diff --git a/CHANGESTODO b/CHANGESTODO
index e0c5138..2e5ccc7 100644
--- a/CHANGESTODO
+++ b/CHANGESTODO
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ ________________________________________________________________________
 == NEXT RELEASE ========================================================
 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
 ? support tls multiplexing on all suitable ports
-
-- change UResource and UUser usage to the new UNick
 ________________________________________________________________________
 == currently being inspected ===========================================
 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
diff --git a/world/default/de/plain.textdb b/world/default/de/plain.textdb
index 8e16d4f..00ebead 100644
--- a/world/default/de/plain.textdb
+++ b/world/default/de/plain.textdb
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 <PSYC:TEXTDB> ## vim:syntax=mail
 ## Check utf-8: Praise Atatürk!
 
+_failure_unavailable_alias
+|Kein Name für [_uniform_new]: [_nick_old] gehört bereits [_uniform_old].
+
+_notice_add_alias_temporary
+|[_uniform_entity] wird als [_nick_entity] dargestellt.
+
 _message
 |[_nick] sendet Dir: [_data]
 
diff --git a/world/default/en/plain.textdb b/world/default/en/plain.textdb
index a9002ce..7ec5fba 100644
--- a/world/default/en/plain.textdb
+++ b/world/default/en/plain.textdb
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 <PSYC:TEXTDB> ## vim:syntax=mail
 ## Check utf-8: Praise Atatürk!
 
+_failure_unavailable_alias
+|No alias for [_uniform_new]: [_nick_old] already belongs to [_uniform_old].
+
+_notice_add_alias_temporary
+|[_uniform_entity] is shown as [_nick_entity].
+
 _message
 |[_nick] sends you: [_data]
 
diff --git a/world/net/entity.c b/world/net/entity.c
index 4561fd7..6b6ed2b 100644
--- a/world/net/entity.c
+++ b/world/net/entity.c
@@ -422,9 +422,7 @@ msg(source, mc, data, vars) {
 		// and have it replaced by object.. but that's not the case
 		// we _could_ however do that by using _uniform_trustee
 		// and doing is_localhost on all _uniform's at parsing time
-		if (is_localhost(u[UHost])) {
-		    trustee_nick = u[UResource][1..];
-		}
+		if (is_localhost(u[UHost])) trustee_nick = u[UNick];
 	    }
 	    if (get_trust(trustee_nick, 0) < MINIMUM_TRUST) return 1;
 	    // entweder trustee ist ein local nick, dann kriegen wir den
diff --git a/world/net/gateway/aim.c b/world/net/gateway/aim.c
index fe33dd7..219f3f6 100644
--- a/world/net/gateway/aim.c
+++ b/world/net/gateway/aim.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ msg(source, mc, data, mapping vars, showingLog, target) {
 	//              if (u[UPort] && u[UPort] == query_imp_port()) {
 			// vergleichen mit bisheriger logik in parse.i  TODO
 			if (u[UResource][0] == '~') 
-			    target = find_person(u[UResource][1..]);
+			    target = find_person(u[UNick]);
 			else if (u[UUser]) target = find_person(u[UUser]);
 			else target = find_object(u[UResource]);
 	//		}
diff --git a/world/net/include/uniform.h b/world/net/include/uniform.h
index ad706f0..d6c4f8f 100644
--- a/world/net/include/uniform.h
+++ b/world/net/include/uniform.h
@@ -24,5 +24,4 @@
 				// (not provided by parse_uniform)
 #define	USize		16
 
