How can you find a member quickly when you don't remember their username?

[Mrbluntzy]

I was making a comment in a subject that reminds of an old forum member who is no longer active, so I wanted to find a topic/comment that he made but I could not remember his username neither did I remember the title of the topic he commented on. I even tried to use the search for members option but because I could not remember how  his username is spelled, I could not get it through that search option, that's why I am asking if there is an easy method that you normally use to get a forum member's profile when you can not remember their full username again.

Or do we have a tool in which when you type in just a few laters of that username that you remember, it will then make suggestions of users that have similar later in their name?

[_act_]

There are sometimes that Google search engine works for me, but not all the time. If I can remember part of the person's username, it is very possible Google search engine will do let me the the person's profile or one of the person's posts.

Also you can try the bitlist.co to know if it will work.

If you do not remember some part of the person's username, you may not be able to find him.

[Nwada001]

But can you remember any topic or statement which the member has made in the forum in the past? I mean a few sentences which could be used to run a search. As I can easily search out a member if I want, just by using some of the keywords from their statement I want to quote, I just use Google search and direct the search attention to the keyboard and Bitcointalk.

[Donneski]

Since you can't remember how his name is spelt correctly, it means you can at least remember the initial letters of his name and in this situation, I think your best bet to get the user is to search on https://bitlist.co/
After signing up, go to the search bar to search with the initials, they can help suggest the users name of you can put one to three initials, I've used it several times to search for users I can't fully remember how their names are fully spelt and it worked

[Faisal2202]

Other members have already given a possible method to find the username. Like, you can use the BitList archive if you want. If you only remember a few letters of the username, you can enter them, and a list of all the members with such letters will appear, and you can manually find him/her.

But I am adding another thread link here as well that contains almost all the tools that you can use for Bitcointalk. It's a good one for those who are not aware of all of them out there.

LIST Bitcointalk.org Userscripts/ Add-ons / SMF patches

[promise444c5]

bitlist.co works for that.. but you have to remember atleast some part of the  letters in correct order [including the first].

I used to see a userscript  related to what you’re asking, on meta recently.. but I think it only works when adding users to your trust list. I’m not sure how complete the username list is either.

I will check, add the thread and tag the user here if it’s possible to also make it work on search section [if not available]..

-edit-

Added by acroman already.. It works dynamically as well.

[acroman08]

Apart from bitlist.co that has been mentioned, try using the script made by masulum. It's a "Bitcointalk mention username autocomplete" script, but it could help you remember which forum member you are looking for if the script autocomplete the username you are looking for.

Here's the link to the thread [SCRIPT] Bitcointalk Mention Username Autocomplete Typing & Notification - v 2.4

[Upgrade00]

The string of letters you remember have to be in a sequence in the username for any search engine to identify it. If you search 'they' you will find theymos among the results. But if you remembered isolated letters you will likely not get the desired results.

Remembering some topics they have posted in can be of help to find them too.

[Findingnemo]

Google gives the best possible search results when you know just bits and pieces. Also, you can try BPIP search box, which gives a list of usernames available for the term you entered.

But the scenario you explained just use the best guess of the topic title and search on google and if not just write what you can remember and let the others can find the missing puzzle.

[Mrbluntzy]

There are sometimes that Google search engine works for me, but not all the time. If I can remember part of the person's username, it is very possible Google search engine will do let me the the person's profile or one of the person's posts.

Also you can try the bitlist.co to know if it will work.

using the Google search is what usually help me in finding a lot of things when making such search but failed me this time, I spent lot of time reading through the recommended topic it gave but didn't see the user I was looking for.

Ok, I will try the bitlist.

But can you remember any topic or statement which the member has made in the forum in the past? I mean a few sentences which could be used to run a search. As I can easily search out a member if I want, just by using some of the keywords from their statement I want to quote, I just use Google search and direct the search attention to the keyboard and Bitcointalk.

The topic I remember is "privacy of Bitcoin and Bitcoin wallet" The member's name sounds like oolee.

[acroman08]

The topic I remember is "privacy of Bitcoin and Bitcoin wallet" The member's name sounds like oolee.

Are you talking about o_e_l_e_o? That's the only username I can think of when you say "oolee".

[Mrbluntzy]

The topic I remember is "privacy of Bitcoin and Bitcoin wallet" The member's name sounds like oolee.

Are you talking about o_e_l_e_o? That's the only username I can think of when you say "oolee".

Thank you, that's the member's profile I'm looking for.