Old usernames?

Chuckles · 05-27-2008

How come in the old, old usernames, there are periods after them??

Like .Goku SSJ or .Mr popo (these aren't actual usernames to my knowledge)

Beautiful Illusion · 05-27-2008

Aren't they like, accounts that've been moved from forum to forum (say, MFG 3.0 to MFG 4.0) but haven't logged in since the move? Or something like that?

The Electron Zone · 05-27-2008

Yeah, my old one was changed from Detingo13 to .Sum-41Freak then merged to my new one

**Punxx** · 05-27-2008

Yes they are old accounts that were moved during forum migrations. Everyone was sent an email to reactivate their accounts and in doing so would remove the dot before their name. Havins said that I believe there is a way to resend that email should it be necessary.

**Ace** · 06-03-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuckles

How come in the old, old usernames, there are periods after them??

Because when I merged in the old posts from IPB, there were some account names that conflicted with the existing names. There were cases where an account on IPB was used by a different person with the same account name on CS. If I could tell for sure that the accounts were used by the same person (by comparing the old and current email addresses), then the accounts were merged. Otherwise, I created a new account with a dot in front of the name, so that they were different from the old names.

I then sent email to all of the old accounts with instructions on how to reactivate them.

05-27-2008	#1 (permalink)
Chuckles Naruto Ranked (24) Gobi Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Who wants to know? Posts: 3,082 Blog Entries: 5 Rep Power: 37	Old usernames? How come in the old, old usernames, there are periods after them?? Like .Goku SSJ or .Mr popo (these aren't actual usernames to my knowledge) __________________ CHUCKLES Motha fuckin pokemon.....

05-27-2008	#3 (permalink)
The Electron Zone Naruto Ranked (25) Rokubi Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Between The Wakes Of What Seems Death And Life Posts: 4,298 Blog Entries: 7 Rep Power: 58	Re: Old usernames? Yeah, my old one was changed from Detingo13 to .Sum-41Freak then merged to my new one __________________

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Punxx Administrator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 4,508 Rep Power: 200	Re: Old usernames? Yes they are old accounts that were moved during forum migrations. Everyone was sent an email to reactivate their accounts and in doing so would remove the dot before their name. Havins said that I believe there is a way to resend that email should it be necessary. __________________ Much love to Goku for the sig...! \|\| Praise Manic for the sweet avy MFG Rules: Don't be a Dumbass!