# Why don't discourse use email name to create username?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-dont-discourse-use-email-name-to-create-username/26197>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [11.Март.2015 02:10:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-dont-discourse-use-email-name-to-create-username/26197 "2015-03-11T02:10:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![trandatnh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/trandatnh/32/115055_2.png) [@trandatnh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trandatnh)\
**Post date:** [11.Март.2015 02:10:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-dont-discourse-use-email-name-to-create-username/26197/1 "2015-03-11T02:10:08Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Vietnamese slug support for better SEO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vietnamese-slug-support-for-better-seo/22422/24):

> [@thangngoc89](#):
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> @trandatnh There you go again  
> [discourse/lib/user\_name\_suggester.rb at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/lib/user_name_suggester.rb#L36-L42)
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> It uses `transliterate` (which we discuss above).

I find it’s strange to use “people name” from Facebook to create username in Discourse. Why wouldn’t we use “email name” as a default user name for Discourse forum?

The facts are

- almost everyone use their “nick name” or “email name” on forum. for example

- **We got problem with unicode “real name”** , my full legal name is: “Lê Trần **Đạt** ”. Facebook presents it as “ **Đạt** Lê Trần”. I don’t like the way Facebook call me, but it’s still ok, acceptable. But hey, what does Discourse call my name? There it is `D_t_Le_Tr_n`

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/c/7c160ebe59bc136a0aa06244b83b29db20698c57.png) 

I would prefer `trandatnh` as my username rather than `D_t_Le_Tr_n`

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Don’t tell me to use `vi` as default language. There are 2 reasons

- I encourage my members, friends to use English.
- The vietnamese translation is not completed yet (around 40%)

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