# Can't change names of trust\_level groups?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-names-of-trust-level-groups/55614
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [11 בינואר,‏ 2017,‏ 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-names-of-trust-level-groups/55614 "2017-01-11T20:34:17Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [11 בינואר,‏ 2017,‏ 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-names-of-trust-level-groups/55614/1 "2017-01-11T20:34:17Z")

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Is it possible to change the names of groups?

I hcanged groups.default\_names.trust\_level\_2 to “members”. It shows as changed in `/admin/customize/site_texts`, but that change isn’t reflected on the admin/groups page.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [17 בינואר,‏ 2017,‏ 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-names-of-trust-level-groups/55614/2 "2017-01-17T16:21:16Z")

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@tgxworld what is the verdict here?

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### Author: ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [18 בינואר,‏ 2017,‏ 2:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-names-of-trust-level-groups/55614/3 "2017-01-18T02:21:46Z")

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A group name is equivalent to the username of a user so it can’t be changed.

The only place that translation is used is in

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/app/models/group.rb#L162>

but I’ll need to dig further to figure out what the translation is used for.

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### Author: ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [18 בינואר,‏ 2017,‏ 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-names-of-trust-level-groups/55614/4 "2017-01-18T05:55:35Z")

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Actually automatic group names can be changed by changing the default locale and it has always been “secretly?” supported. It is just that we didn’t implement the feature to remap group mentions upon a group name changed when the group mentions feature was implemented.

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/4662/commits/706b4f6b9faf1f820a294e83f82b0b5a5dba0475](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/4662/commits/706b4f6b9faf1f820a294e83f82b0b5a5dba0475)

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### Author: ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [27 בפברואר,‏ 2017,‏ 3:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-names-of-trust-level-groups/55614/7 "2017-02-27T03:56:48Z")

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