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Posted on 10-06-09 06:06:40 PM Link | Quote


ProBoards do allow users to change their own names. This means less work for the admins, but sometimes people abuse the privilege and change their names once every few days

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Posted on 10-06-09 06:07:50 PM Link | Quote
one of the various reasons it isn't on this board yet (the other being, of course, laziness)

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Posted on 10-06-09 06:09:21 PM Link | Quote
Supakitsune's post
Originally posted by Terra
ProBoards do allow users to change their own names. This means less work for the admins, but sometimes people abuse the privilege and change their names once every few days
There was a board I had been on that allowed users to have and change their own display names, with a limit of changes per month; about five, IIRC. Once that was gone, you were stuck with that display name til the end of the month. So if you decided to be a jokester and name yourself, say, five different curse words, then you were stuck as CUNTNOZZLE (for example) til then end of the month.

It certainly got its job done.

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Posted on 10-06-09 06:09:39 PM Link | Quote
ONCE A MONTH NAME CHANGES

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Posted on 10-06-09 06:10:14 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Supakitsune
[2:29:05 am] <@Supakitsune> so
[2:29:16 am] <@Supakitsune> re: admin extension
[2:29:33 am] <@Supakitsune> survey says?
[2:29:48 am] <@Supakitsune> (ONION BUBS)
[2:30:56 am] <&XkeeperLaptop> ?
[2:31:08 am] <&XkeeperLaptop> Oh, hm
[...]
[2:31:22 am] <&XkeeperLaptop> six extra days

(More or less.)

ONION BUBS! OH MY GOD ITS ONION BUBS!

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Posted on 10-06-09 06:14:53 PM Link | Quote


Originally posted by Supakitsune
There was a board I had been on that allowed users to have and change their own display names, with a limit of changes per month; about five, IIRC. Once that was gone, you were stuck with that display name til the end of the month. So if you decided to be a jokester and name yourself, say, five different curse words, then you were stuck as CUNTNOZZLE (for example) til then end of the month.

It certainly got its job done.


Yeah, that would probably work well

Or with the fad names at Jul, maybe allow temporary name changes that auto-expire after x amount of time (and can be expired early). Regular users would be able to do this to their own user accounts. Expiration times can be always the same (like 24 hours or 7 days), or set by an admin for all temp changes (like Halloween names all revert on 1 November), or both.


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Posted on 10-06-09 06:18:06 PM Link | Quote
It looks like you're trying to suggest a feature.
Would you like:

• Suggestions on good ideas?
• Advice on how to present it?
• Hints on what determines if features are added?

Hint on feature determination:
PROBABILITY_OF_IMPLEMENTATION = 1 - (COMPLEXITY + WORK_INVOLVED)

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Posted on 10-06-09 06:18:39 PM Link | Quote
SMWCentral actually just did away with the name change request abilities. The new rules are that you have one name change for future use and that's it, barring special holiday name change instances.

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Posted on 10-06-09 06:19:04 PM Link | Quote




I assume that there is also an identity (COMPLEXITY + WORK_INVOLVED) = 1?

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Posted on 10-06-09 06:19:55 PM (last edited by Xkeeper at 10-06-09 03:20 PM) Link | Quote
COMPLEXITY and WORK INVOLVED are the amount of time (in hours) it would take to complete design and implement said feature, respectively. So... yeah.

In other news I honestly don't see a reason to change how the system works now. There are always admins or IRC for name changes.

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Posted on 10-06-09 06:21:10 PM Link | Quote


Well, in that case, if something took more than an hour, wouldn't P be negative?

Sorry, it was just a thought, not "Xk DO THIS NOW LOL"

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Posted on 10-06-09 06:21:48 PM (last edited by Peardian at 10-06-09 03:28 PM) Link | Quote

Name changing like that would probably prove to be more of a headache than anyrthing, I think.


However, a (non-user-edited) profile field listing "Past Usernames" would be useful.

Edit: It could be manually edited by staff.

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Posted on 10-06-09 06:21:55 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Terra
Well, in that case, if something took more than an hour, wouldn't P be negative?

Sorry, it was just a thought, not "Xk DO THIS NOW LOL"

Yes, and attmepting to implement a feature with that would result in E_NOT_A_CHANCE.

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Posted on 10-06-09 06:23:14 PM Link | Quote
from _future_ import features

Syntax Error: not a chance

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Posted on 10-06-09 06:23:33 PM (last edited by Bob-omb8194 at 10-06-09 03:24 PM) Link | Quote
Originally posted by Peardian
Name changing like that would probably prove to be more of a headache than anyrthing, I think.



It would be a confusion to the staff, and to everyone really. Getting an Admin to do it is the best way. I'm good with my current name, however.

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Posted on 10-06-09 08:09:27 PM (last edited by Sukasa at 10-06-09 05:09 PM) Link | Quote
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Why not just have the actual username appear under the current name for staff members, to make that sort of thing easier?

EDIT: Of course, that would get E_ZERO_PERCENT_CHANCE, but

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Posted on 10-06-09 08:46:20 PM Link | Quote
What if you can change your name during certain time periods? As in, before Xmass and after Xmass (for example.) This way you can change your name yourself during the events and such!

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Posted on 10-06-09 09:01:27 PM Link | Quote
For a 'temporary change'...
Custom Title --> Also known as: *insert name here*

Perfect solution to Xk's laziness business. (Not workplace)

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Posted on 10-06-09 09:04:32 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Xkeeper
PROBABILITY_OF_IMPLEMENTATION = 1 - (COMPLEXITY + WORK_INVOLVED)


If only it was abs(1 - (COMPLEXITY + WORK_INVOLVED)), then all would be well.
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Posted on 10-06-09 11:04:44 PM Link | Quote
I'm currently in favor of having no name changes unless it is absolutely necessary, seeing how much trouble I have to go through investigating the identity of a user every time I see a new name with far too many posts to have joined recently. (Unless it's a staff member, as it's usually pretty easy to find out in such a situation.)

Of course, that's not very 'fun', but a man can still dream...
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