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Username Possible Confusion

VERYinterested · 2009-12-09 16:08:44

I have been registered as 'VERYinterested' since June 2005, I see someone else has registered as 'very interested' in the last day or so. I think the names will lead to confusion, is it possible to intervene please?

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09-12-2009 5:08pm

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VERYinterested

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I have been registered as 'VERYinterested' since June 2005, I see someone else has registered as 'very interested' in the last day or so. I think the names will lead to confusion, is it possible to intervene please?

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#2 09-12-2009 7:06pm
Sparky

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VERYinterested wrote: »

I have been registered as 'VERYinterested' since June 2005, I see someone else has registered as 'very interested' in the last day or so. I think the names will lead to confusion, is it possible to intervene please?

Im afraid not

A user is named Sparks and I'm Sparky.

Some I sometimes get a PM that is intended for Sparks

Best thing to do is to implement an avatar that is different than that user also and a signature that people will know is yours etc etc

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#3 09-12-2009 7:18pm
Gordon

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You can always subscribe to change your name.

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#4 09-12-2009 7:41pm
VERYinterested

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Thanks for the suggestion on the Avatar thingy, not sure how to do it, will try. I don't really want to change my name, I have sent the new user a PM to see if they'll consider changing, they may not have been aware of using almost the exact same user name as mine.

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#5 09-12-2009 8:22pm
Gordon

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Change avatar settings via your UserCP.

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#6 09-12-2009 11:25pm
VERYinterested

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Cheers, thanks for that.

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