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Into exile I must go
Thanks for introducing me to a world of science fiction I couldn't imagine
I just joined this specific StackExchange about a month ago. I don't think there is a single post by you that I haven't read. ...
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User vandalised their account before rage-quitting. How best to resolve?
Unfortunately, as always acceptances are wholly the OP's decision. People can accept answers which are 100% wrong, or not accept answers at all, and there's nothing anyone else can do about it.
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Rand al'ThorMod
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Profile name has changed unexpectedly?
I checked your user history page (visible only to moderators) and it shows an "edit displayname" event on 2023-05-20 04:09:35Z where your username was changed from NJohnny to user92109.
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Rand al'ThorMod
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Relating various used usernames to users
Is there a way to look this up?
Not really. Past usernames aren't recorded on (the publicly visible parts of) a user's account. You might possibly be able to get some of this info using Data.SE, or ...
Rand al'ThorMod
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How can a user removed equal -2 rep?
Getting -2 from a 'User was removed' means that you got +2 from that user before the deletion of their account. The easiest way I can think of for this to happen would be:
you accepted one of their ...
Rand al'ThorMod
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Into exile I must go
You gave thanks to a lot of people in your farewell post,1 but the biggest one of all should be to you rather than from you.
Thank you, DVK
for your generally very high-quality questions and answers ...
Rand al'ThorMod
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Into exile I must go
Awww.
The internet is a strange place. I really don't know you, or anything about you. And yet I'm quite sad about this. You're contributions to the Harry Potter tag have been outstanding and I have ...
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Into exile I must go
I'm sorry to see you leave. I regret the fact that we butted heads, but I have enjoyed the times when we got along. You're a great guy, and you have been an enormous asset to the site.
I hope you ...
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Into exile I must go
I am sad to see you go, and I hope you won't be gone long. I have enjoyed learning from your many answers on this site (especially Star Wars). Thank you for your contributions -- your site reputation ...
NullMod
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Into exile I must go
The saying goes...
...and so they must
May I say THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING @DVK!
You've contributed so very much to this site and made it a much more knowledgeable place.
So, for now I say
and ...
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Is it alright to change my profile name again?
As someone who has changed usernames in the past, I'd say this, It's 100% your call.
I changed mine from my original username when I joined this specific SE and added a notice on my profile to let ...
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What should we do about duplicate, unregistered user accounts?
Other than leaving a comment resembling something like:
Are you [this user with a similar name]? If so, you might want to merge your accounts, otherwise you'll lose the reputation and privileges ...
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Why is fez's reputation showing up as -202 on the "Users" page?
You're looking at the reputation of the users in this calendar month, August. Since this user gave a bounty, their reputation in the last month has fallen.
Due to the numbers, it's evident that they ...
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Historical election records are incomplete
Deleted candidates is not a scenario well-supported nor one we have any intention of encouraging.
I manually patched up the list of winners, which should be sufficient to indicate what happened. But ...
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Profile on meta does not show why a user is suspended
This (probably) isn't a bug.
This issue was raised recently on MSE; in a comment on one of the answers, animuson said:
The message didn't change. You were probably looking at your profile on Meta, ...
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Been away for awhile, credentials/badges seem gone. Can I relink to past posts, as some have relevance to questions I can answer?
Per your comment, this is probably the answer you're talking about and this should then be your old user account.
You can either merge your accounts or just stop using this one and try to log into ...
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Is there a limit to how often or how many posts a user can comment on or edit in a given period of time?
Nope.
There isn't really. As long as all of the comments are helpful and not too chatty, and otherwise in keeping with the purpose of comments, we don't want to limit it. New helpful comments are ...
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Is it alright to change my profile name again?
You can only change your display name once every 30 days, so you'll have to wait until 30 days have passed before changing your name again.
I'd advise against changing your name too often though - if ...
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How do I delete my scifi.SE profile only?
To answer your question...
From the help centre:
If you have voted or posted, please contact the Stack Exchange Team:
Visit the contact form and select 'I need to delete my user profile.' After you ...
Rand al'ThorMod
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Can any one tell me how to delete my Profile?
Process
As Jonah has pointed out, if you wish to delete your account you need to contact the SE team using the "Contact Us" link, which can also be found below.
What happens next?
Given that you've ...
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Into exile I must go
Unfortunately I have been off the SF grid for a while, only answering questions in other sites, so I am really unpleasantly surprised now after reading your goodbye.
To prove that the symmetry of the ...
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How much counts as a "significant" rep change from a user being removed?
We don't know.
The exact thresholds for things like what counts as serial voting, or automatic question and answer bans, are kept secret. If they were public, people might be able to abuse them. I've ...
Rand al'ThorMod
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Relating various used usernames to users
A year+ ago a site user (I'm thinking Phantom but not sure) created a list of deleted user maps as a service to the community.
To the best of my recollection, Community Managers stepped in and said ...
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Relating various used usernames to users
No.
As shown by this meta question, it is an available feature to moderators and developers only. (And even then, not for life but a limited time).
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Can any one tell me how to delete my Profile?
This post on Meta Stack Exchange describes the process. Basically, since you have more than one post or have voted, you need to contact the Stack Exchange team here.
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Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible