Why cant you allow Username editing ??

$SuperString · 10-03-2002, 09:55 AM

Hi,

I was a previous member and posted a couple of hundred posts on this forum, I had to change my Username (as my original one was to noticable to other people in my work place). anyway I would like to reclame my old posts and delete my old username. Can this not be enabled to users with more than 100 posts or something ??

Cheers

$SuperString formally known as (********)

jstarkey · 10-03-2002, 02:02 PM

Sorry, can't do it. With 30,000 users even 10% wanting a name change would take quite a long time.

austingecko · 10-03-2002, 02:21 PM

How about with the user name on vbulletin --- doesn't vbulletin's configuration allow for a user name change by the user? If it doesn't, I'm not sure I understand why it would not, there isn't a security issue, is there?

$SuperString · 10-04-2002, 04:48 AM

Fair enough, just though that vbulletin had that option (as phpBB has).
cheers anyway.

jstarkey · 10-08-2002, 01:50 PM

Sorry for the delay. Yes, changing user names is an option in vB 2+, but it's going to just cause a lot of crazy confusion and fill the database with "hello everyone, guess who I am" or "I'm xxx, just changed my name to xxxx" posts.

It would be chaos. It's ok with smaller memberships, but not with 30,000+.