Arrgh! Name Change (not by choice)
[NS]Gawdly
24-02-2005, 14:07
My nation (Gawdly) had been receiving a message on login, stating I needed to give an email address or I would not be able to log on to the Jolt forums. This had never happened before, so I gave my email address, then clicked on the "validate" link once I had received my confirmation email.
Now, "Gawdly" with a post count of 1500+ has become [NS]Gawdly, with a post count of 1.
Can this be changed/reversed?? Am I even in the right place to get help on this??
Thanks,
The Artist formerly known as Gawdly
Gawdly']My nation (Gawdly) had been receiving a message on login, stating I needed to give an email address or I would not be able to log on to the Jolt forums. This had never happened before, so I gave my email address, then clicked on the "validate" link once I had received my confirmation email.
Now, "Gawdly" with a post count of 1500+ has become [NS]Gawdly, with a post count of 1.
Can this be changed/reversed?? Am I even in the right place to get help on this??
Thanks,
The Artist formerly known as Gawdly
This is an unfortunate side-effect of some new code put in. Your original account was signed up in the brief period of time where you didn't have to supply an e-mail address to use the forums. So when you visited your settings page and put in a new e-mail address, for some reason it created a new Jolt forum account. (When there's already a forum account with the same name, it places [NS] in front of it.)
You should still be able to log into 'Gawdly' manually. If you visit http://forums.jolt.co.uk and log into it through there, it should all be working fine.
[NS]Gawdly
24-02-2005, 14:42
Thanks Myrth...maybe I need some more coffee, but the link you provided me brings me to the main page, but I cannot find anywhere that will allow me to log in manually. Ideas?
Erastide
24-02-2005, 15:24
scroll down to the bottom of that page and click the "logout" link.
Then you should be able to login as Gawdly or any other nation of yours.
imported_YourWorstEnemy
24-02-2005, 15:55
If I remove my email address and then put it back, would I be able to become [NS]YourWorstEnemy instead of imported_YourWorstEnemy?
SalusaSecondus
24-02-2005, 16:32
Gawdly, if you post here with both Gawdly and [NS]Gawdly, I can merge them for you (under the name Gawdly).
YourWorstEnemeny, probably not. You'll most likely keep the name, and please don't try.
[NS]Gawdly
24-02-2005, 19:22
Thanks Salusa...but that sounds like WORK for you, and far be it for me to ask a volunteer to work even harder. I'll just keep using the work around...but many thanks for the offer.
The Most Glorious Hack
25-02-2005, 06:30
It's not that much work. Gawdly's user ID is: 144023
SalusaSecondus
25-02-2005, 07:29
Gawdly']Thanks Salusa...but that sounds like WORK for you, and far be it for me to ask a volunteer to work even harder. I'll just keep using the work around...but many thanks for the offer.
Actually, it's work for Jolt, not for me, and they get paid.