XF 2.3 [QUOTE] and [MENTION] bbcode needs update after username changes / account deletions / accounts merging

[Scandal]

Hello all!

Over time, users on our forum may change their usernames, delete their accounts (= but keep their content), or have their accounts merged.

The problems:
a) [QUOTE] bbcode which sends you to the post, keeps the original username or / and user_id.
b) [MENTION] bbcode the same.

Is there any way, integrated to xF2 or custom addon which could fix the aboves, for example via a rebuild job?

 

[PhineasD]

There is no option in the XF settings, it can only be fixed with the Find and Replace add-on.

 

[Alpha1]

7 year old suggestion here:

Thread 'Apply Name Change to quotes & user mentions (GDPR)'

May 6, 2018

The EU GDPR forces a right to be forgotten which means that we need to be able to remove the name of person from our site. Currently this is not fully possible, except manually. Because user mentions and quotes still include the name. For big boards its not feasible to manually edit all posts. I have 2 million posts on my site and just 2 admins.

For example: at the current time I have 5600 posts here on XF.com If I would request a name change, then there's probably around 1k quotes and tags with my name in it. Its not feasible to manually edit that.

So please add a function that scans...

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There is no addon for this yet.

 

[briansol]

It saves the username as text in the post. it's not dynamically sourced. it probably should be.