Users sometimes use a different link label in their signature. E.g. [[User:Jdforrester|James F.]]. It is also used when users want to transliterate their name into a different script, e.g. [[User:קיפודנחש| קיפודנחש (aka kipod)]] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Hewlett-Packard_9100A?dtenable=1)
As the link label is the only thing that is shown on the page, this should be included in the list of autocomplete suggestions.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T295507 Improve the accuracy of Discussiontools's username suggestion list | |||
| Open | None | T266401 Include users’ “signature name” in @-mention autocomplete |
As the link label is the only thing that is shown on the page, this should be included in the list of autocomplete suggestions.
@Esanders can you please confirm the below is accurate/exhaustive? I'm wanting to make sure I am understanding what this task is asking for.
Current
Desired
Notice the username suggestion list is populated with Person A's "customized" username link label (read: James F.)
I'm not expressing an opinion on which name we show in the initial suggestion list when no search text has been entered, but it should at least be possible to search for both.
An example of where we do auto-complete based on multiple fields is our language selector.
I can search for "Spanish" or "español":
This has been requested several times, including at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Wi3ok0nsmt0j6m5f