[jperras]

If my username is preventing them from creating a /malware page, I'd have no problem at all with that explanation; their lack of namespacing is convenient, but can cause these problems to occur.

But why hide behind the shroud of "privacy and security" if that is the case? I'd happily relinquish (not that I have much choice in the matter) the name if it was a namespace clash.

[plexicle]

Perhaps because they aren't ready to announce what they're working on yet? Just one of a few examples I can think of why they don't owe you a reason.

It sucks that they're making you change your name and it's obviously inconvenient. They've at least offered some kind of compensation.

It looks like you lucked out that there's no activity or repositories linked to it that would break from the change.

This seems like a lot of fuss for nothing.

[jperras]

> Just one of several examples why they don't owe you a reason. Of course they don't owe me a reason; when does a corporation ever owe you a reason for most things it does? It doesn't stop us from asking for answers.

> These seems like a lot of fuss for nothing.

I wrote as much at the end of the post.