Object in Maya 2016 has long name that can't be changed for some reason

Object in Maya 2016 has long name that can't be changed for some reason

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Object in Maya 2016 has long name that can't be changed for some reason

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I'm a student planning on taking on animation as a career and I've been getting back into modeling recently to get better. The thing is with today I tried to model some light post. I made one and then duplicated the object/combine them. Each time I did something though it seemed to add more to

the name for whatever reason. Right now it says the same name over and over again, and when I try to change the name it only puts the name I entered at the end of the name but never changes it completely. Here's a photo of the problem. 

 

Does anyone know what is causing this problem and how I can fix/avoid it in the future? 

 

I know it's hard to see but you can see the name and how it is completely clogging up my screen. I can't even change to select by object or face when right clicking anymore. 

 

(I also attached the screencap in case it is too hard to see anything)

 

If anyone knows how I can fix this please let me know since this is really annoying me. Thank you! 

 

 Maya 2016 Long Name Problem.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

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mspeer
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Hi!

Read more about Namespaces in the Maya Online Help / Documentation.

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Anonymous
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Thank you! That actually helped tremendously! The name is still showing a few of the objects that are combined, but it's a lot shorter now and I can access everything when right-clicking now. 

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dirtybluefl
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"hey when you delete anything here its gonna auto save and wreck all your work and control z wont do anything about it" yeah you should maybe ADD THAT to your post.
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