User Name Amnesty
Posted by Fraser Lewry on 17 October 2008 - 4:32pm.
A couple of regulars have asked if they can change their user names, so I'm making it an official amnesty.
Perhaps you didn't realise you could have a space in your user name, and chose Roger_Waters or rogerwaters when you registered. I'll change it to Roger Waters for you. Perhaps you registered under a pseudonym, but are so proud of your contributions that'll you'd like to change your user name to reflect your real-world moniker: from grumpysod55 to Van Morrison, or something.
Speak now, or forever hold your peace.
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I'd like a change to my birth moniker....
Is the facility available via the "My Account" tab?
I'm afraid
That I have to do it for you.
If you're offering:
Could you swap mine from Nic to Nick, or Nick Orton if Nick's not available.
I was, briefly, on a one-man mission to eradicate the superfluous letter K. I'm over it now . Plus there were some shadowy types lurking around asking awkward questions of family members.
Cheers!
Done!
Plain 'Nick' was already taken. You may have to log in again using your new name.
Woo!
Thanks Fraser
sorry
I nicked nick for a nickname first.
Thanks Fraser
Can I lose my wholly inappropriate hippity-hop sounding Andy_B user name and simply go by my real name please?
Which is Andy Barrons.
The truth is out!
Cheers
Done!
Welcome aboard, Mr Barrons.
You're a fine man
Thank you
Can you...
Add my surname please....Sutherland, so its now David Sutherland
ta
Done!
Good to have you with us, Mr Sutherland.
Have you
no Friday night gigs to go to with the rest of The Word liggers? You are more than welcome to keep us old fogeys company while we wait to listen to the shipping forecast before we are put to bed...
I went out
And then I came back.
Fraser
Can you change mine to my full birth given moniker of "Bang Em In Bingham"?
Thanks Fraser
Lots of Love
Bang Em In
Bang Em In
It's done.
Oh, knickers...
... I'll have to come up with a good one - mine is fairly awful. How long do we get to change?
I'll plump for..
... Reno Dakota
Thanks in advance!
Done!
That's a nice bit of Aurora Borealis action you've got going on on your profile page.
The doctor said the cream should clear that up.
Cheers, Fraser - may all your days be happy ones.
Pantone 292
Considering that I've heard there's not an iota of kindness in you, you seem like quite a nice person.
Little things mean a lot
StevenC to Steven C - please sir.
Phew rock'n'roll!!
Done!
Thanks
.
Am in two minds
Whether to 'fess up. I like my anonymity but feel a fraud. Gonna sleep on it.
You could call yourself
Leedsboyzone! I on the other hand will continue to act as Courage The Cowardly Dog.
Yours under a mysterious cloak,
Springer Bell.
Oh no
I'm tempted.
May I have a space between
Fraser and M please?
Thankee!
Done!
Thankee
Thankee
I'd like to use my given name...
It's Shane P...DOH!
Name change please Fraser
Scott W
I will feel more like an adult and less like a seven year old now.
Thankyou
Done!
Thankyou.
.
I'm not going to know
who anyone is. OK, so I didn't anyway. Let me rephrase that : I'm not going to know who anyone was. Somehow this leaves me with a feeling of mounting insecurity...
Can I also have spaces to reflect my real name...?
Handsome P. Wonderful
Thanks
Done!
What does the 'P' stand for?
Thanks Fraser. Not that I'm not grateful but...
It seems to have changed my displayed name of Handsome.P.Wonderful (no spaces) to Handsome P. Won...
Any chance I can go back to what it was, if the system can't display my full name?
The P is for Peter, by the way
Duly
reverted.
Thanks Fraser
That's great.
Sorry to bother you, Fraser
But my nickname's getting on my wick. Ever since Mr Hepworth complained about people not using their real names I've felt a tad silly. So, Graham Johns for now on for me please.
Done!
Glad you made the leap.
Any chance
you can give me a space and my real surname Mackenzie, many thanks.
Done!
Thanks!
Do you get overtime for this?
