# Manage pseudo renaming correctly

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/manage-pseudo-renaming-correctly/17458>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [11. Juli 2014 um 09:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manage-pseudo-renaming-correctly/17458 "2014-07-11T09:28:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [12. Juli 2014 um 00:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manage-pseudo-renaming-correctly/17458/14 "2014-07-12T00:35:44Z")

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I was glad when I could change a username from testacct1 😉

Banging an existing inconsistent username to Discourse’s defination might have high effect during migration i.e. old names in to pseudo names  
By this I mean “not real but as similar as possible”, a fake. (so maybe faux-code, meh)  
IMHO making changes to have a looser definition is not a wise decision.  
giving affected members due time and sufficient Notice is a must do.

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