Account name change???

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Account name change???

Brandie Tarvin

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September 22, 2009 at 8:09 am

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When the heck did a number get added to the end of my user name?
Is anyone else having this issue? Suddenly I'm not "Brandie Tarvin", I'm "Brandie Tarvin-356073"?????
What happened?
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Silverfox SSC-Insane Points: 23150 More actions · Answer 1

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic789066-83-1.aspx

Wouldnt have thought that there would have been more than one of you on these forums 😛

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173108 More actions · Answer 2

Thanks, Silverfox. Though my bet is that someone has a bot that's going around spoofing people. I know of no other person with my first name that spells it the way I do. Everyone else spells it differently. "I", "Y", "E", "EE", but no "IE"s, which is what makes me think the site was hit with a spam registration attack.

I've been seeing a lot of that lately on another site I mod where accounts have to be approved by the moderator before they can get access to the forums.

Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173108 More actions · Answer 3

Interestingly enough, not a single other "Brandie" member account has a single post to their names. Most don't even have visits recorded. 3 have points to their names.

The other "Brandie Tarvin" has a created date of 2004 but minimal points and shows as a rookie, which tells me maybe the data got duped or it is a spoof account.

I wonder how many other people have this issue.

Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323546 More actions · Answer 4

a couple of people noticed they registered themselves twice...could that be your issue as well?

if you joined, then joined again, your first "original" account keeps the first name, but all your additional logins get your Id added/appended to the end.

could you have originally joined on a different email than you think you used?

Lowell

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Gift Peddie SSC Guru Points: 73570 More actions · Answer 5

Brandie,

The person published an article here is the thread with the article, SSC had to do it because some names comes up 148 people with the same name. karthikeyan the PHD candidate was complaining but as you can see the name is like John Smith in English

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic401684-513-1.aspx

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Members1.aspx?Username=karthikeyan

Kind regards,
Gift Peddie

Michael Valentine Jones SSC Guru Points: 64818 More actions · Answer 6

Michael Valentine Jones

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September 22, 2009 at 8:39 am

#1056825

I believe you are allowed to change your user name.

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173108 More actions · Answer 7

Lowell had it right. Apparently, way back when I was switching contract jobs on almost a daily basis, I must have registered and totally forgotten about it.

Steve is frying my evil wanna be clone right now. None of you will see double again! @=) At least, not when it comes to me. @=)

Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.