Question please

Good question, gabriele. You can privately message Forest. Click on @Forest and then choose Start a Private Conversation. He'll be happy to do it for you. Pick a good one! He can only do it once

 

Thanks JanA. All set. I'm happy to make a name change for privacy reasons.
http://www.tmswiki.org/forum/threads/how-to-change-your-username-to-protect-your-privacy.8475/

 

I can answer that, Mike - the name will be changed on the avatar on all historical posts, threads, and profile entries by the member. However, as you suspect, if someone else has used the former name in a response, that can't be changed unless each entry is edited. Looking back at two threads, I think that might have been done in this case, for privacy reasons. I checked on another recent name change to see what has happened to old posts. The original name was very anonymous, but also very negative. The member's avatar and profile all have the new name, but the original name still shows up in responses. One responder used "@oldname" and the old name still shows, but if you click the link it goes to the correct user profile with the new name. If that makes sense.

So the answer is that the old name will live on in responses unless it is specifically edited by the administrator (which can be done, but would not be done except in cases where anonymity is at risk - and typically the member will catch on very quickly before making too many posts).