# Locking the Display Name

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/locking-the-display-name/71596>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Outubro 7, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locking-the-display-name/71596 "2017-10-07T16:39:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![arwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@arwen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arwen)\
**Post date:** [Outubro 7, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locking-the-display-name/71596/1 "2017-10-07T16:39:22Z")

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Hello,

I have set up a discourse forum that is connected to an organization. Some of the users are not following the instructions to have the display name in a certain format. (e.g. we want John D versus a nickname like DogLover.) Since we are more of a professional group, it would be great if that field was not user-defined.

Is there a way to lock down the display name where only moderators/admins can edit a user’s display name?

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