A Suggestion for Name Changes

[~JCGJ~]

May I suggest that we make an ordainance declaring that those members who have decided to change his or her name are required to put a "Was previously _______" note in the signature, for at least a couple of weeks (until we all get used to the new name)?
Because, I, personally, do not enjoy having to mill my way through a person's previous posts, searching for mentions of their name or posts that I recognize, or bang my head against a hard surface in an attempt to remember which member(s) had X number of posts (or any number of other, rediculously tedious methods) in order to (hopefully) determine who the ambiguous character turns out to be.

It is simply a suggestion; do with it what you will.

*END OF RANT*

(because no post by ~JCGJ~ would be complete without Mr. Green. Please to not mistake his presence as evidence that I am not completely serious)

[bookworm]

I don’t know if that’s something that could be enforced as a requirement, but I think most people do it anyway as a courtesy.

[Moontide]

People that don't attach their signatures by default may have problems.

[The Kings Daughter]

When I was a kid we just had to muddle through and figure out who the strange person was.

I was seriously afraid you were going to change your name, Mr. Green. :/ (Come to think of it, what does your name stand for? )

I don’t know if that’s something that could be enforced as a requirement, but I think most people do it anyway as a courtesy.

I like this idea. But then, I've only changed my name once..

[~JCGJ~]

(Come to think of it, what does your name stand for? )

J.C.G.J. stands for Jonathan Christian Gabriel Janzen, which just happens to be my full name. The tildes are just there because I likes them. ~ ~

[SirWhit]

We can change our names? What is this non-SS-sanctioned black magic?

[Knight Fisher]

Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

[Catspaw]

We can change our names? What is this non-SS-sanctioned black magic?

People are not able to change their names on their own, but you can always PM an admin (such as myself) and ask for your name to be changed. It really only takes a few seconds to do it, so if you want to change your name, send me a PM!

[Whitty Whit]

People that don't attach their signatures by default may have problems.

He's alive!!

[bookworm]

It used to cost money. It still should.

[~JCGJ~]

It used to cost money. It still should.

I agree with the bookworm; it would give us more things that we could actually do with the money.

[bookworm]

And it would prevent people from just doing it on a whim.

[darcie]

One thing we never had with the phpBB3 upgrade was a shop that was as well written as the original. There was a name change function in this one, but it was super buggy and not worth having available. But the upgrade had to happen, regardless. Hopefully we can upgrade our code again and perhaps something like that can return!

[~JCGJ~]

Well, we could just have Catspaw (or whoever is tasked with the Name Changing duties) accept whatever the decided upon amount is, before she'll change anyone's name.

[Anemone]

I don't see a problem with charging monies in order to get a name change.

[snubs]

It used to cost money. It still should.

I agree with the bookworm; it would give us more things that we could actually do with the money.

And it would prevent people from just doing it on a whim.

I agree. I think some kind of fee would be nice is in order.

[Catspaw]

I think this has come up briefly in the past. I'm not against having a fee that people have to pay, but there aren't a ton of requests, so using the fee as a way to stop a flood of silly name change demands isn't necessary. It would be a way for people to use their funds, but to make it reasonable and accessible for newer members, I wouldn't want to make it too high, and a small fee won't really change the amount of money that older members have anyway. At this point I will not be adding a fee, but if Shadowpaw loves the idea and wants to make that change, that's fine, or else during our next election season in a few months, perhaps a team will want to take a stance one way or another.

[Angel]

Oh Catspaw, you're so logical!
My first reaction was, "We don't charge anymore??" but it does make sense.
As for the suggestion that started the thread, I believe it is brilliance, (that is, for people to just do it, not for enforcement).

Edit: Also, I forgot I made money with posts, huzzah! One more dollar.

[Agent 86]

I've had ^AIOluver^ in my sig since I was AIOluver... I don't have really anything against it, but during events when people want to change their name to match the theme...

[Whitty Whit]

Oh Catspaw, you're so logical!
My first reaction was, "We don't charge anymore??" but it does make sense.
As for the suggestion that started the thread, I believe it is brilliance, (that is, for people to just do it, not for enforcement).

Edit: Also, I forgot I made money with posts, huzzah! One more dollar.

Woahh! First moontide, and now Angel??!