Questions tagged [display-names]
For questions regarding display names and what is allowed in them.
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Spammer's user name remains visible in chat after user has been destroyed
We've just seen a spammer in chat, the message was quickly removed and the user destroyed. However, the name of the spammer remains clearly visible.
Obviously, if the name is related to the spammed ...
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What does sparaps in @sparaps mean? [closed]
In two postings today, I saw a few @sparaps in comments. But no poster or other commenter is found with this user name...
So I suppose that the author of the previous comment is meant.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...