XF 2.3 Change username in quotes when username changed or user deleted

[TheLaw]

When a user changes their name or a user is deleted, a problem that exists is that quotes which contains the user's prior username remains in quoted sections. I am hoping to find some addon or easy way to have that reference automatically change. For example:

My username is activeuser and I create a post that says "I want to join the FTP warez list like on AOL."

Someone else quotes me and the top of their post states my username and the post:

activeuser said:
"I want to join the FTP warez list like on AOL."

If the user is deleted or renamed (not sure if this is the case) so that the new name is "Deleted User 12345", the name that appears is still the old name. It does not change to:

Deleted User 12345 said:

Anyone address this better than I have?

 

[Chromaniac]

well yeah. this is a known thing and it's unlikely it would be addresses. you are expected to change them manually either directly through database or using an addon. here is a post that suggests some commands.

 

[TheLaw]

well yeah. this is a known thing and it's unlikely it would be addresses. you are expected to change them manually either directly through database or using an addon. here is a post that suggests some commands.

Thanks and true. But that can be a dangerous way to do things, especially if you're not careful. Bottom line is that there isn't an easy way to accomplish this relatively effortlessly and results in manually editing the database. Thanks for the assist.

 

[ENF]

Thanks and true. But that can be a dangerous way to do things, especially if you're not careful. Bottom line is that there isn't an easy way to accomplish this relatively effortlessly and results in manually editing the database. Thanks for the assist.

The easier way to do this is just put the user name in the censor tool with a replacement name. That can take care of any occurrences of the quoted names until a better solution is presented.

 

[AndyB]

You might like this add-on:

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/update-quoted-username.10004/