+Sagefox Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 I want to change our account name from Team Sagefox back to the original Sagefox. We own both names so first I tried to change the Sagefox name to Temporary Sagefox and the Sagefox Temporary. That way I could then move to Team Sagefox and change it to Sagefox. But... In trying to change the S name to either of the temporary variations the response is that the name is unavailable. But for what reason? Neither of these names are an account. What can I do next? 1 Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Team Sagefox said: I want to change our account name from Team Sagefox back to the original Sagefox. We own both names so first I tried to change the Sagefox name to Temporary Sagefox and the Sagefox Temporary. That way I could then move to Team Sagefox and change it to Sagefox. But... In trying to change the S name to either of the temporary variations the response is that the name is unavailable. But for what reason? Neither of these names are an account. What can I do next? A new username can't have any spaces, nor certain symbols. I'm not sure you can use a previous username without special assistance from Geocaching.com. Your plan seems complicated enough to ask before you even start. Maybe they can save you some steps. Edited October 30, 2020 by kunarion 2 Quote Link to comment
+Sagefox Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 40 minutes ago, kunarion said: A new username can't have any spaces, nor certain symbols. I'm not sure you can use a previous username without special assistance from Geocaching.com. Your plan seems complicated enough to ask before you even start. Maybe they can save you some steps. Thanks a bunch. I will try the no space option and the throw out the sos if that doesn't work. Quote Link to comment
+Sagefox Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 1 hour ago, kunarion said: "A new username can't have any spaces..." That was it! It took less than two minutes to make both changes. I would not have thought about the space because our name always had that space in between the team and sagefox. Things have changed over the 20 years. Thanks, again. You made it easy. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
+IceColdUK Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 It does seem to have messed up your Forum entry though... Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 1 hour ago, IceColdUK said: It does seem to have messed up your Forum entry though... That's because the forum software is still using there username with a space in it. I logout/login on the forum might fix it. Quote Link to comment
+HunterandSamuel Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 16 hours ago, kunarion said: A new username can't have any spaces, nor certain symbols. I wondered about this! I noticed many usernames with spaces and symbols but couldn't do it with my mine. 2 Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Because it would have been an enormous change across the board, the no-space rule came into effect for new usernames, and existing names were kept as is, effectively grandfathered. Quote Link to comment
+Sagefox Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 16 hours ago, IceColdUK said: It does seem to have messed up your Forum entry though... It now appears to be corrected. Signing out and back in with the new name seems to have fixed it. 1 Quote Link to comment
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