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Help! My screen name has changed? - 10/20/2009 4:52:22 AM   
ManimalX


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Greetings,

I am not sure where to address this.

For the past four years, my screen name has been as I created it: "ManimalX"

Yesterday, my name is suddenly all lower case letters: "manimalx"

I did nothing to change my name. I haven't monkeyed around in my profile except once a few months (?) ago to change my sig line.

Did one one of the mods make a boo-boo and change my name on accident? Did my account get hacked by a prankster who decided to only change my name?

I cannot change it back when I try to in my profile.

Help!

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RE: Help! My screen name has changed? - 10/20/2009 9:36:02 AM   
ta_mosquito


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We didn't change it. We don't have that capability.

To change it back, you'll need to change it to something else first, such as ManimalX1, then change it to ManimalX. The database is not case sensitive, you you trying to just change the caps makes it think someone is trying to change the screen name to an existing one.

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RE: Help! My screen name has changed? - 10/20/2009 10:48:50 AM   
ManimalX


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Ok, I will try that... any idea why it changed?

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RE: Help! My screen name has changed? - 10/20/2009 11:09:55 AM   
ta_mosquito


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No. It has happened to others, too, in the past.

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RE: Help! My screen name has changed? - 10/20/2009 1:06:09 PM   
Ps103


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We don't know what causes it, Manimal, but we aren't doing it to you

I remember the same thing happened to another member, and it was also the capitalization of letters. I have never heard of the system changing anything other than that.

If it happens, you do have to make sure you change it to something different (temporarily), because the system cannot tell the difference between upper and lower case when searching for screennames in use, and if you just correct the case it will tell you you already exist--which you already knew .

Looks like you are fixed up now.

< Message edited by Ps103 -- 10/20/2009 1:20:07 PM >


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RE: Help! My screen name has changed? - 10/20/2009 8:15:54 PM   
ManimalX


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Thanks everyone. I did as you suggested, changed it to something else and then back. All good now.

I still think its a conspiracy to mess with my head

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RE: Help! My screen name has changed? - 10/20/2009 11:47:55 PM   
Ps103


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::giggle::

We have *much* better ways of messing with your head...

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