How to retroactively change my "posting name" for past posts?

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I've changed my member name in my account settings. Is there a way for past codeproject.com discussion/forum/comment entries to reflect that new name instead of my old account name? (My motivation: privacy.)

Thanks for any help.

Posted 20-Aug-11 2:43am

areyoulookingatme

Updated 20-Aug-11 3:26am

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Richard MacCutchan 20-Aug-11 12:48pm

You cannot change the names in previous messages as far as I am aware.

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thatraja · Answer 1 · 2011-08-20T04:05:00

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Post this question in Site Bugs / Suggestions[^] forum.

I have a dirty suggestion, create a new account in CP. Also you can delete your old account by CP admin(Once you created your new account).

Posted 20-Aug-11 4:05am

thatraja

Updated 20-Aug-11 4:56am

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Smithers-Jones 20-Aug-11 10:46am

Yes, creating a new account would be probably the easiest and fastest solution, and since OP has posted only nine messages and this one question so far, he wouldn't lose many rep points either.

thatraja 20-Aug-11 10:54am

Yeah, I checked his profile before the suggestion.
Thanks Smith. BTW I'm waiting for your funny comments in Q/A section :D

areyoulookingatme 20-Aug-11 12:22pm

Thx. Per deleting original account: this http://www.codeproject.com/KB/FAQs/MemberFAQ.aspx#twoaccounts suggests that the comments/posts (NOT articles... but rather comments on someone else's article/project) will get deleted. Is that correct?

If so, could be slightly problematic as there's some open feature requests/discussions going on per those comments.

Any chance the account "deletion" could simply be changed where the name/account reads "Anonymous" or some such... and keep the comments (which my new comments are made under a new account I create)? Or is that not possible either... and/or am I completely missing the point...? (Apologies if so.)

Worst case I guess: I restart the "in play" comment threads under my new account. Any other options?

thatraja 21-Aug-11 1:37am

AFAIK there is no way to achieve that by us, But Admins can. So post your question is that forum(which I have mentioned in my answer).

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Aug-11 22:52pm

My 5, but I disagree with dirty suggestion. Why doing dirty things, by the way? :-)
--SA

thatraja 21-Aug-11 23:58pm

:) Just an alternate way