Bug exists where userID is displayed instead of username in DPLforum extension
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	dmehus
	Apr 3 2021, 1:59 AM

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Bug report: Bug exists in the DPLforum extension wherein the user's ID is displayed rather than the user's username.

Example: https://horrorstories.miraheze.org/wiki/Spooky_Stories:Sandbox

Relevant parties who've either confirmed as an upstream bug or investigated this: @TheVoidwalker, @Universal_Omega, and me (@dmehus)

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Display user name instead of user ID	mediawiki/extensions/DPLforum	REL1_35	+1 -1
	Display user name instead of user ID	mediawiki/extensions/DPLforum	master	+1 -1

I don't have time to submit a patch, but it seems like an easy fix. Line 430 of DPLforum_body.php should be changed to:

$first_user = User::newFromActorId( $row->first_actor )->getName();

Change 676741 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jack Phoenix; author: Jack Phoenix):

[mediawiki/extensions/DPLforum@master] Display user name instead of user ID

Change 676741 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/DPLforum@master] Display user name instead of user ID

Change 676790 had a related patch set uploaded (by 01miki10; author: Jack Phoenix):

[mediawiki/extensions/DPLforum@REL1_35] Display user name instead of user ID

Change 676790 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/DPLforum@REL1_35] Display user name instead of user ID

ashley closed this task as Resolved.Apr 5 2021, 8:51 AM

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