I second this. Right now, we review all new users when they join the Forum, including their names. We’d also want to review all name changes if users could make them, which isn’t too different from users asking us for name changes (though infrastructure allowing that would be nice to have someday).
For anyone who wants an example of how a username change could cause a prblem: If you try to use “Will MacAskilI” (with a capital “I” instead of the second “L”) as a username, you’ll be caught before your account is approved. So we’re also wary of someone changing their name to that and then pretending to be Will for a bit.
I second this. Right now, we review all new users when they join the Forum, including their names. We’d also want to review all name changes if users could make them, which isn’t too different from users asking us for name changes (though infrastructure allowing that would be nice to have someday).
For anyone who wants an example of how a username change could cause a prblem: If you try to use “Will MacAskilI” (with a capital “I” instead of the second “L”) as a username, you’ll be caught before your account is approved. So we’re also wary of someone changing their name to that and then pretending to be Will for a bit.