a too similar name already exists.”
Oh man, zombie.