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Originally Posted by Linus
The request must be public. It will be easy to tell anyways since older posts will also reflect the name change.
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Thanks, Linus.
No, my point was that since the name gets reflected in all past posts, if it isn't made public, then we wouldn't know the original poster.
Like, if I asked you to change my name to Fred through a PM, and you did so, DapperButch would cease to exist (appropriately). So, then if Sally Sue is looking at an old post and didn't know about the name change, she would think to herself....hmmm...I thought it was some other Butch who started that thread...I thought DapperButch started that thread...who is Fred?
If the name change does have to go through the name change thread, then Sally Sue can look to that thread to see who Fred is. So, I am glad it it that way.
That's what I was saying.
Thank you.
