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I'm a registered user of this site. However, I'm switching ISP's--and that will require an e-mail address change. How do I go about doing that?

<p>Mason, just go to the <a href='http://www.chessvariants.org/index/personq.php'>Contributors Page</a>, look yourself up, and then click on 'Edit Person'.</p>

That works fine if you have a public email address. Mason has a private email address, and there's no way (right now) to change that through the 'edit person' form. I will work on adding this capability. For now -- just let me know what your new email address is and I'll update it.

<P>Given the way this page is written, it fosters confusion between the concept of a member and the concept of a registered user. The first paragraph recommends becoming a member and lists various advantages of membership. But the second paragraph says you must be a contributor to become a member, and the third paragraph offers the alternative of becoming a registered user, but it neglects to mention that you get all the same things from being a registered user as you do from being a member. Since I knew that registered users had all the benefits of membership, and since I didn't pay close attention to the details on this page, I have been using member in an inclusive sense that includes both members and registered users. Meanwhile, Antoine Fourriere had noted the distinction between members and registered users and assumed that registered users could not vote in polls.</P> <P>So how can this page be changed? One solution is to rewrite the first paragraph as follows:</P> <P><KBD><BIG> Please consider becoming of member or registered user of the Chess Variant Pages. Members and registered users may participate in polls, such as the polls for selecting Recognized Variants, play games on Game Courier, modify their own information page, edit their own comments, and receive news and event mailings from chessvariants.com.</BIG></KBD> </P> <P>Another solution is make the distinction between 'member' and 'registered user' with more fitting terms, such as 'contributing member' and 'non-contributing member'. After all, our members are also registered users, and registered users have the same benefits as members. With this solution, some of the revisions shown above would be retained, and the second two paragraphs could be rewritten as follows:</P> <P><KBD><BIG> If you are a contributor to our pages (either as an author or inventor), simply go to our Contributors Page, select your name from the top list, press the 'Send' button, and then follow the instructions on the screen.</BIG></KBD></P> <P><KBD><BIG>If you haven't contributed, but you would still like to become a member of the chess variant pages, just go to our registration page.</BIG></KBD></P>

why do you have to be a member to play chess?

You need to be a member or registered user to play Chess or any other game on Game Courier, because it requires you to enter your userid and password whenever you move. This is for the sake of identity verification so that no one can move your pieces but you. Also, making use of userids eliminates the need to store email addresses in logs, which keeps them safer from spammers.

Deleted. Fergus beat me to it with a better answer.

Here it says that to become a member, you have to submit an article. But submitting an article requires a username and password! Seems like a Catch-22.

Adrian. 1. Yes. Just send the editors an e-mail with your new address. 2. Yes. You can modify your member-posted page using your password.

I became a member, but when I try to submit an idea, my name does not appear there... what do I do to submit my idea?

Assuming that your name is really Frooke Matt, you seem to have pulled it off. Each time you post a message, just enter your userid in the 'Your User ID' field and ignore the 'Your name' field.

Perhaps Frooke Matt tried to use the Create Member Submitted Item form, which is restricted to 'any person that has previously submitted material that has been published on these pages'. For a first time submission, he needs to go to:

http://www.chessvariants.org/feedback.html#submit

I am a member now, but I submitted a variant and never got a response. How long does it usually take to get a variant on here?

Still not up... I was submitting a variant based on Invader Zim... do you think it was rejected?

(Note: I submitted it over a week ago)

Hi, Matt. It's unlikely your submission was rejected. Ms. Bagley-Jones was being optomistic when she said 'one week'. My first submission took a fair bit longer to get posted, as did my second. There is a severe shortage of editor time on this site, unfortunately, so things go slow these days. Don't worry, most of us find it's worth the wait. I designed my second variant while waiting impatiently for the first one to get posted, as a way to relieve the tension. In the meantime, welcome to Wonderland (and check out Alice - one of the many fine variants here). Enjoy. Joe

Matt, the delay is not due to lack of interest, rather lack of time. Hopefully it can be posted soon. Interested volunteers (hint) should inquire with the editors.

Sorry... right after I posted, my game was put up...