# Group long names - help give full citizenship to groups for mentions, messaging, group pages

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-long-names-help-give-full-citizenship-to-groups-for-mentions-messaging-group-pages/49949>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2016 年 9 月 9 日午後 7:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-long-names-help-give-full-citizenship-to-groups-for-mentions-messaging-group-pages/49949 "2016-09-09T19:45:12Z")\
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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:** [2017 年 1 月 4 日午前 2:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-long-names-help-give-full-citizenship-to-groups-for-mentions-messaging-group-pages/49949/6 "2017-01-04T02:58:43Z")

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> [@tobiaseigen](#):
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> This would allow us to have short groupnames (up to 15-20 chars) based on acronyms (eg @lel2016)

This has always been the case. Group names are validated using the same validator for usernames.

> [@tobiaseigen](#):
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> longer names that clearly indicate who’s in the group

This has been added so I’ll just have to include it in the mention autocomplete 🙂

> [@tobiaseigen](#):
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> Each of these groups has a long name now.

Isn’t the name long because you increased the username length settings and gave the group a long name? With the addition of full name, you should probably shorten the group name and use the group full name. 😁

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