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• Message 1. 

  Posted by Spartacus (U38364) on Monday, 24th September 2007

  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:34 GMT
  
  At about 1:20pm on Monday 24th my name was suddenly chopped to "U38364". I assume this was a unilateral decision on The Archers board, since a couple of other "long names" disappeared at the same time, at least one of which isn't an h2g2 user, so TA is all we have in common.
  
  This name is my h2g2 name, and it is important to me. I have reset it in h2g2 and will be most upset if TA board screws with it again. If you want shorter names on your board, give us the option to enter a different nickname for each board - this "Single Sign-on" has been an absolute pain from the very outset.
  
  Peet (Not happy)

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• Message 2

  , in reply to message 1.

  Posted by Spartacus (U38364) on Monday, 24th September 2007

  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:45 GMT, in reply to Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Spoonwinner, Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) in message 1
  
  Oh, btw, if the Mods sent out emails I won't be getting them; my mail provider has died, so the "MyFlat" address I signed up with has turned into a black hole that swallows messages without delivering or bouncing them.
  
  You can see why I'm a bit irritable... :'-)

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• Message 3

  , in reply to message 2.

  Posted by Keri Davies (U2219620) on Monday, 24th September 2007

  I know nothing about this, Peet, but will investigate.

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• Message 4

  , in reply to message 3.

  Posted by Spartacus (U38364) on Monday, 24th September 2007

  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:27 GMT, in reply to Keri Davies - Host in message 3
  
  Thanks, Mister K. Sorry for the tone of my initial post; I was quite upset.

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• Message 5

  , in reply to message 4.

  Posted by Spartacus (U38364) on Sunday, 30th September 2007

  Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:39 GMT, in reply to Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Spoonwinner, Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) in message 4
  
  Any word yet on what happened?

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• Message 6

  , in reply to message 5.

  Posted by Keri Davies (U2219620) on Monday, 1st October 2007

  The central team says none of them rejected your name (and it wasn't me), so I'm a bit baffled. It's not a policy thing here, anyway.

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• Message 7

  , in reply to message 6.

  Posted by Spartacus (U38364) on Monday, 1st October 2007

  Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:33:04 GMT, In reply to: Keri Davies - Host
  
  Slightly-Foxed lost his name at the same time, and he got an email. He published the email on a thread here and the Mods removed it. I don't know if they've restored it yet.

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• Message 8

  , in reply to message 7.

  Posted by Spartacus (U38364) on Monday, 1st October 2007

  Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:36:44 GMT, In reply to: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Spoonwinner, Cheese Namer & Zaphodista)
  
  It's been restored now, but it was gone for over a day: F2693943?thread=4614589
  
  His name disappeared at the same moment as both mine and a third person's (sorry, I can't remember who) with the only obvious connection between them being that they were long.
  
  Could you investigate the removal of his name further, please, in the hope it sheds some light on the person responsible for removing mine?

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• Message 9

  , in reply to message 8.

  Posted by Keri Davies (U2219620) on Tuesday, 2nd October 2007

  Sorry Peet, if the Central Team don't know who did it I can't shed any more light on the issue. It may well just have been someone interpreting the rules a little too tightly.

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• Message 10

  , in reply to message 9.

  Posted by Spartacus (U38364) on Tuesday, 2nd October 2007

  Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:21 GMT, in reply to Keri Davies - Host in message 9
  
  Well, as neither of the names break any published rules that I can find, it would be a good idea to find out who did it just to prevent them from doing it again.
  
  As you have the time it happened accurate to under a minute, can't you find out who was "on duty" at the time?

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• Message 11

  , in reply to message 10.

  Posted by mike (U2254029) on Tuesday, 2nd October 2007

  Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:59 GMT, in reply to Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Spoonwinner, Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) in message 10
  
  This seems to be very close to a witch-hunt, Peet. Perhaps just let it go?

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• Message 12

  , in reply to message 11.

  Posted by Spartacus (U38364) on Tuesday, 2nd October 2007

  Fair enough, Mike. I wish there was *some* way to make these "random" Mods accountable, though.

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