Ok, that sooke guy has magically transformed into Ian yesterday. In case anyone else is wondering what happened to him. Amazing how technology can change you like this



IAN = SOOKE = IAN


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LOL

I notice I am not the only metamorphasis to take place on this forum. (redrum, stealth) to name two that I have noticed.


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I used to be youradds, then AndyNewby, and now Andy.

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Funny how we get shorter (at least our alias's do) and it seems to revert to our real names.

I guess the "fear" of someone knowing who you are goes away.... I mean, who really cares right?


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What's up with the dot in Andy.? Someone got your name already? I was suprised Alex found Ian for me.


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Oh...I emailed Alex ages ago about getting "Andy", but he never got back to me on it So I had to put up with a dot there ;)

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Maybe you Verterns should get first crack at names which people dont use anymore. Or better idea: how about removing accounts which are not active for more than a year?? People might not like this.... but you dont have to delete the posts, just asign the name a number 12312312321 instead. Give the "names" to active users of the forum.


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Sounds like an iodea. Maybe something like 'guest1231' or something..I wouldn't wanna be the person who gets assigned to that task though

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Oh I agree... but I am sure a simple perl routing could do this in a heartbeat... take the nasty job away from the human!

Gforum know that date you signed up, as well as your last post..... minus the two and if there are no posts inbetween, newname = "oldname" .= %randomnumber; or something


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Here he goes again...getting all technical

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I was normal before I joined this forum. Now I can't help but write in code! I blame all of you for this (just kidding).


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Just my opinion but I think old usernames should remain even when they are not active for awhile.

Some people do come back after being gone for a long time, and at times for a matter of reference it's good to be able to search by username for threads by a specific user. I find myself doing this often in the DBMan forum when I find something interesting and want to view all related posts for that type of database by a specific user.

When usernames are changed all threads posted revert to the new username :(

I think it's very confusing when people keep switching their username :) You form a reputation with your username and I think rather than changing your username you should just choose a NEW one and leave the old threads in tact, so to speak.

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I have to agree with you there Lois. You also often find a few old veterans such as Mark Bodalto and GClemmons don't frequent here anymore but do pop in from time to time, even if this 'time' is a few months apart, and it's nice to see their status preserved.

Saying this, though, I'm sure there's been some consideration of this on Alex's side while re-generating old usernames, and that they have been done on a very limited basis and under some scrutiny.

- wil

Yes, I'm sure Alex would only do this under certain circumstances :)

I'm not sure how long it's been since JPDeni has been online, but I would hate to ever see her removed. I'm even please she still remains the top moderator for the DBMan forum.

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