I would say just have it locked with something that you'd have to go through a solicitor for. Put in a fee, set the ruling that you have to go through some actual roleplay with the solicitor maybe, maybe even you have to actually demonstrate text messages or tweedle accounts to confirm that you...
Yes it most definitely should. If you do a deed poll in real life, then your birth certificate is still a part of your legal identification. The deed poll (which is just the little piece of paper) purely exists to say that you are no longer recognised by that name, BUT are still the same person...
I understand that it may cause issues as far as criminals and stuff just being able to change their name easily, but as it is, apparently you can only change your name for witness protection or in the event of marriage?
As someone who has gone through a legal name change IRL (the reason is...