-#define UName(uniform)	(uniform[UUser] || uniform[UResource][1 ..])
 #endif
diff --git a/world/net/irc/gatebot.c b/world/net/irc/gatebot.c
index 3cd2126..487dfef 100644
--- a/world/net/irc/gatebot.c
+++ b/world/net/irc/gatebot.c
@@ -182,12 +182,7 @@ advertise(source) {
 				gated[source] = 1;
 			}
 #endif
-		} else {
-			// maybe this kind of logic should be in parse_uniform?
-			// or is it too rarely needed thus inefficient?
-			login = u[UResource];
-			if (stringp(login) && strlen(login) > 1)
-			     login = login[1 ..];
+		} else login = u[UNick];
 		}
 		unless (login && strlen(login)) return;
 		// introduce the federation user into the ircnet
@@ -226,7 +221,7 @@ render(mc, data, vars, source) {
 //		return;
 //	}
 //	string ircsrc = (u[UScheme] || "xmpp") +";"+
-//			(UName(u) +"|"+
+//			(u[UNick] +"|"+
 //			replace(u[UHost], ".", "_");
 	if (source) {
 		advertise(source);
diff --git a/world/net/irc/user.c b/world/net/irc/user.c
index c9fa4d9..341e3e5 100644
--- a/world/net/irc/user.c
+++ b/world/net/irc/user.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static int _status_place_members(mixed source, string mc,
 # else
 		       "_nick" : n,
 # endif
-		       "_nick_login" : u[UResource],
+		       "_nick_login" : u[UNick],
 		       "_identification_host" : u[UHost],
 		       "_IRC_away" : "H",
 		       "_IRC_hops" : "1",
@@ -412,12 +412,12 @@ w(string mc, string data, mapping vars, mixed source) {
 # ifdef ALIASES
 	    if (raliases[source]) {
 		nick2 = raliases[source];
-		vars["_source_hack"] = nick2 + ((u[UUser] || 
-				       (u[UResource] && u[UResource][0]))
-		    ? "!"+ UName(u) +"@"+ u[UHost]
-		    : "!"+ (vars["_nick_long"] || vars["_INTERNAL_nick_plain"]
-			    || vars["_nick"])
-		      +"@alias.undefined");
+		vars["_source_hack"] = nick2 +"!"+
+		    u[UNick]? u[UNick] +"@"+ u[UHost]
+			    : (vars["_nick_long"]
+				 || vars["_INTERNAL_nick_plain"]
+				 || vars["_nick"])
+		      +"@alias.undefined";
 	    }
 
