[wp-hackers] Username Madness

[mikeschinkel at newclarity.net]

> -1 on redefining display_name. Deprecate it, if you want. Don't  
> redefine it.

Agree.

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On Nov 3, 2009, at 8:14 AM, William Canino <william.canino at googlemail.com 
 > wrote:

> My (real) first and last name is 'Bedžet Taseski'
> My nickname is 'Bedžet the Russian'.
> My user_login is 'admin' (cannot be changed)
> My user_nicename is 'bedzet' (http://blog.com/author/bedzet)
> My display_name is 'Bedžet the Russian' (output of the_author() )
>
> Only nicename is guaranteed URL safe.  Also, some cultures write their
> name as 'lastname + firstname'.
>
> What is the confusion?
>
> -1 on redefining display_name. Deprecate it, if you want. Don't  
> redefine it.
>
> Thank you,
>
> W
>
>
> 2009/11/3 scribu <scribu at gmail.com>:
>> Currently, in the wp_users table, there are 3 fields for the user  
>> name:
>>
>> user_login
>> user_nicename
>> display_name
>>
>> Besides those, we have two fields in wp_usermeta:
>>
>> first_name
>> last_name
>>
>>
>> Instead of retaining a value, display_name should only remember the  
>> user
>> preference:
>>
>> 1 - user_login
>> 2 - user_nicename
>> 3 - first_name + last_name
>>
>> with 2 as the default value.
>>
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> --
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