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What is the MN etiquette on asking someone if they could change their name as it is too similar to yours ?

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CaptainUnderpants · 04/01/2010 09:39

is there an etiquette to ask a new poster (or perhaps recent namechanger) to consider changing their name or do you have to lump it and change yours , which I really dont want to do .

I did make a comment on a thread they were on but they dont seem to have picked up on it .

Thanks

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domesticextremist · 04/01/2010 09:48

I posted on a thread recently and asked the other domestic if she minded me being similar and she didnt - I would CAT them and ask them to change/explain the situation if you're not happy.

HugeBaublesWhatDidISayRoy · 04/01/2010 09:47

oh yes, far far too similar. You would deffo be confused with eachother. Which if a thread gets heated can be a bad thing.

CantSleepWontSleep · 04/01/2010 09:47

Ah, that is close. CAT them if they are significantly newer than you.

CantSleepWontSleep · 04/01/2010 09:46

How close are we talking, and how long have you each been posting with these names? Are people genuinely mistaking the two of you?
I'd say that that's very relevant to how you should handle it.

Original poster
CaptainUnderpants · 04/01/2010 09:45

Its not that I dont like it but it is virtuially the same as mine - i.e the poster is using CaptUnderpants.

Get my drift ?

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HugeBaublesWhatDidISayRoy · 04/01/2010 09:45

who is it? Then we can see if it is too similar.

LadyintheRadiator · 04/01/2010 09:44

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BigBadMummy · 04/01/2010 09:44

I say that if you dont like it then you should change yours really.

Why should she change hers because you don't like it?

I don't mean that to sound harsh but you can't really ask somebody else to change something you don't like.

Copying is the sincerest form of flattery though