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23-Dec-2007, 07:33 PM #1
brevity police
What is wrong with short names? I have one name that I use everywhere and then some goomba like you says it has to be longer. Why? It's good enough everywhere else what makes your site so anal retentive?
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23-Dec-2007, 07:36 PM #2
Wow . . off to a great start here! ! !
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24-Dec-2007, 09:35 AM #3
It's set to accept 3 characters but I tried it and see that it seems to default to 4. I'll see what we can do about this.
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24-Dec-2007, 03:32 PM #4
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Originally Posted by RDX is long enuf View Post
What is wrong with short names? I have one name that I use everywhere and then some goomba like you says it has to be longer. Why? It's good enough everywhere else what makes your site so anal retentive?

Thanks for that....LMFAO
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24-Dec-2007, 03:37 PM #5
I'm not sure with an attitude like that you'll be around long enough to get a name change.
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24-Dec-2007, 06:56 PM #6
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28-Dec-2007, 07:23 PM #7
KMW checking in.

my name's to long.

Three letters are just to many. Can I just have the letter K?
think of the wear and tear I'd be saving on the other two keys
think of the time saved, I could go and do my laundry.

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29-Dec-2007, 05:43 AM #8
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Thanks for that....LMFAO
Thats what I'm thinking.
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29-Dec-2007, 09:31 AM #9
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Thanks for that....LMFAO
Next time, Leave the "F" at the door please.
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29-Dec-2007, 09:38 AM #10
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Next time, Leave the "F" at the door please.
I think thats a British term Cookigal

Laugh my fat you know what cant decide which name for bottom is banned here off ...



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29-Dec-2007, 09:48 AM #11
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I think thats a British term Cookigal
With that user name you think the F stands for fat........... you must need something sweet quickly...

I'm actually surprised the username was allowed...
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29-Dec-2007, 09:50 AM #12
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With that user name you think the F stands for fat........... you must need something sweet quickly...

I'm actually surprised the username was allowed...
Why ?? and Yes i do ...
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29-Dec-2007, 10:25 AM #13
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What is wrong with short names? I have one name that I use everywhere and then some goomba like you says it has to be longer. Why? It's good enough everywhere else what makes your site so anal retentive?
You're off to a great start. I see Karen is checking on this, quite frankly, I would have already shown you the door with that kind of a comment.
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29-Dec-2007, 10:46 AM #14
Im googling the g word its a new one for me
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29-Dec-2007, 10:55 AM #15
As of 30 June 2007 --

Fourteen members have one-character user names:
0 (zero)
A
C
D
E
G
J
K
m
p
R
T
V
X

135 members have two-character user names:
AB AD AG aj AK al An AP
ba bb BC bd BJ Bk bs bt bw BZ
cg ch CJ CM CP CT CW
DA db dd df dg Di DJ dk dl dm dr DS dv dw
ec Ed ej ET ez
F1 fa FQ
g6 ga GC GH gm GP gt
h8 HB
ib ic
JA JB JC JD jg jj jl Jo js JT JW
KC kg kj kk km KP Ky kz
lc LF lh Lo LR LS Lu
mc md Me MG mj MK ML mm Mo MP Mr MW
NK
pb PD PJ pk PR ps
Q7
ra rc RF RG RJ rk RM ro RT
SC SD sk sn sp sq ST Su sw
tc TJ tk TL tm TR TT TW
UP
vs
wd
yb

4,230 members have three-character user names:
[Too many to list here.]

If one-, two-, and three-character user names are no longer allowed, there must be some grandfathering going on.
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