No Thanks Staff member responsible for name changes only?

Not to offend anyone, but the admins have A LOT on their plates and tons more important things to take care of that aren't changing member's names. And I see a lot of people complaining about how they want their name change and how it's taking a really long time and how they wish someone was online to change their name.

Part of me thinks these people should just stay patient, but another part of me knows how frustrating it can be to really want a name change for whatever phase you're going through, and then it gets updated when you're past it and don't want it anymore because you're obsessing over something else. xD

I know that the admins are capable of doing their job and everything, but is there anyway there could be a staff member who's responsible for name changes only? Therefore the admins could simply focus on other things and since that staff member would have nothing major to really worry about, they could focus on getting the job done and name changes would be updated quicker.

Once again, no offense to anyone.​

 

I believe this a great idea....if it is given more tasks, 3 in the least...minor tasks that could be effectuated by this position. In which case it could be acceptable...I mean a name change isn't a big deal, and...yes waiting for a name change is a pain.

I could think that perhaps this staff member could change rep-mistakes(bad rep given accidentally), Change the names of members, and just deal with minor nuances in which staff sometimes dismiss, such as informing a staff member if something is wrong in their section, checking the forum issues thread so that the respective staff member gets to the section problem ect.

Putting it as a minor-cleaner is fine. And could work if he does the aforementioned.

 

I don't think that's possible first of all. They'd need access to the Admin CP, which would open a whole new set of options to them.

Secondly, if people are moaning about how long it takes to get their name changed then maybe they should just not change their name at all. It's called patience. If they think that they're going to be tired of the name by the time the admins get around to change it then they shouldn't change their name at all because they're going to be stuck with it for another two weeks. It's not like CtR and RvR fall terribly behind changing names anyway.

It seems a little... silly and uneeded.

 

I don't actually know if its possible for non-admins to be able to do that. Super Mods might be able to if they where given the access (if possible) but I doubt sectional mods would be able or allowed to have that sort of use.

I'm not really for or against it but I doubt it will happen for many reasons.

 

That is a good point, that's why I think that given more minor-tasks, then it could work, but, yes that would leave the person open to the Admin CP. It's not like a change in things would go unnoticed if the person went ahead and did as they would please. I mean, sure some people deem some suggestions lazy, or impatient, and quickly dismiss them, I find that highly strange....if you compare, using a remote control is being lazy too, but it is convinient; Going to fast-foods is impatient, but it helps it's purpose. So shooting down ideas because they seem lazy or impatient might not always be the way to go.

 

It is a great idea, but it's just like they said
they'd need access to the admin cp, which would make them an admin

 

I agree with this.

The staff member would probably be someone trustworthy, and it'd be a bit foolish for them to toy around with the other options and get themselves caught and probably banned.

EDIT: Looked it up on the vBulletin forums. Apparently it's possible as well as the option to allow members to change their own usernames. ​

 

Ooo. Well, if we can change our own usernames, it would be less for the staff to worry about, but it could be difficult to moderate. Somebody might think it's sooper funnay to change their name to penis or something.

 

That's a good point. I hope we do get this.

 

As much as that would be useful, it'd be better to have someone else do it, otherwise people would change their names constantly, or steal names, etc. So it is possible to give someone just that ONE power? Hopefully, that'll work

 

If that happened to be the case of letting people change they're name by themselves, then there would be SO much confussion, and it would look like how Myspace is.
I change my 'Display Name' on myspace maybe every week.
So just to think of this place.

 

Admins go onto the Admin CP to change usernames. On another forum I go on, all users can change their usernames whenever they want from the profile.

I don't think there can be an in between though. I think to be able for it to be changed by a select group such as the staff, it would need to be done via Admin CP. So I don't think it'll happen.

 

I think it's possible to restrict access to certain parts of the Admin CP. For example, spdude is the only all-out admin. CtR and RvR are limited in what they can do for the site.​

 

I am a member on another forum where you can change your own user name, but only every thirty days. That may work, or something along those lines.

 

Was it vBulletin? You have to remember, even though a feature may work on another forum system, doesn't mean it'll work for vBulletin.​

 

Oh, I forgot about that. I went to go check but it seems the site is actually gone.

 

Since name changes for premiums can happen at intervals of 2 weeks, we give a lot of slack so that they can do it more often than other places. As such it may take time for RvR or CtR to do the name changes. In the end, no staff member can solely be devoted to just that task as they -have- to be doing other things and it takes an admin to do it, which is a waste of the position if that's their only responsibility. I'd say that as it stands, the solution is to either make it so less name changes can happen for Premiums per year -or- they just have some patience so that the way things are now can remain as they are now. I'm betting most people want the second option. xD I would.

 

If it's really between those two, second option, definitely. xD

But what about what Breakeven suggested? A position that would require the name changes, as well as a few minor things. Stack a portion of the small things such as rep-mistakes together for the job. Or even maybe someone who would be required to actually step-by-step guide new members (who don't have a clue what their they're doing at all as well as not really understanding the rules and therefore become a nuisance) in addition. Would that make it worth it? If that makes sense.
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As good as this sounds, and it really sounds good, I don't think that this will and or even can happen...and if it did, I don't think this topic should be discussed in the general public, if it's alright, I am sorry....

 

Well, nah.

Because it's a good thing that it takes some time, then peepes can think it through if they really want the name change, and if it takes long time they can edit their post if they suddenly fancy something else.

Also seeing it as sometimes name jokes appear, often just among admins and peeps they know well (name editings for fun done by the admins on themselves or others) I for one wouldn't feel comfortable knowing loads of staff could enter the panel. No offense or anything, but I think 2 people is more than enough.