# Show real names on about page and enable hiding of users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-real-names-on-about-page-and-enable-hiding-of-users/25135>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [11.Февраль.2015 17:32:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-real-names-on-about-page-and-enable-hiding-of-users/25135 "2015-02-11T17:32:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Post date:** [11.Февраль.2015 17:39:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-real-names-on-about-page-and-enable-hiding-of-users/25135/2 "2015-02-11T17:39:39Z")

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> [@tobiaseigen](#):
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> However, on our site we have decided not to give anyone who logs in every day admin access and instead have created one admin user account that is shared by our team to log in and perform admin actions. So that account should be hidden from view everywhere in fact - not just on the about page but in badge listings etc. An option (on the admin page for users? on the preferences page?) to hide/show this would be really nice.

That seems really weird. How do you hold anyone accountable then? How do you know who was logged in last as the only admin? What do you do if someone were to change the admin password and not share it? Or if someone gets hacked and they take over the admin account?

That’s a lot of risk with little reward.

> [@tobiaseigen](#):
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> Meanwhile the list of moderators would look better with real names of the moderators rather than their usernames, along with link to the user profile as it exists now. So an admin setting to switch this would be appreciated. (This is generally true - would prefer to see real names to usernames even on badge listings so maybe this could be a sitewide toggle?)

I could support this feature if it used the “use real names” setting in the Admin area. If that setting isn’t set, then the username should remain present.

As an aside, I think this should be two separate requests, as the need for them do not align with each other and obviously a lot of discussion could be had on how you setup your admin account…

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