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Title: User name
Post by: midnight on April 20, 2019, 12:06:32 PM
How can I change it?  I don't know why I chose -midnight.   

Thank you in advance for any replies
Title: Re: User name
Post by: bob3160 on April 20, 2019, 02:49:27 PM
Quote from: -midnight on April 20, 2019, 12:06:32 PM
How can I change it?  I don't know why I chose -midnight.   

Thank you in advance for any replies
You can't. You can start with a new user name but that means you start fresh.
Title: Re: User name
Post by: Secondmineboy on April 20, 2019, 03:19:32 PM
Quote from: -midnight on April 20, 2019, 12:06:32 PM
How can I change it?  I don't know why I chose -midnight.   

Thank you in advance for any replies
U can change it under Profile>User account
Title: Re: User name
Post by: bob3160 on April 20, 2019, 03:25:43 PM
Quote from: Secondmineboy on April 20, 2019, 03:19:32 PM
Quote from: -midnight on April 20, 2019, 12:06:32 PM
How can I change it?  I don't know why I chose -midnight.   

Thank you in advance for any replies
U can change it under Profile>User account
That changes the display name not the user name.
Title: Re: User name
Post by: midnight on April 20, 2019, 04:55:36 PM
]You can't. You can start with a new user name but that means you start fresh.

I would have to create a new account?
Title: Re: User name
Post by: Asyn on April 20, 2019, 05:58:18 PM
Since 2014, the username is your email.
Title: Re: User name
Post by: DavidR on April 20, 2019, 08:53:00 PM
Quote from: Asyn on April 20, 2019, 05:58:18 PM
Since 2014, the username is your email.

Yes, but that isn't used/displayed in the forums (logon/validation only), that is the Display Name.

What "-midnight" is talking about is the user name:
Quote from: -midnight on April 20, 2019, 12:06:32 PM
How can I change it?  I don't know why I chose -midnight.   

Thank you in advance for any replies

She is inadvertently talking about the Display Name.

As Secondmineboy mention:
Quote from: Secondmineboy on April 20, 2019, 03:19:32 PM
Quote from: -midnight on April 20, 2019, 12:06:32 PM
How can I change it?  I don't know why I chose -midnight.   
<snip>
U can change it under Profile>User account

My guess, is he has interpreted (correctly) what -midnight wants as changing what is displayed alongside posts.
Title: Re: User name
Post by: Asyn on April 20, 2019, 10:44:17 PM
Well, I usually don't dare to guess what she means, so I answer her questions to the point. ;)
Title: Re: User name
Post by: DavidR on April 21, 2019, 12:51:14 AM
Quote from: Asyn on April 20, 2019, 10:44:17 PM
Well, I usually don't dare to guess what she means, so I answer her questions to the point. ;)

You have to learn to read between the lines ;)
Title: Re: User name
Post by: mchain on April 21, 2019, 06:12:09 AM
Quote from: DavidR on April 21, 2019, 12:51:14 AM
Quote from: Asyn on April 20, 2019, 10:44:17 PM
Well, I usually don't dare to guess what she means, so I answer her questions to the point. ;)

You have to learn to read between the lines ;)
Shouldn't be necessary, but you never know- ;)
Title: Re: User name
Post by: midnight on April 21, 2019, 12:47:07 PM
I don't want to create a new account so I'll just keep the user name I have now.  I still don't understand why I can't change it.  Guess it doesn't really matter.

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Title: Re: User name
Post by: CraigB on April 21, 2019, 12:51:27 PM
Quote from: -midnight on April 21, 2019, 12:47:07 PM
I don't want to create a new account so I'll just keep the user name I have now.  I still don't understand why I can't change it.
You can change it "Profile/Account Settings".
Title: Re: User name
Post by: midnight on April 21, 2019, 12:57:11 PM
Thank you CraigB I might do that.
Title: Re: User name
Post by: bob3160 on April 21, 2019, 04:18:07 PM
Quote from: Beverly J on April 21, 2019, 12:57:11 PM
Thank you CraigB I might do that.
As already stated, you can change the display name but, you can't change the user name.
Title: Re: User name
Post by: CraigB on April 21, 2019, 04:44:57 PM
Quote from: bob3160 on April 21, 2019, 04:18:07 PM
As already stated, you can change the display name but, you can't change the user name.
If you had understood the first post correctly (How can I change it?  I don't know why I chose -midnight) you would have known it was the displayed name which she intended to change.
Title: Re: User name
Post by: bob3160 on April 21, 2019, 05:34:03 PM
"User Name" how do I change it was the question.
We aren't in the guessing game. :)
Have a Happy Easter.
Title: Re: User name
Post by: CraigB on April 21, 2019, 07:35:34 PM
Quote from: bob3160 on April 21, 2019, 05:34:03 PM
"User Name" how do I change it was the question.
We aren't in the guessing game. :)
"""How can I change it?  I don't know why I chose -midnight""" was the question and statement, User name was the "Title" that was incorrectly stated but easily understood once the subject matter was read
Title: Re: User name
Post by: bob3160 on April 21, 2019, 07:40:20 PM
Quote from: CraigB on April 21, 2019, 07:35:34 PM
Quote from: bob3160 on April 21, 2019, 05:34:03 PM
"User Name" how do I change it was the question.
We aren't in the guessing game. :)
"""How can I change it?  I don't know why I chose -midnight""" was the question and statement, User name was the "Title" that was incorrectly stated but easily understood once the subject matter was read
Have it your way if that makes you feel better.
Title: Re: User name
Post by: CraigB on April 21, 2019, 07:43:43 PM
Thanks, now it's a Happy Easter ;D
Title: Re: User name
Post by: midnight on April 21, 2019, 09:31:28 PM

Thank you CraigB I might do that.
[/quote]As already stated, you can change the display name but, you can't change the user name.

I know that
Title: Re: User name
Post by: bob3160 on April 21, 2019, 09:49:42 PM
Quote from: Beverly J on April 21, 2019, 09:31:28 PM

Thank you CraigB I might do that.
As already stated, you can change the display name but, you can't change the user name.

I know that
The why did you ask how to change the user name ???
Title: Re: User name
Post by: midnight on April 22, 2019, 12:25:37 AM
I'm sorry but I have nothing else to say..

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