Changing nicks

Celt · 14-12-2002 5:09pm #1

Can you add another field in a persons profile showing the nick they registered with?

With the amount of nick changing going on it's getting fking annoying.

leeroybrown · 14-12-2002 5:13pm

Monkeying with the VBB PHP code and MySQL DB isn't really a good idea (things will break)

So your answer will be NO

oeNeo · 14-12-2002 10:58pm

Send Dev/Regi/Cloud etc. a PM with your credit card details and they will change your nick for you at a reasonable cost.

oeNeo · 14-12-2002 10:59pm

Woot 1700th post! Woot-woot! \o/

DeVore · 15-12-2002 1:25am

I dont agree with people radically changing their nicks. I certainly wont do it for people like Paddy20 or others who want to ditch a bad reputation. I've changed nicks for a few people under special circumstances but I'm not getting into changing nicks for people willy nilly...

The admins havent decided on a policy for this just yet but we may well do so in the new year.

DeV.

Celt · 15-12-2002 1:33am

Originally posted by DeVore
I dont agree with people radically changing their nicks. I certainly wont do it for people like Paddy20 or others who want to ditch a bad reputation. I've changed nicks for a few people under special circumstances but I'm not getting into changing nicks for people willy nilly...

The admins havent decided on a policy for this just yet but we may well do so in the new year.

DeV.

Anyone should be able to change there nick if they have a good enough reason, I'd just like to be able to see what there old nick was.

dahamsta · 15-12-2002 1:56am

Monkeying with the VBB PHP code and MySQL DB isn't really a good idea (things will break)

Nah, they won't. Configurable profile fields is a built-in feature of vBulletin. As long as you don't fsck with the original fields, it's fine.

adam

DeVore · 15-12-2002 1:57am

Actually I agree with you Celt, I would like a system whereby people COULD change their names at will (or as part of a supporters package perhaps) but their old name (the one they registered with) would stick with them.
That would be a nice solution to all the concerns, but right now we dont have the capacity to support that or code it.

I think it will come though.

DeV.

dahamsta · 15-12-2002 1:59am

I think everyone should be known by their uid's.

You are number six.

I am not a number, I am a free man!

Celt · 15-12-2002 3:13am

Originally posted by DeVore
Actually I agree with you Celt, I would like a system whereby people COULD change their names at will (or as part of a supporters package perhaps) but their old name (the one they registered with) would stick with them.
That would be a nice solution to all the concerns, but right now we dont have the capacity to support that or code it.

I think it will come though.

DeV.

iirc, ubb 6 was like that.
You had a username and you had a shown name, the username stuck with you but you could change the shown name at will.

Pity ubb never caught up with vbb(although I must admit to not looking at ubbdev.com for a long time).

Mercury_Tilt · 15-12-2002 11:22am

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Ste- · 15-12-2002 11:42am

Originally posted by dahamsta
I think everyone should be known by their uid's.

like the stonecutters in the simpsons ?
there is a way to find out ur no.
i think its right
if u scroll over the pm button in a persons post it displays the no. in the bottom left where it displays the link.

Changing nicks

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