# How can we require a full name?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-require-a-full-name/26089
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 7, 2015, 7:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-require-a-full-name/26089 "2015-03-07T07:09:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2015, 7:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-require-a-full-name/26089/1 "2015-03-07T07:09:06Z")
Our forum is not private, but yet we have users named `ab` and other unrecognizable names.
How can we require a full name be added at registration?
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-require-a-full-name/26089/2 "2015-03-07T18:56:38Z")
Have you tried PMing them and asking them to change it?
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### Author:  [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-require-a-full-name/26089/3 "2015-03-07T19:13:45Z")
Thanks, but I’d much rather set expectations ahead of time, than worry about playing catchup later. (Not that they couldn’t set `AB` as their “Full name” .. but the field name does convey it’s intended use.
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### Author:  [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-require-a-full-name/26089/4 "2015-03-11T17:01:27Z")
I know that development can’t be rushed, but I’d love an official “yes, we should do this” or “no, we’re not interested”
thanks!
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-require-a-full-name/26089/5 "2015-03-11T22:38:55Z")
No paying customers are currently asking for this 😉
How’s that for an answer? 😆
I don’t mind it, but we really need to focus on working towards having a company that can pay the salaries of everyone that works there at the moment.
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-require-a-full-name/26089/6 "2015-03-20T00:07:54Z")
> [@watchmanmonitor](#):
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> How can we require a full name be added at registration?
Use a 3rd-party registration system that requires it & SSO authentication. 🙂
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-require-a-full-name/26089/7 "2015-03-20T00:10:02Z")
Also it’s worth mentioning that when you say this, you _probably_ mean (based on previous posts..) that you want it required at the time of invite accept, not our standard new user signup registration dialog.
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### Author:  [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-require-a-full-name/26089/8 "2015-03-20T05:29:28Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> required at the time of invite accept
Yeah, our forum is 75% invited, 25% self-enrolled/approved. You are correct, this would only help that 25%
My plan at the moment is to give up on this approach, and start using this importer, based off input provided in a third party form.
[GitHub - vindia/discourse\_user\_importer: A tiny script to import users from a CSV file into Discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/vindia/discourse_user_importer)
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### Author:  [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-require-a-full-name/26089/9 "2015-04-08T17:17:50Z")
There’s a setting to make the full name field required.
> [@Making the name field required or removing it?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-the-name-field-required-or-removing-it/26574/10):
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> I added this feature today. [image] There’s a checkbox in the Users section of the settings called “full name required”. Give it a try!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-require-a-full-name/26089/10 "2018-09-24T16:57:44Z")
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-require-a-full-name/26089/11 "2018-09-25T00:05:14Z")