Quote from: Alone055 on Today at 04:32:12 PM

Hi @PowerGlove.

I actually noticed something that I believe shouldn't be the way it is at the moment, so I'm here with another suggestion/idea.

So, I was surfing around the forum and noticed something. We all know (I guess) that Poker Player (now known as Free Market Capitalist) got his name changed recently. However, today, when I was reading through a thread he created, I noticed that whenever some user is quoting him, the username shown in the quotes is still "Poker Player" instead of his new identity, which is "Free Market Capitalist". See below:

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So, isn't it possible for a quote to display the new username of a user who got their name changed instead of showing the old one?

I know some users even have it written on their profile about who they were and have their name changed, but still, I think I would like it better if I'm referred to as what my current identity is instead of my old identity that I got changed by will.

Let me know what you and others think about this.

I don't know how the current version of SMF works and how its databases are stored but I think it should be possible to change the name of the quoted user. I'm not a developer but I'm learning coding. I think that the logic of changing the quoted user's name should be something like: If quote author = "Poker Player", replace it with "Free Market Capitalist".

My respect to Poker Player or Free Market Capitalist but to be honest, I think that this feature (of changing nicknames) is very clumsy. First of all, you forget who you quoted and who is this "new" member and second of all, it can be a headache if many people request username change (I'm surprised that not many demand for this).