Hi, I have a user on our hosted solution who has reported not being able to change their username. They have provided a screenshot and there is no edit icon next to their existing username. [画像] Additionally, they have option to delete their account, although I think this may be because they ha…

There are multiple settings in Admin > Settings > Users that you will want to review. Below are a few username change period delete user max post age delete all posts max

Hi @cpradio , thanks for such a prompt response… Ironically, I have recently reverted from an admin to a moderator - I can’t access those settings now… humpf.. I have had my account only two months longer than the other account in question and I have the ability to change my username, I’m guessing …

Hi Dean, That probably explains why I still have the option then. I fully appreciate I could change theirs, but wanted to get to the bottom of why the user couldn’t - I wasn’t aware of the username change period setting, will see if I can get hold of an admin at our end to check… guess I should ha…

Amongst a score of settings you’ll find if you search for “username” is username change period [画像] It’s generally a Bad Idea to change usernames. If it’s changed, previous referrals to that user break. That’s why it’s so short.

Thanks for this, I hadn’t considered the linking back via tags and so on - I had explained to the user about familiarity in the community etc but of course, this is a very good reason! I’ve heard back from one of our admins who also stated it was currently set to 3 days, so this must be what it is …

[画像] pfaffman: It’s generally a Bad Idea to change usernames. If it’s changed, previous referrals to that user break. That’s why it’s so short. Is this still the case? cc @team

Looks like that approach works for self-hosted sites, is that correct? If so, our community is hosted by Discourse - is there a similar option for that setup?

I don’t think so, actually – I think we improved it so user renames are less traumatic. They still aren’t recommended as a daily or weekly thing, people renaming themselves. As a once-every-few-years thing, perhaps.

[画像] codinghorror: I think we improved it so user renames are less traumatic That’s great to hear! We don’t get requests often, but there is a user who’d like to change their username for privacy reasons (to hide their last name). Is it safe to say that we can do that for them without losing …

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DeanMarkTaylor (Dean Taylor) 2017 年 5 月 10 日午後 6:15 4

I believe moderators are allowed to change usernames

Allow the Latin case of a username to be modified (without switching to a different spelling first)

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