Is it safe to rename discobot?

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The discussion revolves around the safety of renaming Discobot. pixelemotion has already made changes to the bot’s profile and narrative, and is seeking confirmation that these actions won’t break the bot. ondrej and dax assure that renaming the bot is safe, with dax referencing a guide on customizing Discobot. ondrej adds that the presence of pencil icons for editing suggests that name changes are intended to be safe. merefield also shares their experience with creating a custom bot user, confirming that renaming is possible. pixelemotion and [/t/-/145794/7) express gratitude for the advice and reassurance.

1

Hello,

For relevance purpose I want to rename the bot.
Here is what I did in its profile :

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Then I changed the narrative in its profile:

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Will I break something doing this ?
Should I consider any other settings to be changed accordingly ?

Thanks for the help !

2

No you won’t break it.

3

Yes, it’s ok, see Customizing Discobot for your site for reference

4

Just put it this way… the pencil icons wouldn’t be there if changing name would break the bot :wink:

5

Yeah, I add a bot user with my Discourse Frotz 🧙 plugin. You can name it what you like :slight_smile: I figure a negative user id might have some purpose, so made sure mine had.

6

thanks for the article.

7

Good advice. So many options when setting the forum so just want to make sure I don’t break anything being too wild :slight_smile: