The one I use was formed by taking the first four non-vowels of the last name and then the first and second initials.
And, of course, the usual collection of department code plus sequential number (T40TS01), or installation code plus sequential number (YHX0382), or group code plus initials (S0JM)... On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 4:22 PM Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com> wrote: > I've seen various schemes used for creating up-to-eight-character userids, > all truncated as needed, of course. These are IDs I've had, won't tell ya > where each was (and omitting just firstname, just lastname, or intials): > > 1. First initial, last name, plus a number as needed: PSMITH, PSMITH1 > 2. Last name || first name, with number if necessary, but always > including first initial: SMITHIIP, or SMITHIP2 if needed > 3. First three of last name, first two of first name, plus a number: > SMIPH03 (I've always wondered how they'd deal with Kyle Fuchs or Tyrone > Shipman) > 4. First initial, last name, truncated to max of six with a two-digit > number: I was PSMITH87; friend was TSMITH99-we never found out what the > next T. Smith would get: would they reuse a hole, if any, or go to TSMIT100? > > > Anyone got any other variations? This is purely a curiosity item, no > agenda. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
