[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] After self-deletion of a user, make the username random but still clickable (Issue #4194)

Andrew Harvey notifications at github.com
Wed May 21 01:06:53 UTC 2025


andrewharvey left a comment (openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website#4194)

> blocking users from manually setting their username to user_NNN type usernames, to avoid collisions,
> giving the user "name" in the browse pages. We are already publishing the uid and generated username in the XML and other places.

+1 to both of these. Deleted user accounts make life much harder for other mappers trying to work on the map and obscuring the username makes it worse.

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