# Who handles name changes now? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 22, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-handles-name-changes-now/728497 "2015-08-22T01:26:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-handles-name-changes-now/728497/1 "2015-08-22T01:26:31Z")
Who handles name changes now that Tuba is gone? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-handles-name-changes-now/728497/2 "2015-08-22T01:49:41Z")
Just PM a mod. They’ll pass it up the chain to **Ed** or **Jerry** or whoever handles them. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-handles-name-changes-now/728497/3 "2015-08-29T04:40:12Z")
The smart money \* says you should directly contact an admin, such as Ed Zotti. And no PMs, at least not at the initial point you make the request. For security they insist you use only e-mail, and only the one your SDMB account is currently linked to. - At least, I know that now. :o ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-handles-name-changes-now/728497/4 "2015-09-02T18:19:40Z")
Hmmm! That directly contradicts what **IvoryTowerDenizen** posted recently: > [@So, who should I ask for a name change now that \[b\]Tuba/b\] has stepped down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-should-i-ask-for-a-name-change-now-that-b-tuba-b-has-stepped-down/726228/4): > > PM any mod with the name you’d like to change it to and we’ll send it up the food chain. That was the source of my advice and I consider her a reliable source on the matter, although I am not a mod myself. Maybe she or another moderator can confirm that advice. Ideally, **Ed** should update the FAQ with the proper protocol, too. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-handles-name-changes-now/728497/5 "2015-09-02T19:06:23Z")
I’ve been handling most of the name changes simply because I’m the ATMB moderator and this is where folks ask about it. Really though, you can contact any moderator. We can’t make the name change ourselves, but we’ll handle a lot of the grunt work involved (verifying the request, making sure the name is available, etc) in order to reduce the workload on the admins. Once that is done, we will forward the info to an admin who will actually make the change. So the best thing right now is to contact a moderator. You can send us a PM if you want. For security reasons we will ask for you to send an e-mail with the request from the e-mail account that is listed on your SDMB user account, so make sure that your e-mail address is valid and up-to-date. Starting with a PM probably isn’t a bad idea, as e-mails sometimes get caught by spam catchers even though they aren’t spam. If you contact us by PM first, then if we don’t receive your e-mail we will at least know that it is coming and can check our spam folders. As always, if you have any questions, just contact us. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-handles-name-changes-now/728497/6 "2015-09-03T03:44:36Z")
So the OP’s name will now be **Found a Friend**? ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-handles-name-changes-now/728497/7 "2015-09-03T11:52:34Z")
Okay, I did not know that about mods reducing workload for admins by preliminary processing. I was wrr– I was wrr– I was… not exactly right. In fact, I did originally contact engineer\_comp\_geek before discussing a multiphase change decision with Ed Zotti. Since I did eventually need an admin I thought it would make sense to directly appeal to one. The server would not allow a double space in my original request. I asked for three periods in its place. I decided that had an ugly look to it, and then went in a rather different direction, although within the same theme. Ed Zotti was gracious enough to consider everything a single name change request, rather than three, and I am grateful. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-handles-name-changes-now/728497/8 "2015-09-08T14:20:56Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > So the OP’s name will now be **Found a Friend**? Strangely enough, I noted two people under the friends box had apparently solicited my SDMB friendship. One said she had been described as “intellectually hot”! 🙂 So yeah, maybe someday I will be known as Found Friends. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-handles-name-changes-now/728497/9 "2015-09-09T17:04:22Z")
> [@Find\_Friends](#): > > Strangely enough, I noted two people under the friends box had apparently solicited my SDMB friendship. > > One said she had been described as “intellectually hot”! 🙂 > > So yeah, maybe someday I will be known as Found Friends. That’s because they have no idea you are really–pulls back mask– **Trans Fat 0g**?!!! (Just kidding, I have literally nothing against you. Just thought I’d tell anyone who missed your public name change post last week–like I did.) ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-handles-name-changes-now/728497/10 "2015-09-10T18:00:28Z")
Pulling off my mask? Well, at least you didn’t sneak up behind me with a scissors, to see if the they would break when you tried to cut my hair. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-handles-name-changes-now/728497/11 "2015-09-10T22:55:07Z")
And, yes I realize it’s a mixed metaphor.