If you are talking about the nicknames that people used to make to show on the chatters list in the yahoo chat rooms. These names could be most anything and did not have to follow the rules for Yahoo IDs or Aliases. But unfortunately you cannot create them anymore or edit the ones you have. The new profile system does not have anything to do with the information on the chatters list in the Yahoo Chat rooms. Up until like 3 weeks ago there was one link left to the old profile system and people could still create and edit those nicknames but unfortunately yahoo shut down that link.
Now the most you can do if you want to use that Yahoo ID is to create an alias and then choose that before you enter the yahoo chat room.
HOW DO I CREATE AN ALIAS
For every Yahoo! ID you can create 6 aliases. In the Messenger menu at the top of Y!M choose My Account Info and once you sign in, on the right you will see where you can create aliases. I will be posting some help links for you that will explain this in detail. One major thing that is different now is that aliases cannot have unique profiles. If you want an alias to have a profile you will have to link it to your main Yahoo ID. Only link your alias to the main Yahoo ID if you do not mind that they share a profile.
You might need to exit Yahoo! Messenger before the new alias you have created becomes available in the drop down menu of the Join a room window for chat rooms or the drop down menu under Send As in the IM box.
You can also choose to sign into Yahoo Messenger with your Alias instead of your Yahoo ID and then you will not have to change the name in the IM window or if you go to a chat room because it will already be set as your Alias.
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This link tells you the steps to create an Alias:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/messeng
PLEASE NOTE: There is a mistake on step 3 of the above link. It should instead read: Click the Edit/Create Aliases link on the right side of the page (not Edit/Create Profiles link).
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How do I link my Alias to Primary Yahoo! ID?:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/profile
If you want to create a whole New Yahoo! ID (a new account) do so here: https://edit.yahoo.com/registration?How do I change my display name?
The only way is to sign up for a new account because there are no options on changing name on Yahoo! Chat. To change on messenger go to ur messenger list and on the top left of the corner go to messenger and then My contact details and enter in a name and click safe and close at the bottom right or hit the enter key.
There might me one way you can change it on Yahoo! Chat but im not 100% sure if it works.
Go here
http://profiles.yahoo.com/
Then under where it has ur name in big letters see where it says What are you doing right now? Look below that and it will say Change Photo and edit profile. Go to edit profile and then enter the name you want and save it.
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