Suppose that a user of stackexchange changes their username from PurpleKiwi to FuchsiaCucumber
How do we get a permanent link to their user-profile which is still valid after the name change?
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3Does this answer your question? Can we have a profile URL? Especially, this answer.– 41686d6564 stands w. PalestineAug 13, 2022 at 18:36
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Does this answer your question? Clean url to SO account for external linking? - the number is necessary because not all names are unique.– RobAug 13, 2022 at 19:05
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You can just copy the URL from your address bar.
This is yours: https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/610179/samuel-muldoon
Note what happens when you replace that name with that of an infamous user: https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/610179/glorfindel - it still links to your profile and automatically redirects to the right one.
Finally, there's a short form available of RobertLongson's one: https://meta.stackexchange.com/u/610179. You might need this one if you'd otherwise hit the maximum comment or chat message length.
answered Aug 13, 2022 at 18:34
Just use their id, that stays the same no matter what the display name. For instance yours is:
answered Aug 13, 2022 at 18:21
