[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #2697: Forums: Match contributors by user_nicename if matching by username failed

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#2697: Forums: Match contributors by user_nicename if matching by username failed
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect          |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:
Component:  Support Forums  |   Keywords:
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 Background:
 [https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQC6RW/p1491539807073887 Slack
 discussion].

 @uriahs-victor is listed as a contributor on https://wordpress.org/plugins
 /tweet-old-post/, but does not get a Plugin Contributor badge in plugin
 support topics: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plug-in-error-9/.

 It's because the plugin's `readme.txt` lists `user_nicename` (uriahs-
 victor) instead of `user_login` (Uriahs Victor).

 We don't display the actual username on WP.org profiles though. On
 https://profiles.wordpress.org/uriahs-victor, the heading is a display
 name, and `@uriahs-victor on WordPress.org` is a `user_nicename`, which is
 misleading, as both are not what we expect in `readme.txt`. At the moment,
 the only place that displays the actual username is the old bbPress 1.x
 forums profile: https://wordpress.org/support/profile/uriahs-victor.

 To make this more friendly and less confusing, we should match plugin
 contributors by `user_nicename` in addition to `user_login`. The new
 plugin directory appears to handle this correctly, it's just
 [source:sites/trunk/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/support-
 forums/inc/class-directory-compat.php?rev=5162#L838
 Directory_Compat::get_authors()] and
 [source:sites/trunk/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/support-
 forums/inc/class-directory-compat.php?rev=5162#L864 ::get_contributors()]
 that need to be updated.

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