[OSM-talk] Changing OSM Username is easy | Re: Maintaining privacy as a casual mapper

[Paul Johnson]

On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 9:58 AM Rory McCann <rory at technomancy.org> wrote:

> On 03/11/2019 19:19, Blake Girardot wrote:
> > I am not happy about it and I could get my osm username changed
>  > ...
>  > If you have a username that is tied to a public or other used name of
>  > some sort, my advice is to ask the user name to be changed.
>
> Just for anyone who wants to do this, changing your OSM username is very
> easy, it's the in the “My Settings” page when you log in and click on
> the drop down in the top right, and is the “Display Name” field. You'll
> have to re-log into all apps. You don't have to ask anyone. It happens
> immediately.


 Wow, that's cool.  I did not know that.  Well, made that change largely
for aesthetic reasons, might change it back later.
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