# Add the possibility to have a display name
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-the-possibility-to-have-a-display-name/74
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [June 4, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-the-possibility-to-have-a-display-name/74 "2018-06-04T12:49:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-the-possibility-to-have-a-display-name/74/1 "2018-06-04T12:49:29Z")
for all intent and purpose, on Discourse, my Display Name and Tag name are the same :
mwestphal
It would be better to have them separate, or to be able to use your actual name as a display name.
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-the-possibility-to-have-a-display-name/74/2 "2018-06-04T13:15:28Z")
I turned on an option to display your full name next to your user name in posts. You can also click on one’s tag name and get their profile, which will include full name if it is given.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-the-possibility-to-have-a-display-name/74/3 "2018-06-04T13:17:52Z")
Much better, thanks.
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-the-possibility-to-have-a-display-name/74/4 "2018-06-04T13:25:58Z")
Can you see my full name displayed? I don’t see it on posts, but I see yours and some other users.
I have my full name entered in my profile and haven’t chosen to hide it…
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-the-possibility-to-have-a-display-name/74/5 "2018-06-04T13:26:38Z")
I do not see your full name, no
I see mine.
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-the-possibility-to-have-a-display-name/74/6 "2018-06-04T13:35:24Z")
Huh, weird. I changed an option to prioritize full name. Now I see my full name, but not my user name! I see both of yours.
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-the-possibility-to-have-a-display-name/74/7 "2018-06-04T13:39:50Z")
Ah, it seems that if your username is either “first.last” or “first\_last” (possibly “first?last”) it will show just your full name (see posts from @Dave_DeMarle, @utkarsh.ayachit, for example). If I add my middle initial, I see both display name and user name.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-the-possibility-to-have-a-display-name/74/8 "2018-06-04T13:45:59Z")
That’s a funny one.