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Steven @ Microsoft

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Registered: 2017-12-12

Posts: 47

Is it possible to change/modify our username for the OSM forum?

Hi, I just want to modify and update my OSM username. Is this possible?
Thanks
Steven

stephan75

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Registered: 2008-05-28

Posts: 2,918

Re: Is it possible to change/modify our username for the OSM forum?

I only found the followigh hints:

https://help.openstreetmap.org/question … t-possible

https://help.openstreetmap.org/question … e-on-forum

https://help.openstreetmap.org/question … -help-site

... but no more information about name change at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Accounts

Martin Borsje

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From: Puth

Registered: 2011-10-22

Posts: 3,187

Re: Is it possible to change/modify our username for the OSM forum?

I guess you have to start a new account; the issue is that older OSM edits are linked to your account and I guess that link cannot be changed.

kocio

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From: Warszawa

Registered: 2013-09-04

Posts: 3,567

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Re: Is it possible to change/modify our username for the OSM forum?

I think you can change the name, because the forum seems to use numerical ids internally, for example: https://forum.openstreetmap.org/profile.php?id=105456

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mmd

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Registered: 2010-11-06

Posts: 2,150

Re: Is it possible to change/modify our username for the OSM forum?

I think you can change the name, because the forum seems to use numerical ids internally, for example: https://forum.openstreetmap.org/profile.php?id=105456

That won't work that way. Once you change your username on osm.org, the numeric user id remains the same on osm.org. However, when you log on with your new user name on forum osm, this will essentially create a new user (+ user id) on the forum.

Matching user names on the forum is solely done via the user name, and this user name (+password) is used for authentication against osm.org. The forum's internal numerical id is really irrelevant here. It also differs from your numerical id on osm.org.

Bottom line: links between forum and osm.org users are only based on user name. Any change here will break those links.

Last edited by mmd (2018-03-07 22:01:10)