# Renaming users - YAY or NAY?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-users-yay-or-nay/74481>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 21, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-users-yay-or-nay/74481 "2017-11-21T04:53:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-users-yay-or-nay/74481/2 "2017-11-21T05:04:30Z")

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I think it’s a case by case thing. How long have they been a member? Are they aware of the ramifications?

I’d say in most cases it’s fine as long as you have communicated the impacts (which haven’t changed - prior mentions/quotes won’t work).

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