 	    unless (nick2) {
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ w(string mc, string data, mapping vars, mixed source) {
     case "psyc":
 		    if (u[UUser] || (u[UResource] && strlen(u[UResource])
 				     && u[UResource][0] == '~')) {
-			string tmp = UName(u);
+			string tmp = u[UNick];
 			vars["_source_hack"] = u[UScheme] + "://"
 			    + u[UHostPort] +"/~"+ tmp +"!"+ tmp +"@"
 			    + u[UHostPort];
diff --git a/world/net/jabber/common.c b/world/net/jabber/common.c
index 3b1f047..4b558c9 100644
--- a/world/net/jabber/common.c
+++ b/world/net/jabber/common.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ varargs string mkjid(mixed who, mixed vars, mixed ignore_context,  string target
 		    t = PLACEPREFIX + NODEPREP(vars["_nick_place"]) +"@"+ NAMEPREP(jabberhost);
 		} else if (u = parse_uniform(vars["_context"])) {
 		    if (u[UScheme] == "psyc")
-			t = PLACEPREFIX + NODEPREP(u[UResource][1..]) + "@" + NAMEPREP(u[UHost]);
+			t = PLACEPREFIX + NODEPREP(u[UNick]) + "@" + NAMEPREP(u[UHost]);
 		    else // here we presume we have a u@h or xmpp:
 			t = NODEPREP(u[UUser]) + "@" + NAMEPREP(u[UHost]);
 		} else {
diff --git a/world/net/jabber/mixin_render.c b/world/net/jabber/mixin_render.c
index b7d8818..482aee4 100644
--- a/world/net/jabber/mixin_render.c
+++ b/world/net/jabber/mixin_render.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ int msg(string source, string mc, string data,
 	    break;
 	case "kick": // TODO: we could add a callback for this
 	    mc = "_request_execute_kick";
-	    vars["_nick_target"] = is_formal(args[1]) ? parse_uniform(args[1])[UResource] : args[1];
+	    vars["_nick_target"] = is_formal(args[1]) ? parse_uniform(args[1])[UNick] : args[1];
 	    vars["_reason"] = ARGS(2);
 	    break;
 	case "ban": // TODO: we could add a callback for this
diff --git a/world/net/jabber/user.c b/world/net/jabber/user.c
index ecfcf8a..8961af0 100644
--- a/world/net/jabber/user.c
+++ b/world/net/jabber/user.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ message(XMLNode node) {
 			P0(("private message in place.. from %O to %O\n",
 			    ME, o))
 			sendmsg(o, "_message_public_whisper",
-				node["/body"][Cdata], ([ "_nick_target": u[UResource] || u[UUser]]));
+				node["/body"][Cdata], ([ "_nick_target": u[UNick]]));
 		}
 #endif
 		return 1;
@@ -1164,9 +1164,9 @@ varargs string mkjid(mixed who, mixed vars, mixed ignore_nick, mixed ignore_cont
 		    // or let psyc users be the same person as on xmpp?
 		    // YES we want transparent upgrades from xmpp to psyc!
 		    if (t[0] == '@')
-			t = PLACEPREFIX+ t[1..] +"@"+ u[UHost];
+			t = PLACEPREFIX+ u[UNick] +"@"+ u[UHost];
 		    else
-			t = t[1..] +"@"+ u[UHost];
+			t = u[UNick] +"@"+ u[UHost];
 		} else {
 		    // the usual "shouldn't happen" case which however does
 		    t = u[UHost];
diff --git a/world/net/library/text.c b/world/net/library/text.c
index fad1337..6b936a9 100644
--- a/world/net/library/text.c
+++ b/world/net/library/text.c
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ varargs string psyctext(string s, mapping m, vastring data,
 			// no _nick? okay, then it has to be this one
 			q = UNIFORM(source) || "?";
 		}
-		if (previous_object()) q = previous_object()->uni2nick(q) || q;
+		if (previous_object())
+		    q = previous_object()->uni2nick(q, m) || q;
 		r += p + q;
 #endif
 		break;
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ varargs string psyctext(string s, mapping m, vastring data,
 		r += p + (nick || m["_nick"] || m["_source"] || UNIFORM(source) || "?");
 #else
 		q = m["_source"] || UNIFORM(source) || "?";
-		if (previous_object()) q = previous_object()->uni2nick(q) || q;
+		if (previous_object())
+		    q = previous_object()->uni2nick(q, m) || q;
 		r += p + q;
 #endif
 		break;
@@ -81,7 +83,8 @@ varargs string psyctext(string s, mapping m, vastring data,
 		r += p + (nick || m["_nick"] || m["_source_relay"] || "?");
 #else
 		q = m["_source_relay"] || "?";
-		if (previous_object()) q = previous_object()->uni2nick(q) || q;
+		if (previous_object())
+		    q = previous_object()->uni2nick(q, m) || q;
 		r += p + q;
 #endif
 		break;
@@ -90,7 +93,8 @@ varargs string psyctext(string s, mapping m, vastring data,
 		r += p + (m["_nick_target"] || m["_target"] || "?");
 #else
 		q = m["_target"] || "?";
-		if (previous_object()) q = previous_object()->uni2nick(q) || q;
+		if (previous_object())
+		    q = previous_object()->uni2nick(q, m) || q;
 		r += p + q;
 #endif
 		break;
@@ -99,7 +103,8 @@ varargs string psyctext(string s, mapping m, vastring data,
 		r += p + (m["_nick_place"] || m["_context"] || "?");
 #else
 		q = m["_context"] || "?";
-		if (previous_object()) q = previous_object()->uni2nick(q) || q;
+		if (previous_object())
+		    q = previous_object()->uni2nick(q, m) || q;
 		r += p + q;
 #endif
 		break;
diff --git a/world/net/person.c b/world/net/person.c
index 3c9446f..4efd882 100644
--- a/world/net/person.c
+++ b/world/net/person.c
@@ -2541,7 +2541,7 @@ logon(host) {
 	    if (u = parse_uniform(ni)) {
 		// <lynX> first we change the ppl, then we need this code
 //		if (is_localhost(u[UHost])) {
-//		    o = summon_person(u[UResource][1..]);
+//		    o = summon_person(u[UNick]);
 //		    insert_member(o);
 //		} else {
 		    o = ni;
diff --git a/world/net/place/archetype.gen b/world/net/place/archetype.gen
index d745fd6..01617dc 100644
--- a/world/net/place/archetype.gen
+++ b/world/net/place/archetype.gen
@@ -1078,12 +1078,7 @@ P1(("ident: %O is really %O\n", t, source))
 // und nicht bei jeder remote suorce generell? TODO
 		    mixed *u = parse_uniform(source);
 		    if (u) {
-			string n = u[UUser];
-
-			if (!n && u[UResource]
-				&& u[UResource][0] == '~') {
-			    n = u[UResource][1..];
-			}
+			n = u[UNick];
 			unless (n) return 0; // not n? hm...
 
