Db:seed_fu fails on 002_groups.rb during upgrade: Validation failed: Name has already been taken

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Where did the “Me too!” button go?

This happens when you have an existing group or user (!!!) called anonymous.

We have many forums where anonymous was used as a username after an import.
The commit mentions

This PR introduces two new auto groups, anonymous_users and logged_in_users

but apparently the group was eventually called anonymous without _users.

That’s a shame because

  • anonymous makes it unclear whether it is a user group or a single user
  • the risk of a clash with an existing group or user is much higher without the _users

Suggested solutions:
1 - name the group anonymous_users after all, it’s more in line with logged_in_users and reduces the clash risk enormously
2 - at least detect the clash and rename the existing user or group instead of erroring out

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