**Meme:** Changing your display name on a whim.

**Originator:** [Welbog][]

**Cultural Height:** TBD

**Official Response:** [Limited to one change every 30 days][1].

**Background:** User [Welbog][] likes to change his profile whenever it will make a post of his seem funnier. Other times it seems to just be on a whim. He will also edit his "About Me" text, to fit in with his current display name.

 - [Welbog][]
 - Welboug (Old English spelling)
 - [Welbo\_g][2] (Censored Old English spelling)
 - Ouèlbogue (French spelling)
 - Susan (From the ["new name for Welbog" contest](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/25136/rename-the-welbog-contest))
 - Susan Papadismgaogenabhieanae
 - [Susan Papadismgaogenabhieanaelaegkae][3]
 - [www.biglaser.net][] (He is a big fan of lasers) <sup><sub>[(referenced here)](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/26224/people-never-down-vote)</sub></sup>
 - [Steven Spielberg's Welbog][Welbog-the-movie] (Waste of a movie)
 - [Robox Prime][Robox] (best cartoon on television in 2009)
 - Chicago Ted
 - I'm really awesome. Really.
 - [welbog at googlewave.com][4]
 - [Hellbog][5] (Evil twin of Smellbog)
 - Birthday Welbog
 - firtjer (It's [fretje's fault][6])
 - Gargamel ([because they only had on Smurfette][7])
 - NIfE
 - [The Encapsulator][8]
 - [The Proposer][9]
 - Weblog
 - Double Welbog
 - Toronto
 - [Sid Meier][10]
 - Whom
 - Killbog
 - FYI I'm still changing my name
 - Can't stop the photons
 - A very laser Christmas
 - JSONBog

Also independently started by [voyager](https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/130127/voyager) in response to a [post asking what constituted spam][11], trying to convey that some users *are* spam, comedic effect enhanced by answering [in a post complaining about the Amazon Monty Python ads][12] appearing when first introduced. After that, it just degenerated into a neverending competition with welbog to out do the wackiness of the other user's changes.

- voyager
- [spam][12]
- [Eggs, Spam, Ham and Spam](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/22433/possible-bug-with-ads)
- Arthur voyager King <!-- had forgotten about this one! -->
- [smeagol](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/23724/small-formatting-quirk-that-bothers-me/23725#23725 "not the first occurrence")
- [spam AKA smeagol AKA voyager](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/23005/i-think-i-was-just-serial-downvoted-how-can-this-prevented-by-the-community/23008#23008)
- ûöyàgúer (or something like that)
- [`viyager`][13]
- voyager's back
- voyager's mask
- the man with the shifting name
- voyλger
- waveyλger ([Google Wave is a time sink][14])
- [json][15]
- perbert

###Other changes of management
- Pesto
 - [Uwe Boll's Pesto](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/26491/can-someone-let-me-in-on-the-6-8-weeks-joke/26492#26492) <sup><sub>Based on Welbog's change to Steven Spielberg's Welbog</sub></sup>
 - Pesto Demands Fealty
 - [CSI Pesto][16]
 - Policeman Pesto (oink oink)
 - Chetso
 - Hilarious Comedy Pesto
- [Gnovice][17]  
 - John Carpenter's The Gnovice
 - I'm kind of a big deal
 - [gnostradamus][18]
 - gnovices-exchange
 - Gnovice
- John Rudy
 - [John Rudy's Grumpy][19]
 - Cigars and Bourbon are Good
 - Cigars and Absinthe are Great
 - user0x36E0
 - Zombie Nixon
 - Dr. Gonzo
 - I miss my downvotes (a result of [this bug][20])
 - John Rudy
- [belgariontheking][21]
 - Michael Bay's belgariontheking
 - I am Chet Atwood
- [Ether](https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/132636/ether)
 - ðer
 - [Æther][22]
 - Ether
- Rich B
 - Chet Atwood ([which has resulted in a suspension][23])
 - Geoffrey Chetwood
 - GEOCHET
- [Chris Lutz][24]
 - [Changing my Meta Name is Cool][25]
 - Length Limits on Names are Stu 
- Gnome
 - The Cat
 - Gnome
- [Pekka][26]
 - [What](http://chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/89?m=569836#569836)
 - Questions
 - Down with the 30 day waiting period
 - [I outwitted the 30 day waiting period][27]
 - [Rejoice rejoice <kbd>kbd</kbd> is back][28]
 - Pekka's trolling account
 - Pekka's other trolling account
 - Pekka's holiday account
 - Pekka's serious account
 - Eat more twisters
 - [The P.G. Rep Mining Co.][29]
 - [Pekka's Organic Rep Farm][30]
 - [Pekka's Reputation Bordello][31]
 - [Discount Gucci Handbag][32]([s][33])
 - [Pekka 웃][34]
 - not Pekka
 - perhaps Pekka (*"I'm not Pekka, but everyone keeps telling me I am. I don't know what to think now"* or something along those lines)
 - [Pëkka][35], just because *"Growing an Umlaut is a normal event in a man's life"*.
- [ccomet][36]
 - ccornet
 - Grace Note
- Tyler Carter
 - Tradition
 - Chacha102
- [Will][37]
 - Won't (coordinated with a meta-specific Yao Ming gravatar)
- [Neal][38]
 - A Man A Plan A Canal Panama
 - amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
- [Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog][39]
 - Sonic the Anonymous WizHog
 - Sonic the Bracketed Hedgehog
 - Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog
 - Sonic the Inclusive Werehog
 - Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog
 - Sonic the Wizard Werehog
 - Sonic Wizard
- [Shadow Wizard][40]
 - Shadow The Curly Braced Wizard
 - Shadow The Dragon Wizard
 - Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard
 - Shadow the Welcoming Wizard
 - ShaWiz
 - Sha Wiz Dow Ard
- [Pikachu][41]
 - Pikachu the Purple Wizard
 - Pikachu the Watermelon Wizard
 - Pikachu the Parenthesis Wizard
 - Pika the Wizard of the Whales
- [a stone arachnid][42]
 - a stone arachnid
 - a wizard arachnid
 - Add Printer Wizard
 - an angle-bracketed arachnid
- [MEE][43]
 - MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...
 - MEE the setup wizard
 - MEE the sneaky user
 - MEE was the missing bracket
 

