Add user Profile Option for Family/Last Name Initial/Abbreviation
bmcutler opened this issue · comments
What problem are you trying to solve with Submitty
We currently assume that the users last/family/sur name should be abbreviated by taking only the first initial.
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This is correct for users with a single last name.
'John' 'Smith' => "John S." -
However, this is incorrect for users with multiple last/family/sur names separated by a space:
'John' 'Smith Jones' => "John S.J." or "John SJ." or "John SJ" -
Similarly, users with hyphenated last/family/sur names may want both initials:
'John' 'Smith-Jones' => "John S-J." -
And let's add other standard name abbreviation conventions to this list...
Describe the way you'd like to solve this problem
Let's add an option to the user profile page.
By default, we'll chose the first option, to grab the first letter of their family/last/sur name string.
But add radio buttons to let them select one of several other options.
NOTE: Let's not let them type anything for their last name string.
It must be based on their preferred last/family/sur name and be
one of our set of choices above (expanded to include all conventions).
Also, let's have an option to not display anything at all about the last name.
(Make this the last choice in the list. Displaying some abbreviation about the last name
is helpful in large classes where multiple users might have the same given/first name)
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Hi, our team @kyminbb @LeoJung1 @01-eric and @jihyochung would like to work on this issue along with issue #8446.
Is someone working on this/done with this issue or I can solve this and make a PR?
