We currently require users to add a full name when signing up. Unfortunately, a fair number of users are using their username as the full name, or simply using their first name. Is there a way to require a first name and last name? Would it useful to create custom required first name and last nam…

[image] agf1997: Is there a way to require a first name and last name? this is the only settings for name [image] There is only one field for the full name and not 2 separate fields [image]

[image] IAmGav: There is only one field for the full name and not 2 separate fields Understood .. I was going to do something like this to create a custom fields for first name and last name? Then disable full name. Wondering if there’s any significant downside. I probably also need a scri…

maybe just create an surname then either do a post to update or get staff to fix user profiles

[image] IAmGav: maybe just create an surname Is there a downside to having a custom field for name, even if just the last name? [image] IAmGav: get staff to fix user profiles My staff or yours? I have no staff :crazy_face:

[image] agf1997: Is there a way to require a first name and last name? Would it useful to create custom required first name and last name fields and disable full name? I’d suggest not doing that .

[image] supermathie: I’d suggest not doing that . Interesting read. Maybe I just attract too many people to my community with names that include numbers. In all seriousness, I guess I’ll just post and ask people nicely to update their names.

Trying to solve this with software constraints may be more difficult then talking to them about it. You might also get some mileage out of a report (e.g. with Data Explorer ) that compares usernames with real names and flags them for you to look at.

I’m not familiar with data explorer . Sorry for the basic question but is that a discourse thing?

Yep, it’s the Discourse Data Explorer . Honestly, not knowing your application it’s hard to gauge exactly how much work you need to put into this but the steps I would instinctively take would be, in increasing time required: general announcement browse new users, check usernames, PM them use data…

Interesting … let me look into that. Related but slightly different. We are using Auth0 to handle our users. Most are doing social sign ons. Their info gets pulled into our Auth0 database and usually includes full name. That, however, doesn’t seem to propagate over to Discourse when their disco…

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IAmGav (Gavin Perch) September 30, 2020, 9:38pm 2

this is the only settings for name

There is only one field for the full name and not 2 separate fields

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