# Alias username and group mentioning

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/alias-username-and-group-mentioning/38291>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [January 21, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alias-username-and-group-mentioning/38291 "2016-01-21T07:33:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alias-username-and-group-mentioning/38291/5 "2016-01-22T21:39:43Z")

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While it is not exactly what you are looking for, you could make a group with a single user…which essentially would function as an alias.

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