0005833: Real Name field must be unique

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0005833	mantisbt	bugtracker	public	2005-06-22 13:37	2005-07-23 02:08

Reporter	cmchmc	Assigned To	thraxisp
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	duplicate

Summary	0005833: Real Name field must be unique
Description	One of the projects I work with switched to Mantis and ported over the account information. When I first saw the new bugtracker, it didn't recognize me so I assumed that it was a brand-new bugtracker without old accounts and I went through the procedure to add a new account. That went fine right up until I entered my ``Real Name'', at which point Mantis balked. While not allowing `duplicate'' real names is a useful feature (it made me realize that they must have copied the accounts over, so I looked back to see if I could find my other username. I have a reasonably unique name (in the States, anyway), but there are lots and lots of`John Smith''s, ``William Stein''s, and so forth. (Even with my name, there are at least three ``Claire Connelly''s I'm aware of in the world.) It would probably be better to have the system say something like John Smith? Are you sure you're not one of the existing 58 John Smiths? and provide some sort of (obfuscated?) list that might help Mr. Smith pick out his account.
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thraxisp 2005-06-22 15:37 reporter ~0010613	There is a feature that flags duplicate real names hidden in Mantis. If you set "$g_differentiate_duplicates = ON;", and re-run the update script (admin/update.php), it will add a field to the database to flag duplicate real names. These will be presented in all views as "Real Name (userid)" so you can tell the John Smiths apart.