# Manage pseudo renaming correctly

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/manage-pseudo-renaming-correctly/17458>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [11 يوليو 2014، 9:28ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manage-pseudo-renaming-correctly/17458 "2014-07-11T09:28:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![CamilleRoux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/camilleroux/32/119575_2.png) [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)\
**Post date:** [11 يوليو 2014، 9:28ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manage-pseudo-renaming-correctly/17458/1 "2014-07-11T09:28:49Z")

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Apparently, renaming a pseudo breaks all the previous mentions. Is it possible to update all the previous links?

Some ideas:

- Find all the previous mentions and replace them (can be time consuming)
- Save the unique ID instead of the pseudo in the post

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