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| bio | website | |
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| age | 31 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 7 months |
| seen | Jun 22 '12 at 18:00 | |
| stats | profile views | 0 |
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Oct 4 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Oct 9 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Oct 9 |
awarded | Editor |
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Oct 9 |
revised |
Should people be able to change their usernames? adding clarification on part 3 |
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Oct 9 |
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Should people be able to change their usernames? @PaŭloEbermann Sorry I wasn't clear; I meant a "page not found" error would come up, but would include a link to the user's new page. Personally I'd recommend against a 301 redirect, as it doesn't give visitors a chance to update their bookmarks (and they may not realize they need to do so). Edited as such :) |
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Oct 7 |
comment |
Should people be able to change their usernames? @KristianAntonsen: That's why I suggested having a "counter cookie" that tracks whether the visitor actually went to the old user's page -- if they don't do so within a few visits, assume they're intending to visit the new user's page and hide the banner. Also, I mentioned expiration of the "name history" in part 2 (so a page isn't forevermore cluttered with "previously used by" banners) ;) |
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Oct 4 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Oct 4 |
answered | Should people be able to change their usernames? |
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Oct 4 |
comment |
Should people be able to change their usernames? The problem with this is, people may still use the old URL (say janesmith) to reach user1's page for some time (even after the name change to janedoe), and then suddenly when user2 signs up and tries to select "janesmith", she gets it, and now suddenly people who'd been using user1's old link are seeing user2's content with no explanation as to why. I just thought of a possible idea for this though... see my answer... |
