New Account vs. Reinstatement

Apologies if this has been asked before:

I'm a former editor whose account has expired ca. 2 years ago. I realize the ODP wants former editors to use the account reinstate form rather than the editor application form, and I don't see any reason to doubt I would be welcomed back, but:

• I no longer like my old login name.
• The categories I had been editing either have gone or are now being managed - smoothly and competently, in my eyes - by others, so my old account's cat assignments have become meaningless anyway.
• I have lost interest in the categories I'd been editing. In fact, I feel seriously out of touch with them, so my old account's editing history now sort of misrepresents my areas of expertise.
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  Under these circumstances, do you think it's OK if I use the editor application form? I've seen the "have you been an ODP editor before" item, but I don't feel like being flagged as somebody who couldn't even be bothered to read the application guidelines.
  
  -Georg

If you are a former editor you HAVE to use the reinstatement process. There is no ifs, ands, or buts about it.

ACK, got the message. Thanks for the quick reply.

-Georg