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[Brandy1123]

The change with the login-password was horrible. it penalizes all the long time account holders who happen to chose a name before every iteration was obliterated.

 

since 2008 I have enjoyed my name and my time here. I use my account creation name - Brandy_123, almost everywhere. now, Everywhere except here.

 

it feels like this someone else's account.

[Guest deleted34304850]

Does anyone know what the reason is for disallowing certain characters from the user name field?

[Brandy1123]

the "help" was less then helpful. it basically put you on the same page to change it. no reason. just do it.

 

then it linked to a wiki page that didn't even say you could use numbers. it's description said caps and LC only

Edited December 9, 2019 by Brandy1123

[BigBizkit]

the "help" was less then helpful. it basically put you on the same page to change it. no reason. just do it.

 

then it linked to a wiki page that didn't even say you could use numbers. it's description said caps and LC only

 

We appreciate that some users have grown accustomed to their usernames and did not want to change them. However, it has de facto been a requirement for years now that usernames can only be alphanumeric. The change has become necessary as we are sanitising user data across the board with our new user system. We ask for your understanding.

 

This is the help page that is linked: https://help.nexusmods.com/article/110-why-do-i-have-to-change-my-username

 

It states:

"Usernames must be alphanumeric, meaning they can only contain letters from the ISO basic Latin alphabet and/or numbers. You can no longer include spaces, accented characters or any other symbols. "

[Brandy1123]

I get it and understand, but it wasn't a requirement when i created my account. This reply makes it feel like it was my fault there were no requirements back then.

 

i'll drop any more comments about it. thank you for the reply.