Is there any way to change one’s display name on this forum? Maybe I’m blind, but I wasn’t able to find such a setting anywhere.

5 hours ago, Markus Hanke said:

Is there any way to change one’s display name on this forum? Maybe I’m blind, but I wasn’t able to find such a setting anywhere.

IIRC, Admins like @Cap'n Refsmmat can do it, but Mods nor Members cannot

When I go into my profile, in the upper right corner of the picture I have there, there's an Edit Profile gear, but next to it is a pulldown for several options. At the bottom is Account Settings, which brings me to an Overview where I can supposedly change my Display Name.

Display name appears but edit option does not, at least not for me as nonstaff member

Non-staff apparently can’t, though there was an iteration of the software where you could soon after you registered but it went away after a certain number of days or posts. The likely rationale being that changing display names will confuse people in discussions once they can associate content and/or a style with a name. I think one can see how that could be abused, much like a thing that some sockpuppet accounts try to leverage.

I see, thanks for the replies.

In that case, do we have some official procedure whereby one could request a display name change from whoever is able to actually make that change?

I’ve been considering changing mine (for personal reasons)…but it isn’t a big deal, if it causes too much hassle.

10 hours ago, Markus Hanke said:

I see, thanks for the replies.

In that case, do we have some official procedure whereby one could request a display name change from whoever is able to actually make that change?

I’ve been considering changing mine (for personal reasons)…but it isn’t a big deal, if it causes too much hassle.

@Cap'n Refsmmat should be able to do that for you via PM.

Great, thanks. I’ll consider it.