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Tagged with users display-names
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Is it possible to manually update one's display name on comments/answers/etc. to avoid deadnaming? [duplicate]
Two months ago there was a question asking about whether it would be possible to implement some semi-automated tool for changing one's username in past comments, answers bodies, etc.
I've recently ...
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Name changes: updating past comments, alerts, and similar upon specific request
Alright, so - there have obviously been past questions about updating one's username, e.g. Changing user name does not update @lerts / cites?, Change all @username references in comments when a user ...
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Why are Unicode characters allowed in usernames?
I find it to be very informal,
Some names can vary between Japanese letter/words (for example!) or mathematical notations.
It makes it way harder to find these accounts in a simple search.
For a site ...
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Why was my username changed without notice and can I change it again?
Yesterday, I changed my username and avatar picture to reflect something I find cool and interesting, combat ready rotary-winged aircraft (who didn't love the show Airwolf!).
For clarity the username ...
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Disallow user names which result in unclickable links
This is not a duplicate of Why are usernames allowed to be composed entirely of non-visible Unicode characters? as that simply asks why this ability exists. This is a feature request asking for this ...
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Why aren't questions/answers/comments necessarily anonymous if votes are anonymous?
This is not a duplicate of questions asking about features that would allow users to post anonymously or about whether or not anonymous posting is allowed. I am asking why should the user/reputation ...
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Why is the contributor's user profile accessible with his/her posts, if it may potentially lead to biased voting?
It's often noticeable in various SE communities, that a post by high rep user attracts more votes & less scrutiny compared to a low rep users. That is nicely discussed in below post:
The problem ...
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What is the shortest but surest way to describe my user account for others to find?
What is the shortest but surest way to describe my Stack Overflow (or other Stack Exchange) account?
For example, in conference speaker bio fields I cannot provide a link and do not want to include a ...
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Can I use Stack Overflow usernames in an academic paper?
I am writing a paper about Stack Overflow users, and I would like to mention some interesting findings about some users of the SO community. Is it OK to do so? Do I have to ask them personally or ...
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Can user names have a filter on whacky chars?
Is it too much to ask that "whacky" characters be prevented from being used in user names, so we don't have users like this one whose name renders as L̲̳o̲̳̳n̲̳̳g̲̳̳p̲̳o̲̳̳k̲̳̳e̲̳̳.
I'm all for ...
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A person using dictator identity in profile
Currently a persistent person is creating this user account in various SE sites, and then joining various chat rooms.. RegDwight has run out of moderation options for this. Can devs or other community ...
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Significance of the users like 'user<random number>' [duplicate]
It's been more than a month since I have started using stackoverflow. It has these users with user names in the format of "user-random number". I have observed them in some of the stack activities, ...
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Help! There are a hundred of me — Puppy Overflow [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Discourage people from using non-unique usernames
We're all Rebecca Chernoff \o/
The other Loungers decided to have a bit of fun whilst I was afking, and a truckload of ...
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Editing display names and copying profile to all Stack Exchange Network accounts results in no entry for change in name in other sites
As a mod, I can head over to a user's profile page & look up info on their account history - login/logout dates, suspension dates, change in display names and so on.
However, if a user changes ...
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Make the "past names" list public info for 30 days after changing your name
So this new feature just got rolled out...
There's a new numerical field in user profiles called "past names" which when clicked will display a dialog listing previous usernames and when ...
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