Questions tagged [display-names]
For questions regarding display names and what is allowed in them.
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Why do some comment replies using the @username convention fail to work? [closed]
When I reply to a comment, I try to follow the @username convention. It almost always works fine. But sometimes it doesn’t work: i.e., I have to type out the username because it fails to appear in an ...
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I want to force a change of my Stack Overflow profile name [closed]
I want to forcefully change my profile name in Stack Overflow, I don't want to wait 30 days:
My account has had a lot of problems recently, and several accounts have suddenly been merged together. I ...
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Display name can contain full stops, diacritics, and underscores as well - message should mention this
Full stops and underscores should be added to the list below when editing display names.
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How do I update my global username to match my community username?
I’ve looked through the answers to this question dating from 2009-2018 and don’t find any relevant answers as I already know how to change my username on a specific community.
I am at my global ...
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Display author name while editing a question or answer
I was editing an answer and wanted to say "we can also write this if [author name] agrees" but noticed that the author name was written nowhere on the post edit page interface. I had to open ...
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Why doesn't the username in mentions not get auto-edited when the original one does? [duplicate]
I used to go by "d4rk4ng31" (um, as you might have already guessed, silly teenage years) which then I changed (long back, but I just noticed this as I am not a very active member anymore). I ...
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Tapping on username while commenting after @ symbol with a high probability leads to invalid system response on touch screen devices
It's very hard to correctly select user name while commenting on mobile devices. Even when tap is marked inside the tooltip with username, as the result system decided that I tapped on the link from ...
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Can we take a position *against* the moderator strike?
I've been previously banned for stating,
"I stand against Israeli apartheid"
And for having the nickname "Israel is an apartheid state", I've reviewed the merits of this strike, ...
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No space between "bounty" and the username in bounty notices [duplicate]
This might be the smallest bug, however, it is irritating to see the username is connected to "bounty" with a period. There have been times when I think that could be a particular syntax on ...
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Long usernames overflow revision list headers
When a user has a long name without spaces, their name overflows the revision header, as can be seen e.g. here:
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What *are* the restrictions to the scripts one can use on one's username?
I was intending to test out how to ping someone with a non-ASCII username - as part of the response to this post.
Since it specifically spoke about non-English languages, and frankly, it amused me, I ...
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Stack Overflow should not allow non-ASCII usernames!
I find this very unprofessional when people can choose any set of characters for their names.
This makes no fun when you try to tag them (using the @ symbol), or search them in the site.
It looks very ...
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Why doesn't my profile on a new site show my name?
I am an active user of Stack Overflow and several other Stack Exchange sites. Today I wanted to leave a comment on a question at matheducators.stackexchange.com, so I clicked through to make a linked ...
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What about sensitive details being retained in the chat and related things?
There was a question implying some sensitive information. And the user asking the question used their real name. Plenty of the comments were moved to the chat.
The user was suggested to not use their ...
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We talk a lot about offensive usernames
Today we had the following question posted:
What is SE policy regarding potentially offensive screen names?
The specific user mentioned had already been taken care of, but the question is asking about ...
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