that might confuse the mods, because then they wouldnt know which one to kick out

If you say so, Slug

Some help please. How do I change my name (on this forum, that is. I am happy with it in real life.)? I cannot find any method in the profile section.

That's because there is no method in the profile section. E-mail an administrator (X, RandyC, or Blade) and discuss it with them.

ditto...

p.s. you beat me to the punch, yet again

maybe his name tomorrow should be

D.Phunch


by the way, do you want to go paintballing?

Actually the kids want to go, and I'll have to chaperone, even if it means splattering paint on some co-workers. I may just bring a bucket or two of Sherwin-Williams.

OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH... I didn't get what was so funny about MasterBaiter up until this post... I get it now

Whoa, long time no see! Where have you been?

FYI, I've been saying two weeks in my emails, so I've just changed the rule to reflect that.

hmmm...no one seems to need that for me

Good policy... although some people may need a name change so more people can recognize them.... (i.e. Topbunk)

Who do I contact regarding this? Blade is gone (going by the FAQ) and I PM'ed X and Pilot and have heard nothing back.

you are no longer able to officially change your name.. but if you tell us what name you want to go by, we still all just start calling you that, sally.

In the current FAQ, it states the same as on the first page of this thread. The only reason I bumped this was to try to get to speak with an admin on it.

Is that so Sally?

look, bitching and moaning about changing your name will get you no where Sally. i've been trying to change my name to 'pimpdaddymack' for years to no avail. so forget about Sally.

Trying too hard. 1/5

wow...talk about thread bump...

anyways, did you try the contact us at the bottom of the page?

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/sendmessage.php

For the avoidance of doubt, the rules very clearly state that once you've made more than 1000 posts it becomes much more difficult for a name change.

In the recent past I've changed names for people with under 1000 posts in line with said rules. I've also changed the names of reviewers who'd been asked by Geoff to use their given names and who wished to return to anonymity once they'd stopped reviewing.

One or two other people who used their surname have also been afforded the same courtesy. But I'm afraid that not liking one's forename being included in one's username, or preferring some standard nick across various forums is not sufficient reason to make an exception.

Is Luv/Luvdvd your actual surname? If not, I am afraid that there are no personal privacy grounds for allowing a change.

To clarify further, no additional leeway is given to paid up/premium members. To paraphrase another mod with whom I agree: <i>"I'd not want to make people pay for a name change. If it's an unpopular policy, it's still an unpopular one even if we make money from it."</i>

This is one instance where the fact of your long term membership - and 1000+ posting history - works against you. In other instances, Brian, picking a hypothetical example, if a moderator was finding a particular member to be a royal PITA for refusing to drop a topic or to see sense when an issue had been explained to him ad infinitum, ad nauseam, chances are he'd cut that long term member some slack before handing out a suspension for taking up excessive time.

Please note that this particular case has been discussed amongst the mods and admins and it has been agreed that to make an exception for you would be blatantly unfair on others who've been refused in similar circumstances and it could open the floodgates.

I hope that this makes the matter sufficiently clear and that you'll choose to accept the rules as set out all those years ago by Blade and not seek to circumvent them in any way.

Ever since Groucho became Gummo I don't know this place any more.

What about a name change because times have changed? For example brianluvvcr to brianluvdvd or brianluvdvd to brianluvbluray.. or brianluvlamp.

An answer in less than four months? That's some crack admining right there!

I kid, I kid. That's not crack admining at all.

better than no answer...

The rules are the rules.