I applaud your effort....and while I'd join in a heartbeat (and I'm really not trying to be a wet blanket), I'm not sure you can use Stardock's name on it...or WinCustomize's.

Not trying to be a lawyer (G-d forbid), but I wonder if it's a possible infringement issue.

I hope Jafo drops by to share his thoughts...

Yes, it is somewhat.

Using the name 'Stardock' implies official approval/association with the company.

I'd certainly suggest formal consent should be sought prior to its use.

Similarly I think it would be less than 'ideal' to invite people to post works which may have been rejected on/by Wincustomize.com and yet still use the name by association.

On a different note, most long-time members on Wincustomize.com will already be on Deviantart.com too.  The sites' origins were both contemporary and similar....

What I have found is that when I make a decision to do something on my own, unless it just pretains to me, all kinds of things happen, and usually not what I had intened. 

Just my personal feeling here but it may have been good to coordinate your effort with Stardock or member is the community prior to setting it in mottion.

Two ways I see this. First that it's too bad that people have to worry about that type of thing but sadly they do. It's a valid concern. Stardock and WC are name brands so you just can't use those names without permission. I'm sure that your intentions are good.

The second thing is, I don't mean to insult you by this, it's rather pointless. Anybody that would join is already in a "group" here at WC. I think that most of the skinners and most of the posters here view WC as their primary place to be and DA as a kind of side place to go. Why would they do a WC thing outside of WC at DA?

Try Skinnalicious: http://www.skinnalicious.net/  There you'll find WC'ers so to speak. Good people there.

Guess it wasn't that important huh? It's just a name...call it something else and let people know about it if your really serious...or not.

I can't rename the group. Like I said its a BETA program. But I also can't delete the group. So if Stardock wants to work with me I can give the group to them. Its up to them.

You aren't offering anything  that they can't get or don't already have here. 

With the interest you seem to have in games, a group based on that wouldn't be a bad idea. Game icons, wallpapers. There are a lot of gamers here and on Impulse. Offering content, a place for WIP's, and even taking requests on just gaming stuff would be cool. As much as I am not into games, I always enjoy a challenge when it comes to a new icon. Hell, I might even join for that.

http://posmedley.deviantart.com/

I doubt you'd lost a legal battle over the use of that name on a group on a random website. As long as you're not trying to make money off the brand it's extremely unlikely that there would be any legal action from anywhere. There are groups on pretty much every social site with groups named Audilovers, Lady Gaga's girlfriends, Microsofthaters, Applelovers, bananacakeleague or whatever...

Geeesh, I guess Ferrari and every other popular big company have a huge amount of approved/affiliated fangroups on sites like facebook then...

If Stardock REALLY think it's a threat to their reputation I'll make darn sure to never mention the company or brandnames to anyone, just to save them from the risk of someone believing there's some approval/association with me... Maybe it's safest to stop buying/using the software too, that should entirely eliminate the risk of anyone thinking I have anything to do with the company.

Ok, that bit is probably a mile or two over the top... I uh... well.. Guess I'll hang my head in shame for 3 seconds...

My point still stands though, arguing over a group named 'stardockers' is ridiculous. It also makes me want to do stupid things like creating hundreds of groups everywhere called various stardockish things (Good thing I have self-control ).

It's good to be here, I hope I can manage some posts that does not include whining every now and then.

Must be the Surstromming 

Using Facebook as some form of justification is fraught with peril....it's merely an online social disfunction therapy group site.....

It's a bit like saying...."wow...there are lots of prisoners in jail...ergo crime must be socially acceptable as it's clearly so popular."

It's ALL about the specific choice of name.

"Stardockians' is akin to 'General Motors Workers', not 'General Motors Car Club'...and even the latter isn't quite Legit as the appropriate title would be more like 'General Motors Drivers' Club' or 'General Motors Owners' Club'.

Again, 'Fans of Stardock' should be no problem...

No, they're actually simply "Microsoft" or "Sony", which technically would imply affiliation in even greater extent.

I'll just drop the issue, it's perfectly clear that it's not what I feared it was. Though "Stardockians"? "Stardock fans" sound a lot more affiliated than that.

You can deactivate the account and start another one.