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lissaselves
Joined: 28 Dec 2007
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 Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:43 am Post subject: Change of name |
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Is it possible to change my username? 
My current is not really to my liking and I would like to change before posting my first story.
However, I'm a bit confused as to what is the right way of doing it.
Advice, please? *holds out healthy(!)dark chocolate - not as a bribe, of course* |
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Alquawende
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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I can't wait to read your first posted story, Lissa!
I don't know if you can change your username here. I'd think they'd give you the option though. |
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lissaselves
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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lol - thanks, Alqua. I'm quite looking forward to it.  |
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Viv
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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Lissa, is it the story I'm thinking about? (*squeee*)
Robbie and Do are both in Australia, and I always forget the time difference. You might want to send them an e-mail to the support addy (might show up on their radar quicker). |
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lissaselves
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Viv wrote: | | Lissa, is it the story I'm thinking about? (*squeee*) |
Yes, the one you betaed. *hugs*
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Robbie and Do are both in Australia, and I always forget the time difference. You might want to send them an e-mail to the support addy (might show up on their radar quicker). |
Oh yes, I forgot! It's past 9pm over here; which reminds me: I'd better go feed the cat and the hedgehog before it gets dark. Back later! |
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dolarabee
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, we allow for name changes. It's not something we encourage, for obvious reasons, but when a member really, really has to, we'll do it.
I saw your PM. I'll handle it via the support address though.
do.
P.S. For those who wonder what those reasons could be, think of a someone who comes here and creates havoc under a certain name. When they realise no one likes them and want to start fresh, they go and change their identity, pretending to be someone else who has nothing to do with the mess they left behind. Unfortunately, that kind of thing happens more often then you think and that's why this name change is not an option we make readily available. It's to protect our community. We know who's who as admins, but as members you don't.
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lissaselves
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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| dolarabee wrote: | Yes, we allow for name changes. It's not something we encourage, for obvious reasons, but when a member really, really has to, we'll do it.
I saw your PM. I'll handle it via the support address though.
do.
P.S. For those who wonder what those reasons could be, think of a someone who comes here and creates havoc under a certain name. When they realise no one likes them and want to start fresh, they go and change their identity, pretending to be someone else who has nothing to do with the mess they left behind. Unfortunately, that kind of thing happens more often then you think and that's why this name change is not an option we make readily available. It's to protect our community. We know who's who as admins, but as members you don't. |
Thank you, Do.
Guys, my user name is now officially 'lissaselves'. Do told me I couldn't be just 'lissa' since there was already one member with that name. Just so that you know. 
I originally just registered on OSA with my email-adress (on some sites, you have to use that as username, and - new and inexperienced - I thought this was the case here, too). |
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Robbie
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:08 am Post subject: |
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| dolarabee wrote: |
P.S. For those who wonder what those reasons could be, think of a someone who comes here and creates havoc under a certain name. When they realise no one likes them and want to start fresh, they go and change their identity, pretending to be someone else who has nothing to do with the mess they left behind. Unfortunately, that kind of thing happens more often then you think and that's why this name change is not an option we make readily available. It's to protect our community. We know who's who as admins, but as members you don't. |
P.S. Same reason we don't appreciate duplicate memberships - where the same person registers under different names and e-mail addresses... right now, there are several hundred members like that that we'll soon clear out.
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Viv
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:02 am Post subject: |
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Several hundred? You know, sometimes I forget the scale of things that you guys deal with.
Good luck with that! |
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Robbie
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Thanks - Unfortunately I'm not exaggerating.
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dolarabee
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I guess for most it's people who come back to OSA a couple of years later and forget they already have an account so they create a new one. Either that or they don't remember their details and can't be arsed to ask us so they go and break the rule of duplicate accounts.
They're the ones we'll give a break to if they bother contacting us once all their accounts are suspended (every once in a while we try and do a clean-up).
Then you have the ones who know perfectly well what they're doing. They create two or more accounts and either use them to boost the votes and reviews of their own stories (or their friends') or 'gang up' on certain authors they don't like and make their lives miserable.
do.
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lissaselves
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| Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:38 am Post subject: |
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| dolarabee wrote: | | I guess for most it's people who come back to OSA a couple of years later and forget they already have an account so they create a new one. |
I can certainly imagine me doing that!  Think I've got the MLAS syndrome (Memory Like A Sieve - and of course I don't remember who taught me this expression ...  )
After my last computer crashed, I had a terrible time trying to recreate all my favorite links and remembering passwords and stuff, so I made a list with a.o. all my registrations and passwords etc (and there are many!). I mail the list to myself once a month, in case the new comp crashes (who am I kidding: of course it'll die on me sooner or later!)
Don't know how others manage; can you guys just remember everything off the top of your heads, or how do you do it? |
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SilverMoonLady
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I do what you do a lot of times -- if it's important, I email it to myself. It's how I back-up my stories, as well. Now, if I'd only remembered to send myself my 'research/timeline' files.... 
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NeumeIndil
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| Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:53 am Post subject: |
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Passwords etc. go on a 3"x5" card that I tape to my desk/wall. (Can't use an emailed password if you can't get into the email account, right? ) Stories etc. are automatically backed up in a different file than the one they're saved to (incase an individual file is corrupted by a bad save, etc.) and dumped onto a USB drive and/or CD every couple of months.
Of course, my hard drive had to die right before my 8 week back up point last month, so I lost at least 1 chapter of the Gamling/Morwen stuff and a bunch of other little tidbits (like all the character lists for the Breaking Type Challenge), but my Taller Half slaved my hard drive to his and salvaged most of it.
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Sulriel
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| Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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| NeumeIndil wrote: | Passwords etc. go on a 3"x5" card that I tape to my desk/wall. (Can't use an emailed password if you can't get into the email account, right? ) Stories etc. are automatically backed up in a different file than the one they're saved to (incase an individual file is corrupted by a bad save, etc.) and dumped onto a USB drive and/or CD every couple of months.
Of course, my hard drive had to die right before my 8 week back up point last month, so I lost at least 1 chapter of the Gamling/Morwen stuff and a bunch of other little tidbits (like all the character lists for the Breaking Type Challenge), but my Taller Half slaved my hard drive to his and salvaged most of it. |
I've been using an automatic online backup system. mozy. I don't like giving anything access to my system, but it's unlimitied storage for $4.95/month and it backs up everyfile that's been changed every 24 hours.
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