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When do I get my name back?
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Started conversation Nov 11, 2010
What's the progress on the "long names for h2g2 users" feature?
I went to upload a photograph and found my name truncated. 
When I went to reset it I discovered you had removed the "Display Name" field from my "Preferences" without announcing it. 
If I'd realised I could no longer reset my name I wouldn't have risked playing around with it. 
I'm *very* unhappy. 
When do I get my name back?
Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) Posted Nov 11, 2010
It hasn't been in My Preferences for a long time--you go to Settings (on here, not the same one you went to to add you photo) to change it now.
When do I get my name back?
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Nov 11, 2010
For a long time you had a choice; if you used "Preferences" you still got to use brackets and had a 128-character limit. They said they would try to keep that active until a "long name for h2g2 users" was available, 
When do I get my name back?
The H2G2 Editors Posted Nov 12, 2010
We are working on a site specific solution for H2G2 users only whereby you will be able to append your iD Name with a suffix or a tag. 
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When do I get my name back?
- 1: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Nov 11, 2010)
- 2: Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) (Nov 11, 2010)
- 3: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Nov 11, 2010)
- 4: The H2G2 Editors (Nov 12, 2010)
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