# Which forum for question about usernames? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 10, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-for-question-about-usernames/160196 "2003-03-10T01:46:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brianmelendez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-for-question-about-usernames/160196/1 "2003-03-10T01:46:15Z")
I am curious about the usernames that some members post under–some of them seem very interesting, and there are quite a few that I don’t get. Which forum does such a question belong in? I think that I have got it narrowed down to ATMB or IMHO, and I lean toward IMHO, since the question is really a poll and does not really involve “technical questions and concerns about the SDMB.” But I am new here so I am checking first. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-for-question-about-usernames/160196/2 "2003-03-10T01:53:06Z")
Questions about how people chose their username or what they mean would be MPSIMS, I think, though it could be IMHO. “What’s the best username?” is a poll and so IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-for-question-about-usernames/160196/3 "2003-03-10T02:25:34Z")
Well, it’s been done before, so you might want to take note of that. Here’s a few threads on the topic that I’ve found: [Explain your username!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=158404) [What does your username mean?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=151863) [How did you get your username](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=99187) [Your username?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76454) [Doper user names and their origins](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=98693) [Explain your user name](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19091) [What does your username mean?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=165569) [What’s the story behind your username?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69008) [How did you choose your username?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35192) Now, noting that I am neither a moderator nor an administrator, the above previous threads on this subject were in both IMHO and MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-for-question-about-usernames/160196/4 "2003-03-10T02:35:37Z")
I’ve seen threads before asking for the stories behind usernames, and they were in IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![brianmelendez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-for-question-about-usernames/160196/5 "2003-03-10T03:20:02Z")
Thanks, everyone, especially **lel**. (And next time I’ll remember not to make the mistake of posting without searching first–a newbie mistake that I ought to have figured out by now!)