I'll make the leap
Fraser - I'll go with my god given - Lee Rimmer. Thank you very much.
Done!
Any relation to Jimmy?
Nope
Nor Arnold.
And thanks btw.
Where are my manners?
Fraser - sorry but we need a 'before and after' post....
I don't know who anyone is anymore....
Yep
I'll do one on Monday.
Me too, please Sir!
After Mr Hepworth's rant a while back, I've been thinking about making the leap to my birth name: Sam Fiddian.
Done!
Thank You Fraser,
You lovely chap, you.
Sorry I have missed that!
Is there a problem with not using your "God Given" name on the blog? Would Word Tower rather we used our real names now?
Not a problem
There are plenty of valid reasons why you might not choose to use a real name. Anyone running a website would tell you, though, that posts from people using their real names tend to be more considered. The less anonymous you are, the more careful you tend to be with your words.
Thankfully it's not really an issue here - our 'anonymous' posters are an erudite bunch. So while we'd rather everyone used their real names, it's certainly not a problem if you choose not to.
Right, on the basis of the mass exodus
from anonymous to real I'll give this more thought. Because I did have valid reasons at the start, not so sure anymore.
Thanks
for the earlier name change.
Could I lose the H?
and change to Paul Thompson. Thanks.
Done!
Ch Ch Ch Ch Changes ....
I went originally with a place I was blogging from not a nickname so please change mine to
Martin Langkjaer
makes life so much easier
Done!
Can I change mine to...
Mike Hull
Thanks!
Done!
Um, as long as there's not two of me...
...I'm happy to change to David Perry.
Done!
Thanks!
I feel complete now.
Didn't you used to write.....
....Dad's Army.
Woops, sorry, Jimmy Perry. Your son?
You're not the first
to ask that question. And I doubt you shall be the last. No relation of Fred Perry, either.
I once had a history teacher called Mr Perry
He looked like Neville Chamberlain and had great difficulty pronouncing the word "Agamemnon".
I wonder if you could possibly be related.
I'm trying to imagine
how it could be possible to not be able to pronounce Agamemnon. Which bit couldn't he say?
I'd love to say, yes, that's my Dad, but he's not. The only teacher in my family was my Mum and she lasted a term.
It was a bit like Chris Morris's "O'Hanrahanrahan"
It went something like "Aganemanemanemnon", because he could never remember whether the "m" or the "n" came first.
The bit about Neville Chamberlain was my memory playing tricks. I can see him now as he truly was, with hair like Bela Lugosi and a Ronald Coleman moustache. He cut quite a dashing figure, I can tell you.
Yup
that's my Dad.
PS "Aganemanemanemnon" has made me laugh like a drain for about 5 minutes. Thanks for that.
This is a fascinating post.....
Your ill-considered colleague,
Retro.
(Erudition is extra)
Hepworth's Rant
I see mentions above of a rant from Mr H concerning noms de plumes, but I do not recall reading such a missive.
Would you be good enough Fraser, to put a link here so that those of us who remain incognito may consider it?
If truth be told
Neither myself nor Mr H remember such a rant. That doesn't mean, of course, that it didn't happen, but it does make it harder to pinpoint.
I've tried to find this too....
I think it led to the birth of "Heppo" as a term of endearment, if that helps....
Retters is on the right lines
It was nicknames of the Becks and Keano variety he was objecting to, not noms de net.
Noms de net unite!
Where would we be without Sting, Fish, Suggs, Macca, Hedge, etc.
I remember Jiving K Boots.
I'm still here
Slightly expanded. And for the moment will stay that way unless there is a complete bailout to real names. I'm not going to be the last man standing in the hall of smoke and mirrors.
Coo
ee.
Indeed
Archie...
You mean to tell me that's not your real name?
Gutted.
No.
In my real name there's an accent on the second "i", but HTML doesn't much care for it.
I blame my parents......
Retropath1. (Both of them)
I blame Archie's.
I considered Bufo Bufo
and Lutra Lutra, but decided to stay foxed.
