Or a better example would be a teacher logs in to mark tests for the class only to see every student has changed their name to Ben Dover :) Who is who then? Figure out each student by UUID would be a nightmare with 100 students in the class.
Restricting name changes would be beneficial but like I said it has to be taken into the overall individual site, per basis and not as an overall golden rule. I might edit the names / lock based on time period but if your getting married more than say once a year I think not being able to edit your name on the site would be the least of that persons issues :) -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 12:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Users name / changes Decide? I meant downside. ^^ Jeremy Burns Class Outfit [email protected] http://www.classoutfit.com On 3 Feb 2011, at 04:06, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit wrote: > I would always let people change their names - I mean, why wouldn't you? Women change their surname on marriage anyway and it is not impossible that a first name can change too. Jonathan might decide he now wants to be referred to as Jon. Jon then becomes Jane - it happens. I usually make a username an email address because it is a no brainer for the user to come up with and remember, is generally unique (or ought to be) and can be validated. I let users change that too because people move providers/employers and so on. > > I see no decide in letting people change their names. The thing you don't want to change is the id. > > Jeremy Burns > Class Outfit > > [email protected] > http://www.classoutfit.com > > On 2 Feb 2011, at 21:49, Dave Maharaj wrote: > >> What are your thoughts on allowing "Users" to change their names? >> >> Talking about real names, not username. >> f_name = John >> l_name = Smith >> name_lock = bool , unlocked by default, upon edit of either field (f_name, >> l_name) name_lock = true; no more edits after that >> >> Really one should know their name well enough that a mistake should not be >> made. >> I was thinking allow a 1 time change if you can't spell your name correctly >> after that well them I am surprised you figured how to turn the computer on >> in the first place. >> >> Basic Site : Users name appears on thier profile, that's all. >> But there are people out there who would constantly change their names to >> foolishness and there is simply no man power to watch these changes >> constantly. >> >> Am I being too hard? Thoughts? Suggestions >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dave >> >> -- >> Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org >> Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
