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1 2   UER Forum > Archived Old Forum Issues > changing of the handle name... (Viewed 663 times) Yaweh Qanna  Location: Burnaby BC Gender: Male toxic groove  |  changing of the handle name... < on 12/8/2004 8:25 AM >   why is it that we can only change our handle's once ever two months? do we lack the power to create individuality here? or is it just that, well, if i change my nick every three weeks or so to suit my mood, it might annoy the moderating powers that be. honestly, UE is about individuality as much as it is about forums and exploration. we all have our own style, but unfortunately, we can only express our creative style every two months when it comes to our names. strippers can change their name when they want to, so can i when i'm on MSN. i am now asking for that right for myself and all other explorers on the UER board. live forever or die trying Jester  Location: Vancouver,B.C. Canada Gender: Male Always just out of sight...  |  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 1 on 12/8/2004 8:38 AM >   It's because some people were abusing the changing and confusing the hell out of lots of people. So the name changing was made to last for 3 months I think... [last edit 12/8/2004 8:38 AM by Jester - edited 1 times] It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. Yaweh Qanna  Location: Burnaby BC Gender: Male toxic groove  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 2 on 12/8/2004 8:56 AM >   well to be honest, i find it a violation of my rights not to be able to change my name. i know that sounds immature, and that this is probably gunna end up being deleted, but honestly, its true. with the ol'UEA we could change it as much and as often as we wanted. however, here on UER, if we make one idiotic spelling mistake and don't realise it, you can't change it? or (in my case) you changed you name to promote the new U2 album, and want to change it back... somethin is a little wonky in the process here. i don't give a rats about confusing people. my handle will always have "Q-This" or "Q-That" in it. if you guys aren't observant enough to notice that there is a "find all posts by this user" link when you click on a user name...or that it lists every other name since that user was registered, and yet you're a mod? man, give me mod access to, after of course you change it so that we can change our handles at will, and we'll see what someone with some intelligence can do here... live forever or die trying Beryl  Not as fluffy as Av! Location: Germany Gender: Male Uncle Beryl  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 3 on 12/8/2004 11:02 AM >   why is it that we can only change our handle's once ever two months? do we lack the power to create individuality here? or is it just that, well, if i change my nick every three weeks or so to suit my mood, it might annoy the moderating powers that be. Nickname changing is annoying to others, serves no real purpose, confusing to those who see you or read your messages, and is a (frequently unavailable on other forums) special priviledge given to you by the administrator. Posted by How To Dismantle An Atomic Q well to be honest, i find it a violation of my rights not to be able to change my name. i know that sounds immature, and that this is probably gunna end up being deleted, but honestly, its true. You don't own this site; You don't have any rights. At all. however, here on UER, if we make one idiotic spelling mistake and don't realise it, you can't change it? or (in my case) you changed you name to promote the new U2 album, and want to change it back... If you do make an obvious error and miss it while spell-checking, then you can politely ask a mod or admin to change it for you, just like at any other site. They may not change it for you, and if they do not change it than you are merely stuck with your own "idiotic" mistake. man, give me mod access to, after of course you change it so that we can change our handles at will, and we'll see what someone with some intelligence can do here... 1) Give you mod access? Earn it. 2) I'm sure that calling the mods/admins of a site "of lacking intelligence" will help with (1). Licentious acrimonious puer æternus. Libertine. andrea  Location: Baltimore MD Gender: Female Apparently, I am heinous.  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 4 on 12/8/2004 1:42 PM >   Get over it. I am sure you have bigger problems in life. This place isn't about 733t nick names its about UE. This isn't boot camp and you are not a ninja. But you sure look like an idiot in that outfit. Avatar-X  Alpha Husky Location: West Coast Gender: Male yay!  |  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 5 on 12/8/2004 2:02 PM >   Beryl said exactly what I would have said. Good job, Beryl. huskies - such fluff. -MisfitStyle-   |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 6 on 12/8/2004 2:27 PM >   You a long way from home, son. "I feel like I just got in a battle of wits with some kid in a helmet I found licking a window." Need help? Please use the Contact a Mod forum — I'm slow to see PMs. el nerdo  Chief UER Lackey Gender: Male What are you, from the Department of Know'm Sayin's? You takin' a Know'm census?  |  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 7 on 12/8/2004 2:51 PM >   Posted by How To Dismantle An Atomic Q well to be honest, i find it a violation of my rights not to be able to change my name. Now this has got to be the funniest thing I've read on here in quite some time. What rights do you think you have here? [last edit 12/8/2004 2:51 PM by el nerdo - edited 1 times] Beryl  Not as fluffy as Av! Location: Germany Gender: Male Uncle Beryl  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 8 on 12/8/2004 2:56 PM >   Posted by el nerdo What rights do you think you have here? The right to remain silent, for one. [last edit 12/8/2004 3:01 PM by Beryl - edited 1 times] Licentious acrimonious puer æternus. Libertine. Shane  Moderator Location: Bronx, NY Gender: Male  |  |  |  |  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 9 on 12/8/2004 3:33 PM >   I agree with not allowing people to change their user names on a regular basis, but maybe we could add a feature that would let them revert back to their previous username if for some reason they dislike the new one. Ideally it would let them only change it to their last username before the change and they would still have to wait the 2 or 3 months to change it again to a new one. This would eliminate problems with people who change it and decide they don't like it, while not adding too much confusion. Kind of like an "undo" button for changing your username. Opinions? "Because there's no possibility of real disaster, real risk, we're left with no chance for real salvation. Real elation. Real excitement. Joy. Discovery. Invention. The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom. Without access to true chaos, we'll never have true peace. Unless everything can get worse, it won't get any better." -Chuck Palahniuk Beryl  Not as fluffy as Av! Location: Germany Gender: Male Uncle Beryl  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 10 on 12/8/2004 4:10 PM >   In theory, that doesn't sound like a bad idea if the "revert" function was limited to 2-3 days from the name change (and the 2-3month waiting period would still be in effect); although I am of the opinion that if that was possible, in practise, this would yield people making frequent stupid/meaningless/thoughtless temporary changes to their names... [last edit 12/8/2004 4:11 PM by Beryl - edited 1 times] Licentious acrimonious puer æternus. Libertine. Yaweh Qanna  Location: Burnaby BC Gender: Male toxic groove  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 11 on 12/8/2004 4:18 PM >   Posted by Shane I agree with not allowing people to change their user names on a regular basis, but maybe we could add a feature that would let them revert back to their previous username if for some reason they dislike the new one. Ideally it would let them only change it to their last username before the change and they would still have to wait the 2 or 3 months to change it again to a new one. This would eliminate problems with people who change it and decide they don't like it, while not adding too much confusion. Kind of like an "undo" button for changing your username. Opinions? getting better, but still...not exactly promote individuality amongst the conformity that is UER (honestly, not to knock the site, just the politics of it). i'm still failing to understand why it is that one cannot change their name, why everything has to be done through mods. and in regards to "owning the site", honestly, i don't think anyone in piticular "owns" this site. sure it has many people who contribute to it, and offer support by way of donation (which i won't get in to...), but i don't think anyone in particular "owns" it. if so, it would be those people, of which, i am, in a small way, part of. so, what rights do i have here? well to be honest i'm going to side with the fact that i am a canadian and i am protected under the rights granted to me by law i this country. my right to be an individual is guaranteed by the charter of rights and freedoms...so i hope that answers the one reply.. as is, i honestly do not have a problem with my handle name. i'm just questioning the process in which it sits as to why, if i was bored with the name i had, why i have to wait two months to change it. [last edit 12/8/2004 4:19 PM by Yaweh Qanna - edited 1 times] live forever or die trying Jester  Location: Vancouver,B.C. Canada Gender: Male Always just out of sight...  |  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 12 on 12/8/2004 4:29 PM >   As was said already, people changed their name too frequently and caused a lot of confusion. It fucks up anything anyone has quoted from a person, since that doesn't change, so when someone changed their name daily it was really hard to keep track of who was quoted saying what. As for owning the site itself, Avatar-X does. He pays the bills (with help from donations, but he still pays most out of his own pocket) and coded everything from scratch. It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. Avatar-X  Alpha Husky Location: West Coast Gender: Male yay!  |  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 13 on 12/8/2004 4:33 PM >   Your interpretation of your rights is a little off. This website is not a country, it is a privately owned website. You have no rights whatsoever, except for the ones we give you. You do not have the right to free speech, you do not have the right to break the rules. However, you do have the right to leave if our rules and regulations bother you. Before, it was possible for anyone to change their name as easily as changing your signature is. One person abused this feature too much, and as a result the new lock was put into place. Most of the rules on UER stemmed from actual problems, not because we want to control the members. huskies - such fluff. Crossfire  Location: Kay-Dub Gender: Male Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years.  |  |  |  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 14 on 12/8/2004 5:17 PM >   If you want to bitch at someone about the name-change policy, bitch at those responsible for abusing the system and forcing the policy to be put into place. C. Disgruntled. Frost  Location: K.Dot Gender: Male No beer makes Frosty go..something something..(Taz: Crrazzy?)..Dont mind if I doo!  |  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 15 on 12/8/2004 5:22 PM >   Wow, terribly funny that a bunch of explorers are actually discussing RIGHTS. I'm not siding with anyone here, but seriously, no one should be arguing about rights I don't care what side you're on. The irony that explorers would even think they can discuss rights is hilarious. We don't have the right to be entering abandoned buildings and taking pictures... Now rules around here generally stem from issues like AV said and in turn it is the community that votes upon such implications. Or at least voices an opinion. Although there is a bit of a point there to Q's post... we're a bunch of non-conforming explorers, who generally break the rules on a daily basis, and yet we sit here and try to enact rules and regulations, speaking about rights and the like. Just sad. The beginnings of an empire, the death of a personal hobby. [last edit 12/8/2004 6:36 PM by Frost - edited 1 times] Why is marijuana not legal? Why is marijuana not legal? Its a natural plant that grows in the dirt. You know what's not natural, 80 year old dudes with hardons. Thats not natural, but we got pills for that. We're dedicating all our resources to keeping the old guys erect but we're puttin people in jail for smoking something that grows in the dirt. el nerdo  Chief UER Lackey Gender: Male What are you, from the Department of Know'm Sayin's? You takin' a Know'm census?  |  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 16 on 12/8/2004 6:26 PM >   Posted by How To Dismantle An Atomic Q so, what rights do i have here? well to be honest i'm going to side with the fact that i am a canadian and i am protected under the rights granted to me by law i this country. my right to be an individual is guaranteed by the charter of rights and freedoms...so i hope that answers the one reply.. I think you've been watching too much TV. Those rights don't apply in private. You do NOT have the right to free speech in a workplace, let alone a website that is owned by someone else. Your right to be an individual under the Charter is NOT protected here. Like I said, you've either been watching too much TV, or have never taken even an introductory course in Canadian Law. I think the name rule is just fine as it stands. nostra-YOUPPI!  Umpire Location: Shahre:'on Kaybec Bonsoir et cest partie  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 17 on 12/8/2004 7:01 PM >   if you want to see uber control on a message board go to MLB its like pulling teeth to change ones name, there is incredible censorship where some words that are not even profane are removed. this is a fairly free place to post. You talk about changing your handle here, think of it like your actual name in the real world, you cant change that on a whim so why should you be able to do it here. the delay feature is a good idea in that you should be sure before changing it. If you change your name to "jiggle bumfart" then you have to live with it Montreal Expos 1969-2004 Forever Proud Lets Keep The Dream Alive el nerdo  Chief UER Lackey Gender: Male What are you, from the Department of Know'm Sayin's? You takin' a Know'm census?  |  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 18 on 12/8/2004 7:18 PM >   Posted by TRIBEFAN You talk about changing your handle here, think of it like your actual name in the real world, you cant change that on a whim so why should you be able to do it here. I have an idea... Like the real world, let's make people who want to change their names go before a Justice (aka Av), and pay a fee to have it changed. There. No rights violated. Just like the public world. oCtAnE  Location: TORONTO, CANADA Gender: Male EXPLORER AT LARGE  |  |  Re: changing of the handle name... <Reply # 19 on 12/8/2004 7:19 PM >   Q, I don't have a problem with you. I do have a problem with these flaws: Posted by How To Dismantle An Atomic Q getting better, but still...not exactly promote individuality amongst the conformity that is UER (honestly, not to knock the site, just the politics of it). The politics are only there when you create them with pointless threads like this one. If you stop going on about this, the politics will stop. i'm still failing to understand why it is that one cannot change their name, why everything has to be done through mods. Without mods there would be no order, and this site would be an anarchist's delight. and in regards to "owning the site", honestly, i don't think anyone in particular "owns" this site. Av owns the site. He pays for all of this, and spent his time making all of this possible. Know your role. Oh and you do have one right: You have the right to remain silent. It's really that simple. -Octane [last edit 12/8/2004 7:20 PM by oCtAnE - edited 1 times] FUELED BY OCTANE. UER Forum > Archived Old Forum Issues > changing of the handle name... (Viewed 663 times) 1 2   All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. 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