Suggestion: A better [USER] tag

[Salzorrah]

I think we have a user tag that just links it to their profile. I suggest of expanding that tag...

So, since name changes are back, those who own clubs, roleplays, challenges, etc. have a hard time editing their member list...

So if there would be a new [USER] tag, it would look like...

[USER]user#[/USER]

and it would show the username along with the link, and the name style[mod,supporter,admin,smod]

For example, if I type, [USER]378144[/USER], it would look like [supporter]Queen of Shipping[/supporter] and if I changed my name, the name changes to correspond the new name or something... Less work for those who manage clubs, challenges, roleplays, etc....

I know it isn't good but you get the idea right? So, what about it?

 

[Mana1]

I get where you're coming from, but at the end of the day it's probably simpler to for people to inform the owner/leader - if you're not active enough to remember then it probably doesn't really matter. The amount of names changing across the entire forum is relatively small.

It would also mean that it'll take a lot more time to manage userlists in those areas - in the RPC most don't bother linking to user profiles, so it's much easier to type the name... let alone [user] and go to their profile to grab the profile number.

Can't really speak for the other areas, just my two cents. ^^

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

This would help in bringing uniformity to username mentions throughout PC. I like this, and I could definitely see this being coded with some PHP. :)

 

[Nihilego]

That sounds excessively complicated. Imo just wait for the name change craze to die down and use regular usernames rather than user IDs.

...also I had no idea that we have user tags now @_@

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

We're totally waiting for @"Hiroshi Sotomura" to automatically turn into a link to my name, and send me a notification whenever it happens.

Not that I know why we'd have a dedicated user tag to begin with though; doesn't seem to be much point just up and linking to another person's profile. Sounds like a niche thing.

Damnit, I was halfway finished with the skeleton method for the [user] tag when you post this. D: