* stillagorilla [10-31-15 07:25]:

Hello,

I realized that in the Gimp Users forum my message shows up with my full name. Is there a way to change that to something like just "Anna H," for privacy? Here is the link to the post I'm referring to: http://www.gimpusers.com/forums/gimp-developer/17600-thanks

Don't use the forums, but usually you have to register and provide a name, ... Should be a screen after you login, looks like "Display Name". I am not going to sign up to see :).

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This is not an actual "forum" that they've posted in, but rather the gimp-user mailing list. Removal of the email from the list would need to happen from the list administrator(s). On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 7:22 AM Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* stillagorilla [10-31-15 07:25]:

Hello,

I realized that in the Gimp Users forum my message shows up with my full

name.

Is there a way to change that to something like just "Anna H," for

privacy?

Here is the link to the post I'm referring to: http://www.gimpusers.com/forums/gimp-developer/17600-thanks

Don't use the forums, but usually you have to register and provide a name, ... Should be a screen after you login, looks like "Display Name". I am not going to sign up to see :).
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On 10/31/2015 01:25 PM, Pat David wrote:

This is not an actual "forum" that they've posted in, but rather the gimp-user mailing list. Removal of the email from the list would need to happen from the list administrator(s).

This is rather pointless, though - the list is archived in many public places. And by linking to the old post, any new messages can now be attributed as well...

Really, the only reasonable way of action is to not do anything - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

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From: patdavid@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 12:25:24 +0000 To: ptilopteri@gmail.com; gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Modifying post?

This is not an actual "forum" that they've posted in, but rather the gimp-user mailing list. Removal of the email from the list would need to happen from the list administrator(s). On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 7:22 AM Patrick Shanahan wrote:

On the other hand, the name displayed depends on what name you provided to your email client/service.

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