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Ban Inactive Unrated Users
By frostcat, 4 months ago, In English

Codeforces Magic will come in a few days, so everybody might attempt to change their handle to a different one. I want to take "tamzid", but it is already taken by someone who has been inactive for 4 years and is also unrated. I think Codeforces should consider banning such accounts so active users can get the names they want.

Alternative idea: Give them usernames like "user12345".

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In fact, you can take the name like this:

https://mirror.codeforces.com/blog/entry/137562

Again this year, if you’ve participated in at least 10 rounds, you can request the handle of an inactive participant. This means the participant must have had a period of activity on Codeforces lasting at most 180 days, and this activity must have occurred in 2020 or earlier. The inactive participant must not have posted comments, messages, or similar content, and they must not have participated in more than 2 contests. In such cases, the handle will be automatically renamed, and the original owner will be notified via email. If the original user requests their handle back, we will roll back the change and restore your previous handle.

So you can't take "Tamzid"...

I think it's necessary to ban something like this.

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not just unrated user but also for user below a certain rating

this guy https://mirror.codeforces.com/profile/akshitgupta took username, solved 2-3 problems, and has been inactive for 8 years

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well i took the username of an inactive user and have been using it for 2 years now. you can take their username if they didn't send any messages to anybody.

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ban banme1234

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whats codeforces magic?

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    it's when you can change your id name and temporarily the color of your account like you can become a GM color with newbie rating and vice versa.

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