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Colored userid [#permalink] New post   09 Jun 2010, 08:01
Hi,

I have seen people whose usernames are reflected in different colors. Whether there have posted a large number of posts or not, there are different colors for their userids. I want to know what is the logic behind this :wink:.
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Re: Colored userid [#permalink] New post   12 Jun 2010, 12:38
That's actually a pretty neat question. I never really noticed it before. Now I'm curious.
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Re: Colored userid [#permalink] New post   13 Jun 2010, 10:59
Yeah! But unfortunatly no reply yet.
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Re: Colored userid [#permalink] New post   13 Jun 2010, 11:39
I suspect that one has to be a forum moderator or have thousands of posts and many kudos. In other words, one has to be an authority. I might PM bb on the issue and to find out.
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Re: Colored userid [#permalink] New post   13 Jun 2010, 11:47
I dont think it is the correct assumption, for example - userids:

xenok
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Re: Colored userid [#permalink] New post   13 Jun 2010, 12:08
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I am sure there was a post about this sometime back but I can't find it... Forum home page at the bottom, you can see some of the legends (color id representation)... but I guess it would be nice to have this entire list of color legends on the home page for ease of new users :)
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Re: Colored userid [#permalink] New post   13 Jun 2010, 15:34
Thanks for the information MJ2009! Kudos! Although it wouldn't be very masculine, a hot pink or purple name might look good. White would also be interesting.
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Re: Colored userid [#permalink] New post   14 Jun 2010, 00:13
I believe it's a phpBB mod that the admin (maybe managers based on permission) have access too, it's going to be a special css class that they are privy to change?
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Re: Colored userid [#permalink] New post   14 Jun 2010, 00:27
No, I think this color scheme is used for ppl in certain special groups, legends, such as which B-schools they are admitted to. I have listed 2 cases where they are admitted to schools and I am not, yet, but they have other stats less than me 8-)
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Re: Colored userid [#permalink] New post   14 Jun 2010, 10:09
I thought that the color user ids were for: forum moderator, people in b-school, alumni, and etc.
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Re: Colored userid [#permalink] New post   15 Jun 2010, 18:42
I think there's a sticky in the main bschool application forum that explains all the different colors. They represent forum roles (red=admin, blue=BOD, green=global mod) or student/alumni status (all the other colors).
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Re: Colored userid [#permalink] New post   15 Jun 2010, 19:12
hi everyone,

We chose school colors to represent official school colors. Duke', for example, is Prussian Blue. Harvard's color is Crimson. As I quickly found out, there are too many schools with similar colors, so we will have to come up with a better system. :)

Admins - Red
Board of Directors - Blue -- These are members chosen for their contributions and service.
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Re: Colored userid [#permalink] New post   16 Jun 2010, 09:17
Is this on a request basis for the school colors?
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Re: Colored userid [#permalink] New post   16 Jun 2010, 11:14
jcurry wrote:
Is this on a request basis for the school colors?


If add your information to the "Where are you going" thread in the b-school application forum, you would be included (I update once a week or so)
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Re: Colored userid [#permalink] New post   17 Jun 2010, 01:09
Legend :: Administrators, Alumni, Board of Directors, Chicago Booth, Cornell Johnson, Duke Fuqua, GMAT Experts, Harvard, Michigan Ross, NYU Stern, Northwestern Kellogg, Yale

Listed at the bottom if you click GMAT forum index at the top left of the page in the hierarchical listing.
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