Oh go on then
Please change me to my "maiden" name, which is Tony Fry. I went double barrelled on marriage but that name is very unusual and I'd hate for my wife to be associated with the nonsense I post.
Done!
lftony => Tony Fry
I'm in
Refering to myself as Spiderboy really is rather unfetching at my age, I believe I was drunk at the time of registering. My name is Gav Leonard and I want the world to know! Cheers Fraser.
Done!
spiderboy => Gav Leonard
me too
could you please change _spookydirt_ to something my mother would recognise ie, Andrew Cotterill, and not something you'd release an album of 3rd rate ambient electronic music under. ta!
Done!
_spookydirt_ => Andrew Cotterill
cheers!
my god, that was quick. thank you.
Many a slip twixt eye and mind.......
When Gav is written, well, word processed, in red, the "v" looks a bit "y"-y. I confess to thinking how refreshingly tolerant the world has become, finding the sober reality slightly disappointing.
Gav, in red.
I will admit that using my full given of 'Gavin' was tempting as the 'Gay' Leonard thing had not escaped my notice, then I thought, hey, this is a new, more adult frontier. I have since taken to writing 'Gav' on everything. In Red.
and me
please sir I wish to shed futile monicker and be accepted in the parish as an adult
Jon Whitney
Done!
jonny-belgique => Jon Whitney
good idea
thanks
Please. I'd rather be...
Bo Doogley, capitalized and gapped as on my birth certificate
Done!
Any chance...
...I could just change to my Christian name (if it's not taken as a nickname)? That'll be Joe
Joe
is already taken, I'm afraid.
If you're extending the deadline...
...then could I be Joe R (if that's not also taken) please Mr L?
Didn't you see the video?
"After that date, it gets tossed. Peace and love."
Done
feelingsinister => Joe R
Sir, you have a magnificent e-mail address.
Why thank you
It seemed the height of comedy when I was 15. Without wishing to publish it online, in case you were wondering, it relates to a Fast Show sketch about the rambling hiker.
Please add a space
so that I'm Neil Jung. It isn't my real name, but you knew that already didn't you.
Fraser knows all our names..........
But I know his.
I know where he works
and I can buy weapons in my manor.
Done
Name Change
Can I become BMoff instead?
Thanks in anticipation
Done!
Brian => BMoff
BMoff
I wonder if we're related?
Name Change
Can I change from roylevy to Roy Levy, please ?
Done!
roylevy => Roy Levy
The amnesty is NOW OVER.
What!
Again?
Yes, again
(I never made it clear on this thread)
Please
Get me to say my name backwards. I want to go home.
Regards,
Mr. Mxyzptlk
If we're still at this
Please can I be properly capitalised and dehyphenated.
Ta muchly
Done
nigel-legg => Nigel Legg
De-cloaking
I am regretting my anonymity. Please can I have a name now? (Mark Gould)
Thank you Fraser.
Oh.
Too late.
Ok, then
Just for you.
innominate => Mark Gould
What a nice man
Thanks Fraser.
For When I don't post anything about Liverpool Bands
Although the myspace page is Liverpool Bands and Liverpool Bands Friends - I keep finding myself drawn to other subjects so Tony Donaghey please.
Done
Liverpool Bands => Tony Donaghey
A privacy issue concern
One other music related* site I used to post on encouraged people to do adopt very obscure nicknames rather than using their real names, on the basis that there might be things that people had published that they wouldn't want to be seen by friends, family, employers etc as (apparently) many employers now check prospective employees by googling their details, checking facebook pages etc.
And interestingly, if you google "The Amorous Humphrey Plugg", after 3 or 4 Scott Walker related sites comes a link to my blog here...
*Discussion threads would get quite broad, often into politics, sex, relationships, family problems etc - generally more so than I find here
You're absolutely right...
But it's by no means compulsory. Like I say further up the page, there are plenty of valid reasons for choosing an anonymous username.
Can I be Dave P
Its more me
Thanks
Done!
pearsonjones => Dave P
If it's still available, can
If it's still available, can I be Niall Wright?
boring
can i just be Paul B please, no reason just fancy a change.