How long before an old user name is deleted?

[Yossarian]

I'd like to change mine, but the name I'd like was registered to some guy in 2000 who visited one time. Will that name ever be available?

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

I remember Jason or the Mods saying they won't do that because the person might return some day.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: PipBoy
I'd like to change mine, but the name I'd like was registered to some guy in 2000 who visited one time. Will that name ever be available?

PM a Mod, they will likely change it for you if it hasn't been used but once, as you say.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
I remember Jason or the Mods saying they won't do that because the person might return some day.

There was a person a while ago that had <username><some number>, because just <username> was taken. The person that originally registered the name hadn't visited in over 3 years, and from what I remember the mods deleted the other account and changed the regular posters name to that without the number.

 

[Yossarian]

cool, it went through