What's in a (Forums) name?

[kevin_bachler]

@Smythe Dakota

@mlanger

… I wonder what’s the relative priority in the opinion of forum regulars of this improvement versus fixing the Quick Rating system?

Sometimes the order in which things are done depends not only on their importance, but also on how easy each one is to do.

In this case, I’m guessing that creating a Forum link to the player’s MSA is way easier than fixing the Quick system, so that the powers that be (including those who agree that fixing the Quick system is more important) will probably create the link first.

Bill Smythe

It may be easier, maybe not. Maybe the data is on different servers, with different rights, etc. But addressing any of these ideas requires examining a combination of priority and resource. I do think addressing Quick system issues is more urgent and likely more important. But I also note that (as has been pointed out many times) not all perceived Quick system issues are in fact documented Quick system issues - it simply isn’t clear at this point how big the problem is - and we should understand that before “fixing” it. So that is of a higher priority and urgency than any Quick system “fix”.

That said, USCF is fundamentally a community, and we can and should do more to support its status as a community which should in turn support an increase in membership. To that end, simple ideas like being able to click from the forums to MSA are useful, and serve a purpose somewhat beyond one person’s idle curiosity.

[jwiewel]

@Allen

@kbachler

Around the time that I joined the forums, I had begun to feel that it was important for people to not appear to be anonymous - even to newcomers - so I used my initial and name.

I hope that in a future version of the forums we could either get actual name on right side, or the ability to click the ID and open MSA in a pop-up window/tab.

At the time I signed into the forums, the ID number was being shown.

I figured since it was easy enough to look it up from the ID number I might as well use my name.

I did something similar and also added an MSA link in my signature (pulled in automatically to all posts, even old posts made prior to setting up the signature).

EDIT:
Go into User Control Panel (right under forum index)
Hit the Profile tab at top (next to the normally highlighted overview tab)
Hit the Edit signature option (right under the normally highlighted Edit profile option)
Add your text block (you can copy mine and just change the ID number), at least as long as MSA isn’t changed in a way that will cause that to fail.

I originally pulled up that link by going into:
USCF home
Players and Ratings
Player/Rating lookup (old format - though it was the only format when I did it)
Type in the ID number
RIGHT-CLICK on the name and select the option to open in a new tab (or new window)
Go to the url at the top of the page, highlight it and hold down the control key while hitting the C key (Control-C)
You than have it in your paste buffer for any Control-V pasting you want to do

[kevin_bachler]

@eastside

And now for something completely different…

I’ve been curious about why some people chose the Forums logins they have. So, perhaps folks might share what caused them to choose that particular login. (Users with their real names as their logins need not apply. )

I’ll start. My high school alma mater is East St. Louis Senior High, popularly known in the St. Louis metropolitan area as “East Side”. Hence, I use “eastside” for a lot of my logins, including for the Forums.

Here I assumed it was some humorous reference to the song “Movin’ on Up”

[Smythe_Dakota]

@kbachler

… Here I assumed it was some humorous reference to the song “Movin’ on Up”

I must confess that’s what I thought too – as in Manhattan’s upper east side.

Bill Smythe

[eastside]

I’m pretty sure I’d never consider relocating to Manhattan’s Upper East Side to be moving up in the world. I like having a real lawn to mow, taking a trip to the wood pile for the fireplace, and having the Bentleys live about a half-mile away.

[tmagchesspgh]

You are describing “Green Acres.” Say hello to Mr. Haney.

[eastside]

@tmagchesspgh

You are describing “Green Acres.” Say hello to Mr. Haney.

False. No pigs involved. No farming either. Just nice, quiet living. I’ve been a city kid most of my life. I’m happy to be out of the city now.

[BobMessenger]

I’ve created a new topic, How do I reset my USCF rating?, for Jion_Wansu’s question about how to reset his USCF rating.