Publish my Alias-name in author info

Feature overview

Add an option to Settings:Preferences: Publish Alias-name in author info.

Anywhere author info is displayed, if this option is true, display the Alias-name.

Feature motivation

At our site, we use http auth and so Name is an obscure username imported from our central authentication system. It would be much more useful to display Alias-Name, if it exists, instead of Name.

You know that when you move the mouse pointer over the auth user name on RecentChanges, it will display the alias name?

• Thanks Thomas. I hadn't noticed that use of Alias-name. This feature request is to primarily display the Alias-name at all author info references. -- HarmsCon 2008-09-17 00:31:01

Is this features useful to most users or just to specific users?

With the moin authentication system becoming more flexible, I believe this would be of use to enterprise and campus environments that use central authentication and don't want to publish usernames.

I can't find any other use for Alias-name: this feature would seem an appropriate use. It could still link to the users home page.

Feature configuration notes

• There would need to be a moinmoin-wide default in user_checkbox:

user_checkbox_defaults = {'alias-name_author':       0,
                         }

• A corresponding wikiconfig.py default:

user_checkbox_defaults = {'alias-name_author':       0,
                         }

• The user then has the option for their preference and the system administrator can choose a default.

• The system administrator can also set a wiki-wide policy via: user_checkbox_remove = ['alias-name_author', ]

-- HarmsCon 2008-09-14 23:47:21

The general problem with that stuff is that the alias name is editable by the user, but not authenticated (even if the username is). So JoeDoe could alias as "HisBoss" or "JaneDoe".

Progress

• 2011-07-14

  • This helped me - using_an_helper_function_to_convert_an_Active_Directory_login_into_a_WikiName_with_LDAPAuth

• 2011-07-13

  • Any progress with this feature request ? I need this too. What I can change in code to see 'Alias Name' instead of 'Login Name' ?

Thank you.

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