xen.chris

First of all, pls. note i have searched for a topic in which there is the discussion of nick changing. Since i didn't come across nothing, i find myself in the position to make a suggestion to those who keep the forum: clean the name database more often, smth. like a 6 months period should be fine. The main criteria for those touched by this setting is the ones who have an account here since the begining of time & yet they didn't post once.
To link the aforementioned idea to what i particularily want, i kindly ask to have my nick changed to chrisTian. The user who registered this nick has created the account before me & yet he didn't post anything - link
If i got into this subject the wrong way, i can only hope one should see at least the good intention in my idea & after that proceed to next step.

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BlueMak

None of my business, but with 12 posts since May 2003 I think it is very funny to ask for this.

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xen.chris

Ooo, pls. give more details, you +9k poster. Should i wait until i reach that mark to ask that question ?
I thought it is more logical to ask a nick change than to create another user to suit my needs.
I've read the rules & i didn't see that this forum is against nick changes. If so, then pls. delete this account. After all, i have only 12 posts since 2003.
A signature with a picture of 600 x 400 which eclipses the only row written is smth. to consider changing - in my opinion, of course.

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BlueMak

The irony is just too good.
You didn't just ask for a name change. You asked for someone who has very few posts or none, to have his account deleted so that you can take it. And you have 12 posts in 7 years.
It's freaking hilarious.

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis
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Mousey

BlueMak's got a good point, Asking for favours usually requires putting a little something back into the community. And we're not talking just 1 burst of activity and the occasional thread a year to have a nick change.

Don't get me wrong Craig might do this for you if you want, But personally i'd ask for more activity and contributions first.

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xen.chris

There are 2 things:
- i proposed a database sweep to take place once a year. This sweep cleans all the accounts older than 6 months & with ZERO posts. (pls. read my first post, not BlueMak interpretations).
- i asked for a nick change.
If item one would take place, then i would have item 2, of course. Even if i don't have a nick change, i see that my first proposal isn't even worth reading & replying.
I don't like to post just a line into a thread, in order to reach x thousands posts in 2 years. I prefer to read much & to speak rarely. This is not a justify for the fact that i had created this account when i was young & when i was in a spree of creating accounts on every forum i encountered. Thus the lack of activity, since one cannot be present in more places at once, with same results. (Heisenberg principle modified). I must say that a if i had known this nick change would be so troublesome, than i wouldn't have spoken at all.
With these being said, pls. ignore as until now the first post & also this one. I will be present on DH forum with my nick which remainds me of another days & that's it.
PS: i have made use of your option to NOT see the signature & avatar. Now everyone is equal in my screen & i can watch the posts more clearly.
PS2: i don't see the request for a nick change to be asking for favours. As already mentioned, i didn't see anywhere that DH is not supporting the policy of nick change or that is completely forbidden or subject to consistent activity or is there another criteria upon each a nick change can occur or not.

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MIG-31

A six month (or even a year) clean is way to short imo..Im a registered member from the same year this very site opened in 2002.I can tell you now it took me at least 6 months (probably Longer) to make my first post here.

And Yes i have had a name change here also,Most of the old timmers here know who i was.

But im also sorry to say that you have no right to dictate on a user name you can use...

So i take it all you see is a post count Spammer... As i see it from what you are saying that towards (As i see iT) some of the most dedicated Members at HH IE: BlueMak..I would certainly not call him a one Line Poster....

If thats the case i wonder what is the opnion about myself,I currently have the the highest Post Count here..

Then why does a name change matter ?

I think the point of the previous posts,Is that no one knows who you are to begin with.

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Mousey

So my contributions and tutorials i've not only written myself, but hosted myself and shared are all post count spamming? My contributions and support in the hardware forums and the feedback given when asked for it are all post count spamming?

You're completely missing the point, Even if your opinion is short it's often worth sharing it to get feedback on it. 14 posts in the best part of nearly 7 years doesn't just say lurker to me, it says inactive. And if you ask me there's no point changing the username of an inactive member because it won't be used. It's like lending money to someone you'll probably never see again, You just don't do it.

Also, Database pruning would seem to make sense but from my experience running vBulletin forums it's never been a particularly stable or precise tool and tends to do a lot more harm than good. Which is why i went and installed an addon that removed individual accounts after x amount of days/weeks/months ect. However that is irrelevant.

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xen.chris

Guys, i'm not dictating anything. I was asking for a nick change.
You are correct, I might have offended him w/o knowing his contribution here. My experience on other forums has taught me that higher number of post doesn't necessary mean a high quality member of the community, more often being the case of a one line poster.
Excellent point - for me it won't matter anymore. (this doesn't mean i forgot about it).
Now if you say it so, i understand it all too well. And you are correct on your way of doing / judging things. Although i didn't encounter this mentality anywhere else until now.
I didn't contest that since it is the truth.
You are treating things way too serious - in my opinion.
To that i can only reply with a HELL NO kind'a answer. Anyone who spends of his own free time to help others is to be appreciated. Pls. note i don't get it why you got so inflamated about my words. They weren't ment for you. (of course this doesn't make a difference, yet your reaction i see it as an overreaction.)
I didn't work on any VB database, so i didn't know how technically applicable my saying was. Anyway, it is clear smth. is not working as supposed to. (if a X years old account with zero posts still exists ....)

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Grace

You guys are taking this way too seriously.

Xen_chris, your points were interesting and noted. However we rarely delete/alter old accounts, even if they appear to be inactive, for a great number of reasons. First and foremost, it is against our policy. We are not (and never were) against people using accounts just to read the forums without having to actively participate. We are not going to delete/alter any account if there isn't a serious reason for doing so. And a nick change is not such a great reason.

I'm afraid that you are stuck with the nickname you have now. I don't see why you worry about it anyway, your nickname is far better than most already.

Callandor

hey guys whats goin on in this thread

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MIG-31

If you really want a name change,Then its possibly best if you came up with one thats not currently on the database...

Then PM Craig5230 with the name..If hes in a good mood he may do it for you..

Only Admin has the options to do this..

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xen.chris

Grace thx for your kind words.
A change fm xen_chris to xen.chris is allowed, i believe. Pls. do it this way since both Christian & Christopher are taken.

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craig5320

Sorry I'm wading into this one a bit late!

I've given you the name you just requested. Nick changes are allowed at the discretion of me. We don't give users the ability to do it as it can end up very confusing when members are constantly changing names etc, but I'm happy to honour a request if I see no problem with it.

As for clearing out accounts, we don't do it, never have, never will; and certainly not so someone else can have their name.

Thanks

Craig

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Optix

I know that this is a dead issue and that nickname changes are at the discretion of Craig but BWAHAHAHA!

Is that what this was all about?



Too funny! This was LOLZ for the day!

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xen.chris

Thank you for it. Sorry for doing it so late.

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