 			unless (vars["_nick"]
diff --git a/world/net/psyc/library.i b/world/net/psyc/library.i
index b93fed5..be4a104 100644
--- a/world/net/psyc/library.i
+++ b/world/net/psyc/library.i
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ object find_psyc_object(array(mixed) u) {
 	string t, r, svc, user;
 	object o;
 
-	user = u[UUser];
+	user = u[UNick];
 	r = u[UResource];
 	if (r && strlen(r)) {
 #if __EFUN_DEFINED__(trim)
@@ -132,13 +132,6 @@ object find_psyc_object(array(mixed) u) {
 		if (strlen(r)) switch(r[0]) {
 		case '^':
 		case '~':
-			if (user) {
-//				croak("_error_invalid_uniform_user_duplicate",
-//				    "Two users in uniform not allowed here.");
-//				QUIT
-				return 0;	// TODO!
-			}
-			user = r[1..];
 			break;
 		case '$':
 			// target wird auf serv/args gesetzt
diff --git a/world/net/psyc/parse.i b/world/net/psyc/parse.i
index 70f2032..2040724 100644
--- a/world/net/psyc/parse.i
+++ b/world/net/psyc/parse.i
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ protected int deliver(mixed ip, string host, string mc, string buffer, mapping c
 			}
 #ifdef NONIX
 			if (strlen(u[UResource]) > 1)
-			    cvars["_INTERNAL_nick_target"] = u[UResource][1..];
+			    cvars["_INTERNAL_nick_target"] = u[UNick];
 #endif
 			P3(("DEBUG: is_localhost is %O for %O of %O\n",
 			    is_localhost(u[UHost]), u[UHost], u))
diff --git a/world/net/user.c b/world/net/user.c
index 41e4c55..70840e4 100644
--- a/world/net/user.c
+++ b/world/net/user.c
@@ -31,20 +31,22 @@ volatile mixed beQuiet;
 
 // my nickspace. used by psyctext(). could be passed as closure, but then
 // it wouldn't be available for *any* psyctext call in user objects.
-uni2nick(n) {
-	PT(("uni2nick(%O) in %O\n", n, ME))
+uni2nick(n, vars) {
+	P3(("uni2nick(%O) in %O\n", n, ME))
 #ifdef USE_AUTOALIAS
 	string ln = lower_case(n);
 	string al = raliases[ln];
 	if (al) return al;
 	if (member(raliases, ln)) return n; // marked dead
 	mixed u = parse_uniform(n);
+	// unfortunately UNick already comes lowercased..
+	// using qName() for objectp would help here
+	// or we start using mixed case uniforms.. TODO
 	al = lower_case(u[UNick]);
 	if (aliases[al]) {
 		raliases[ln] = 0; // mark dead
-		PT(("uni2nick: already belongs to %O\n", aliases[al]))
-		w("_failure_unavailable_alias",
-"No alias for [_uniform_new]: [_nick_old] already belongs to [_uniform_old].",
+		P2(("uni2nick: already belongs to %O\n", aliases[al]))
+		w("_failure_unavailable_alias", 0,
 		    ([ "_uniform_new": n,
 		       "_uniform_old": aliases[al],
 		       "_nick_old": al ]) );
@@ -52,9 +54,8 @@ uni2nick(n) {
 	}
 	aliases[al] = n;
 	raliases[ln] = al = u[UNick];
-	PT(("uni2nick: autoaliased %O to %O\n", n, al))
-	w("_notice_add_alias_automatic",
-	    "[_uniform_entity] is known as [_nick_entity].",
+	P2(("uni2nick: autoaliased %O to %O\n", n, al))
+	w("_notice_add_alias_temporary", 0,
 	    ([ "_uniform_entity": n,
 	       "_nick_entity": al ]) );
 	return al;