Changing usernames searches

AlienSyndrome

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Wondering if someone can direct me as to where to access all the Klov databases. I wanted to do a username search, and the only search I know of is in the "search by username" section in Advanced Search. What I am running into is even though I do a search in this section and it comes back "Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms. " that still doesn't mean the name is available. Apparently there is other areas of the Klov site that the name is being used. Any help appreciated, thank you
 
The 'Search by User Name' box on the search page is the key. However, it's the autocomplete function that tells you, not the actual search result.

If you type in a name, and it autocompletes it, then it's a registered name, regardless of if it says 'No results found' when you hit search.

This is because the forum software allows you to register and lurk (and send PMs, etc), without showing up in the public user directory. You don't actually show up in the directory or the search, until you make your first actual post. Until then, you can lurk invisibly.
 
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