# Lock username to GitHub username when authenticating using GitHub

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-username-to-github-username-when-authenticating-using-github/49133>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [24 Agosto, 2016 05:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-username-to-github-username-when-authenticating-using-github/49133 "2016-08-24T05:50:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![ossia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ossia/32/215651_2.png) [@ossia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ossia)\
**Post date:** [24 Agosto, 2016 05:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-username-to-github-username-when-authenticating-using-github/49133/1 "2016-08-24T05:50:31Z")

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User story: As a new user, when I authenticate with GitHub, my username is automatically set to whatever my GitHub username is, and I cannot change it unless I change my username on GitHub.

The reason this would be helpful is that our open source community, Free Code Camp, uses GitHub authentication for our website, Gitter chat, and our Discourse. We want to maintain a consistent identity across all three of these services (plus GitHub itself) for convenience and consistency.

This could be rolled into the same package as [Import GitHub image as profile image when authenticating with GitHub](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-github-image-as-profile-image-when-authenticating-with-github/49132)

CC @michaelhenderson

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