# Feature request: make the "deduplication" of name vs. user name a site setting

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-make-the-deduplication-of-name-vs-user-name-a-site-setting/239454
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [September 19, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-make-the-deduplication-of-name-vs-user-name-a-site-setting/239454 "2022-09-19T20:30:54Z")
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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: [September 20, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-make-the-deduplication-of-name-vs-user-name-a-site-setting/239454/2 "2022-09-20T01:09:00Z")

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This theme component already exists:

> [@Remove Name Suppression on Posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-name-suppression-on-posts/86265):
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> discourse2Summary Remove Name Suppression on Posts disables the suppression of similar name / usernames on posts.eyeglassesPreview [Preview on Discourse Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Discourse/remove-name-suppression)hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/remove-name-suppression-on-posts](https://github.com/discourse/remove-name-suppression-on-posts)open_bookNew to Discourse Themes? [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) Install this theme component Features This tiny tiny theme component only adds: \<script type="text/discourse-plugin" versi…

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