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Why Can't I Change My Name Back?
 
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Neil
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0. PostPosted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 6:22 am    Post subject: Why Can't I Change My Name Back? Reply with quote

why cant i change my name back to Hey! Its [Neil]?? it says username is disallowed or something, hmm wait, did i get banned?? E19.gif

Edit...Nevermind E4.gif
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1. PostPosted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 6:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You haven't been banned.

It's because "[" and "]" have been added to the set of characters that are not allowed in user names.

They mess up the format of the text when someone replies to a thread and quotes people with brackets in their usernames.
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2. PostPosted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 8:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

oook i gotcha
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3. PostPosted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

when I saw the title, I thought you were just trying to name your name back and somebody stole your name or something while you were something else.
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4. PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2003 2:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used to be J Dogg, but then when I changed to XhaD someone took it. E13.gif
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5. PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2003 10:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

XhaD, you mods are crazy.
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6. PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2003 11:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am but a reflection of the users I deal with.
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7. PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 6:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

did we ban the creation of names with the brackets or are we forcing users who currently have it to get rid of it?
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8. PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

IguanaGrrl still has the [ and ] brackets...I think it's only for the ending part of the username.
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9. PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 7:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The brackets are banned altogether from new usernames; if I were to try Xhad[TWG] it wouldn't work.

I don't think we've officially asked anyone to change their existing names, but even if we do I don't see a reason to bother unless the person's name is screwing up the quote code.

EDIT: Just to clarify, having brackets in your name doesn't screw the code if they are closed, but banning "[" and "]" from new usernames is easier than checking to see if they are done such that there are no open brackets hanging.

It's not worth the trouble to validate brackets as opposed to banning them, but it's also not worth the trouble to go on some kind of bracket witchunt against people whose names don't cause any problems.
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10. PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, so nyeah nyeah E10.gif

And also because mine don't mess up the bbcode formatting since they close properly.
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