Request my username to be changed to ChessKnight ?

[Chessqueen]

I would like my username to be changed from ChessQueen to ChessKnight, Please.

[towforce]

I'm not sure that any of the people that operate this forum are sufficiently skilled in the use of MySQL to do that. In some ways, though, your name could be a source for personal growth - link.

[hgm]

I would like my username to be changed from ChessQueen to ChessKnight, Please.

[Admin] I only see this now. I don't see any reason to allow members to change their login handle, especially since the phpBB 3 software uses this as the main method for identifying the posters. I don't see anything wrong with the name 'ChessQueen', or why ChessKnight would be better. For being able to find old postings it is important the usernames stay invariant.

This morning I activated the account 'ChessKnight', because it was requested by someone who claimed to be 'Mike Knight', and I had not seen this posting. If that was you, I request you not to use that account, and I will delete it. The TalkChess charter forbids creation of multiple accounts, and lying about your true name is a rather serious offense in itself.

[towforce]

P78 of the manual (section 5.1.1 User Overview) indicates that you can change a user's name without having to directly edit the database - link.

If that's the wrong version, the other versions are here - link (the username change process is the same in all versions anyway).

It is VERY likely that posts will be linked to users with a userID - which would be an integer not a string - but if you can change a user's name via the software, this doesn't even matter anyway. If you did have to edit the database, it would just be one row in a table which would probably be called "user".

[Guenther]

P78 of the manual (section 5.1.1 User Overview) indicates that you can change a user's name without having to directly edit the database - link.

It is VERY likely that posts will be linked to users with a userID - which would be an integer not a string - but if you can change a user's name via the software, this doesn't even matter anyway. If you did have to edit the database, it would just be one row in a table which would probably be called "user".

You miss the point.

[towforce]

P78 of the manual (section 5.1.1 User Overview) indicates that you can change a user's name without having to directly edit the database - link.

It is VERY likely that posts will be linked to users with a userID - which would be an integer not a string - but if you can change a user's name via the software, this doesn't even matter anyway. If you did have to edit the database, it would just be one row in a table which would probably be called "user".

You miss the point.

Apparently, yes. A user wants to change his username. PHPBB 3.x has an easy way to do this. That's the main thing.

[hgm]

No, the main thing is that we do not want users to hide behind different names every time. So what is technically possible is totally irrelevant.

[Dann Corbit]

From the charter document:

TCAdmin wrote:
II - To prospective new members

New members are expected to sign up using their real name as indicated in the registration agreement, unless permission is obtained in advance from the website administrator.

Do not attach a website link to your profile unless it relates to chess or is your personal webpage.

Failure to observe these requests will void activation of your account.

[Chessqueen]

From the charter document:

TCAdmin wrote:
II - To prospective new members

New members are expected to sign up using their real name as indicated in the registration agreement, unless permission is obtained in advance from the website administrator.

Do not attach a website link to your profile unless it relates to chess or is your personal webpage.

Failure to observe these requests will void activation of your account.

In that case I would like to use my name George Pichard or Jorge Pichard whichever you prefer
Too bad that we can NOT change it ourselves at least once like in chess.com https://support.chess.com/article/493-h ... y-username

[hgm]

Well, that is what it already says as 'full name' to the right of your posting. In the previous phpBB version that would also be printed as posting header. Perhaps we will ever manage to make that happen again.