# Editing name tags down

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-name-tags-down/52851>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [November 13, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-name-tags-down/52851 "2016-11-13T11:46:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Rob\_Nicholson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rob_nicholson/32/63483_2.png) [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-name-tags-down/52851/1 "2016-11-13T11:46:31Z")

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Is it possible to edit a name tag after choosing it like on Facebook? Most of our users have their full name in their tag (so mine is @Rob_Nicholson). I find myself wanting to say in a reply “Yes John, I…” but want to tag them but using their full name doesn’t feel right. In Facebook, once you have tagged them you can backspace to remove their surname.

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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:** [November 14, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-name-tags-down/52851/2 "2016-11-14T00:34:21Z")

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Best you can do [@rob](https://meta.discourse.org/users/Rob_Nicholson) is to use a standard hyperlink here.

The feature you are proposing here can end up costing tons in readability. eg @sam could refer to @sam\_saffron\_soc and the only way to find out who you would be talking about would be to follow the link.

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**Author:** ![Rob\_Nicholson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rob_nicholson/32/63483_2.png) [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-name-tags-down/52851/3 "2016-11-14T10:31:28Z")

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Sorry but I disagree. The feature is used on Facebook all the time without confusion. You tend to only use it in reply to an existing message (e.g. I agree @Sam) and you want to make sure they get a notification email. Surely that’s the purpose of the tags and therefore this is just a more friendly version? On the CAMRA forums, our national executive are very busy and therefore haven’t got time to keep totally on top of the forums. Referring to our chairman each time as @Colin\_Valentine is way too formal.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 11:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-name-tags-down/52851/4 "2016-11-14T11:03:40Z")

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Ok, then he needs to edit his username to change it to `@colin`.

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**Author:** ![Rob\_Nicholson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rob_nicholson/32/63483_2.png) [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-name-tags-down/52851/5 "2016-11-20T19:14:47Z")

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We have hundreds of Colin’s in CAMRA. A very common name with beer drinkers 🙂

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-name-tags-down/52851/6 "2016-11-20T21:49:47Z")

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Only one can be the site owner in charge of decisions like this, though.