Unfortunately (or not), Registration to the forum allows you to choose any Username that you wish to be known or unknown by.
When the forum was originally set up, we intended to permit anyone to register and review their subscription periodically with a view to welcoming them to join the TOC as a member.
It was intended that non-members would have permission to view, with permission to post restricted to TOC members only.
Unfortunately, in July we had a SPAM attack launched from the Forum which resulted in our ISP (UK2.net) shutting down the whole “Traction-owners.co.uk” site.
Having resolved the problem, the site was returned to normal operational status within 48 hours.
To prevent further problems with the registration of malicious non-members we have restricted registration to only TOC Members and have “pruned” other non-members.
In the new year it is planned to carry out further “pruning” to remove any remaining non-members.
As for Usernames, once set up they can’t be changed, however there are 2 alternatives:
1. Modify the signature, via the User Control Panel, to include full name.
2. Register as a New Member with a new Username (if you are advised that the email address is already in use, please email me and I will remove the “old” account for the unwanted Username.
Hope this helps.
BTW of the 89 Registered users only 38 have posted to the Forum.
Of the 38 only 9 have submitted 10 or more posts (inc replies)
Of the 9 the “Top 3” have posted 124 or more posts
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