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General Category => Suggestion Box => Topic started by: guizonde on November 28, 2014, 06:04:02 pm

Title: A way of keeping track of who's who
Post by: guizonde on November 28, 2014, 06:04:02 pm
hey, i know a lot here enjoy changing names, but it tends to confuse me when i see a new name and 2k+ posts and i'm wondering who is that. would it be possible to have a thread (or a way) dedicated to keeping track of who's who? maybe in the profile stats a tag like "formerly known as xyz" or something.
Title: Re: A way of keeping track of who's who
Post by: Sigmaleph on November 28, 2014, 06:22:57 pm
While people can change display names, the username always stays the same. You can find someone's username in their profile.
Title: Re: A way of keeping track of who's who
Post by: guizonde on November 30, 2014, 01:50:37 pm
While people can change display names, the username always stays the same. You can find someone's username in their profile.

i thought you could, yet i don't know where to find it. for instance, witchyjoshy's gone by 3 or 4 names since i signed up, yet nowhere in his profile can i find his username historic or his original username, that's why i asked.
Title: Re: A way of keeping track of who's who
Post by: Dr. Weird on November 30, 2014, 06:36:44 pm
It used to show up in the url linking to a user's profile, but somewhere along the line SMF changed that, and now it shows a user number.

It could be that Sigma sees the original username because he's the Admin.
Title: Re: A way of keeping track of who's who
Post by: dpareja on November 30, 2014, 06:38:55 pm
It used to show up in the url linking to a user's profile, but somewhere along the line SMF changed that, and now it shows a user number.

It could be that Sigma sees the original username because he's the Admin.

Yeah, all I see is a user number, and I suspect admin privileges are why Sigma can see user names.
Title: Re: A way of keeping track of who's who
Post by: Sigmaleph on November 30, 2014, 08:53:44 pm
So it would seem.

I think I know what the problem is, I'll try to fix it either tonight or tomorrow depending on time.
Title: Re: A way of keeping track of who's who
Post by: SpaceProg on November 30, 2014, 11:03:50 pm
Yeah Sigma, you need to check your Admin privilege.



I couldn't resist.
Title: Re: A way of keeping track of who's who
Post by: Sigmaleph on December 01, 2014, 07:47:59 am
Alright, should be working now.