[Welbog]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/52443/welbog "Beware: Not Safe For Work!!"

[Welbo_g]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/24079/Censored-for-your-protection "Censored for your protection"

[Welbog-the-movie]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/26437/Welbog-the-Movie/26440#26440 "Welbog the movie"

[www.biglaser.net]: http://www.biglaser.net "Lasers!"

[Robox]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/27046/with-more-awesome-in-your-face/27050#27050 "Saturdays at 11 on Fox"


  [1]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/38180
  [2]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/24079/is-the-language-brainfck-offensive
  [3]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/25710/how-is-the-tagging-system-implemented-here-at-sofu
  [4]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/28703/how-is-the-sea-perfume
  [5]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/29233/playful-parodies-possibly-pose-plenty-perplexing-problems/
  [6]: http://welbog.homeip.net/~inferno/images/so/firtjer.png
  [7]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/31168/fork-you-frell-you-and-frakk-you/31196#31196
  [8]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/48974/cyber-bullies-stole-my-identity-lunch-money
  [9]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/52900/area51-silliness-what-does-it-mean/52925#52925
  [10]: http://chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/245108#245108
  [11]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/21823/what-constitutes-spam/21824#21824
  [12]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/21855/monty-python-book-ad-showing-up-in-python-questions/21864#21864
  [13]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/25676/do-vba-questions-belong-on-so-or-su/25682#25682
  [14]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/28882/what-is-your-google-wave-id
  [15]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/44461/usernames-ending-in-json-cause-trouble/44465#44465
  [16]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/28703/would-it-be-appropriate-to-make-a-thread-on-meta-asking-for-google-wave-ids-of-so/28709#28709 "enhance! enhance!"
  [17]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/52738/im-kind-of-a-big-deal
  [18]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/30193/tag-badges-exploit/30216#30216
  [19]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/28612/discussions-should-not-be-marked-as-duplicate
  [20]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/59084/where-did-all-of-the-downvotes-go
  [21]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/130890/michael-bays-belgariontheking
  [22]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/30411/what-can-stackoverflow-do-to-persuade-female-programmers-to-participate-more/30418#30418
  [23]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/29233/playful-parodies-possibly-problematic
  [24]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/135301
  [25]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/19478/can-haz-recurshun/26518#26518
  [26]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/138112/pekka
  [27]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/54986/name-change-limiting-can-be-broken/55942#55942
  [28]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1939/kbd-elements-are-way-intrusive
  [29]: https://i.sstatic.net/M93CG.png
  [30]: https://i.sstatic.net/fFbYI.png
  [31]: https://i.sstatic.net/jlODZ.png
  [32]: https://i.sstatic.net/HUpgr.png
  [33]: https://i.sstatic.net/APYTc.png
  [34]: https://i.sstatic.net/9W8LB.png
  [35]: https://i.sstatic.net/fC7WF.png
  [36]: /users/146126
  [37]: https://stackoverflow.com/users/1228/will
  [38]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/155556/amanap-lanac-a-nalp-a-nam-a
  [39]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/377214
  [40]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/152859
  [41]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/405220
  [42]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/388442
  [43]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/364003