[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress] #2036: Making your user- and display name the same unique identifier?

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#2036: Making your user- and display name the same unique identifier?
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 Reporter:  Ezd          |       Owner:     
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  major        |   Milestone:  1.4
Component:  Core         |     Version:     
 Keywords:               |  
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Changes (by boonebgorges):

  * component:  => Core
  * milestone:  1.3 => 1.4


Comment:

 This is an interesting idea. I've always thought it was a bit rude of
 BuddyPress to insist that the 'Name' xprofile field (1) exist, and (2) be
 required.

 Making it work would be a pretty big job, though, as you'd have to be very
 sure to catch all the places throughout BP where user display names are
 called and ensure that they fall back on the username when r-a-y's
 suggested override is in place. For that reason I think it'll have to be
 booted to 1.4. Feel free to argue this point or provide a patch if you
 feel otherwise :)

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