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I'm member of Stack Overflow. My profile name is Abdulla.

A week ago I changed my name to Moderator. But after 2 days it changed back to Abdulla.

My questions are:

  1. How did my name change?
  2. And how it reversed my old name? (Moderator to Abdulla)
  3. Can any one can see my recent names in a Stack Exchange site, besides me?

Note: Stack Exchange doesn't allow user to use any special characters only.
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    My guess is that "Moderator" is a name confusing enough as to not being allowed as a user name.
    – Konamiman
    Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 8:30
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    The only missing thing is official warning you should have gotten. (Warning you from suspension if you do it again)
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 8:45
  • @ShadowWizard nothing came. Check it. And comment on next time.
    – Abdulla Nilam
    Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 8:47
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    I can't see your messages, and it is common sense that it is forbidden to pretend being moderator.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 8:50
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    @Abdulla the whole point of common sense is that it does not have to be written.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 9:13
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    Over on Community Building, we had this very question: What should I do with a user pretending to be a moderator?. Answer: Ban them. Heed the warning you got from Martijn. Representing yourself as a moderator when you are not is playing with a ball of fire.
    – Andy
    Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 13:33

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How did my name change?

Probably a real moderator reacted to a flag. Pretending to be a site moderator is not allowed, and that is why the moderator diamond or lookalikes aren't allowed in your screen name.

Can any one can see my recent names in a Stack Exchange site, besides me?

Moderators can, and from comment history we can probably see some names you have previously used. The list of previous names isn't publicly available though.

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A Stack Overflow moderator reverted your name back to the preceding name when we became aware you had changed it.

Impersonating a moderator is not allowed; your profile About Me section shows that you hoped people would be confused by your display name:

Oops I'm not Moderator, I'm Just a User ;)

so we assumed you knew you were sailing close to the wind here and did not send you a moderator message telling you so. Let me assure you that if you did anything like this again we won't hesitate to send you a mod message.

The Recent Names list in your profile is only visible to you and to moderators; it holds names you used in the past 90 days. Moderators also have access to a separate history log that includes all name changes. This information is otherwise not visible to anyone else.

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