The other websites have similar policies: a username cannot be used successively by 2 different physical persons. "Transfering" accounts will give headache to anybody trying to use the CVS logs, the trackers, etc.
It's just a login name, you can change the real name however you want, this does not prevent you from contributing. -- Sylvain On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 04:02:07PM +0800, Ray Wang wrote: > Dear Sylvain, > > Thank you so much for your reply. > > I understand what your meaning, but > how about if a user accidentally or intent to delete his account at a > certain time? > Should he re-register a new account and let people get familiar with him > again? > Should he give up the contributor which he made before? > > I believe the account is not the main point, > the main point is the contribution for GNU, no matter who he is. > > but at the same time, the account name matters, because people get used with > it. > although there are rules for it, but with regards to the rule which people > made, > however, it can,be changed by people either. > > Could my dear admins think a little bit of the people who wants to the > name which are deleted? > people who register an account, but it doesn't mean he can own it forever. > > So Please! I really want to do something for GNU, and really want the > name which I used to before. > > TONS of thanks if you could understand my feeling and the people who like me. > It's highly appreciated! > > -- > Ray Wang > - Free As In Freedom > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Sylvain Beucler<[email protected]> wrote: > > It's normal that a deleted account cannot be reused by somebody else, > > because it introduces confusion about who, physically, was using the > > account at a given time. So that's not possible. > > > > -- > > Sylvain > > > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:45:26AM +0800, Ray Wang wrote: > >> Dear sirs, > >> > >> I have sent some emails for asking for transferring a deleted account > >> several times, > >> and I also sent a email to [email protected] list. but no > >> one replied yet. > >> So I ask this question here, and I know savannah admins were busy to > >> resolve the data loss > >> problem, but it appears that awesome admins restored the data these > >> days, great and congrats! > >> > >> I noticed there was no emails in savannah-users list at least in 3 > >> days, so I assume the recovery is over. > >> and I raise my problem again, could someone help me to resolve? > >> > >> Thank you very much indeed! > >> > >> -- > >> Ray Wang > >> - Free As In Freedom > >> > >> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Ray Wang<[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Dear admin, > >> > > >> > I'm Ray Wang, and I was a super fan of GNU for years. > >> > I believe its culture and its philosophy is absolutely right direction > >> > of the future software. > >> > > >> > I have been using raywang for my id for many projects and websites, > >> > and I noticed raywang on savannah.gnu.org have been occupied by someone. > >> > so I asked him it is ok to transfer his account to me, and he was > >> > accepted. > >> > But he did not tell me his password, instead, he deleted his account. > >> > so that when I see his profile, https://savannah.gnu.org/users/raywang > >> > it said the user is deleted, but if I register as raywang account, it > >> > said the user is exist. > >> > > >> > So raywang is accepted to transfer his account to me. would you mind > >> > to help me create the account for me, or make this account available? > >> > I was so eager to have this account name. > >> > > >> > I just wonder if someone could respond to me? > >> > I attach the owner's email. > >> > > >> > Thank you so much!!!! > >> > TONS of THANKS!!! > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Lei Wang <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> >> Hi Administrator of Savannah, > >> >> > >> >> One of my friends, who has same name as me, request me to transfer my > >> >> account to him, I agreed. So I deleted my account. (Now when I try to > >> >> log in > >> >> as this account, the error message 'Account deleted' appeared. ) But > >> >> when my > >> >> friend tried to register with this account, the system prompts `That > >> >> username already exists. > >> >> > >> >> Could you please let us know how to register an account with this user > >> >> name? > >> >> > >> >> Thanks lot,
