Early 90's children's book about a girl who travelled back in time has a Community Wiki name which is credited to "Richard". Clicking through reveals Valorum (who, indeed, once used that other name). Why isn't the name updated here?
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5This is an old bug.– TheLethalCarrot ModCommented Aug 11, 2021 at 20:37
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3Unless I'm mistaken, that's not the correct use of the term deadname, but I can understand how that could happen to somebody who had changed their name for those reasons.– AncientSwordRage ModCommented Aug 11, 2021 at 20:37
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1Are you happy now?– ValorumCommented Aug 11, 2021 at 21:09
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2I am satisfied.– FuzzyBootsCommented Aug 11, 2021 at 21:14
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5@FuzzyBoots - Then go in peace, my son, and spread joy into the world.– ValorumCommented Aug 11, 2021 at 21:24
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When a Community Wiki post is created or edited, a copy of the primary author’s username is stored. Therefore, it won’t be changed by that user updating their name (or deleting their account).
Only an edit (even the most trivial) will update the name on these posts.
See also my MSE answer saying the same — but with screenshots!
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2Ooh. With screenshots. How can anyone resist that kind of temptation?– ValorumCommented Aug 12, 2021 at 20:39
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1@Valorum It's not though. The linked SFF post got edited after the name change, which predictably updated the name, but any post that wasn't edited still has the same name. (Example: Popular Demand & Pops)– LaurelCommented Jul 7 at 23:31
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