Remove Name Suppression on Posts

Discourse · April 27, 2018, 1:48am


	Summary	Remove Name Suppression on Posts disables the suppression of similar name / usernames on posts.
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	Repository Link	https://github.com/discourse/remove-name-suppression-on-posts
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This tiny tiny theme component only adds:

<script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.8.18">
  api.disableNameSuppressionOnPosts();
</script>

To your <HEAD> tag will disable the suppression of similar name / usernames on posts.

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Last edited by @JammyDodger 2024-06-14T00:11:31Z

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ggurbet · March 8, 2021, 6:21pm

I know this is a bit old but just to give a heads up, this does not seem to work anymore. Looked at the code of the core suppression feature but I am not sure about the mechanics here:

/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/poster-name.js:

let sanitizeName = function (name) {
  return name.toLowerCase().replace(/[\s\._-]/g, "");
};

export function disableNameSuppression() {
  sanitizeName = (name) => name;
}

Also, by default it is installed as a theme instead of a component. Do you have any ideas?

awesomerobot · March 8, 2021, 7:08pm

It still works for me:

is the site setting enable names enabled? If you inspect the page, do you see any console errors?

I set component: true so it should install as a component now.

ggurbet · March 8, 2021, 7:43pm

Thank you for the component chage.

I have the enable names setting enabled. There are some errors in Chrome dev console like this:

ggurbet · March 22, 2021, 10:02am

I have manually added the code given by Sam to the header and tried disabling then enabling the “enable names” setting but it still does not work for me when the username and the name of the user are the same.

Topic		Replies	Views
Show only first name Support	2	793	January 10, 2021
Full name is not visible for few users Support	3	482	March 14, 2023
Random users usernames not showing on posts Support	11	459	June 26, 2023
Feature request: make the "deduplication" of name vs. user name a site setting Feature	2	622	September 20, 2022
Discourse does not show the Real Name on a topic page then it (wrongly) assumes it is the same as the Username Feature	3	4058	May 29, 2015

Remove Name Suppression on Posts

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