New Name change rules?

[Lost_Addict]

I was just wondering if the rule of if you can have an inactive name should be changed.

I'm not saying it's a huge problem but i recently asked to change my name for Smeg, The User name is already taken however he's only looged in once (over a year ago) and has 1 post.

This to me says he is not coming back to the forum, and i know other people have had the same problem.

So i was wondering if the rules should be updated?

Thanks,

Kieran.

[leer34$]

After 3 or like 6 months or 'inactiveness' the user should be deleted to allow more active users to change there names.
That's what I think anyway.

[lTraditional]

I agree, i think this should be changed if it is over one year without been active and has under 50 posts or something.

[Lost_Addict]

I agree, i think this should be changed if it is over one year without been active and has under 50 posts or something.

Mabey not 50 but say under 15.

[Hecktix]

People have returned with low posts after a year or so. The rules are if they have been inactive for 4-5 years and have no posts.

[Tintinnabulate]

After 3 or like 6 months or 'inactiveness' the user should be deleted to allow more active users to change there names.
That's what I think anyway.

I left for 6 months and came back and would have been pretty pissed off if my account was deleted ...

[Kieran]

I think it should be lowered to say 2 years and no posts.

[Lost_Addict]

By no way am I endorsing the deletion of accounts only 6 month inactive or have more tha say 5 posts, because I was inactive for 7-8 months then started posting again. But when an account had been inactive for over a year with no more than 2-3 posts then there is ahuge chance try will not return. I've joined hundreds of forums in the past posted a couple of tomes and never joined again. I just don't think that people who are highly highly unlike to post again should take up prime names wanted by other users.

[scottish]

No it should be made so you cant get a name change to ANY name on here, even if its been inactive for 6 years and has 0 posts unless its your habbo name

Allowing it means staff do it at their own discretion which = people they like/liked staff members get the name change and everyone else can get to ****.

[hah]

No it should be made so you cant get a name change to ANY name on here, even if its been inactive for 6 years and has 0 posts unless its your habbo name

Allowing it means staff do it at their own discretion which = people they like/liked staff members get the name change and everyone else can get to ****.

*plays world smallest violin*

they were only changed so i doubt they will be changing again any time soon... just yesterday a user came back from 2004 with 50 posts..