# Allow site operators to control full name suppression on posts

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-site-operators-to-control-full-name-suppression-on-posts/25378
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [February 18, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-site-operators-to-control-full-name-suppression-on-posts/25378 "2015-02-18T22:48:22Z")
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### Author: ![dmitry\_fedyuk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dmitry_fedyuk/32/293153_2.png) [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-site-operators-to-control-full-name-suppression-on-posts/25378/18 "2015-05-29T15:24:30Z")

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Today I faced the problem too: [Discourse does not show the Real Name on a topic page then it (wrongly) assumes it is the same as the Username](http://meta.discourse.org/t/29399).

And I end up with my own plugin «[Real Name](http://discourse.pro/t/topic/27)»:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/5/a53ed7b85cbfcc9b99c0201ffa489db85e01c37b.png)  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/4/443109a84a98932f36cea35700250fe5aaa75d76.png)

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