[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31251: Show username in wp_dropdown_users when deleting users, not display name

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#31251: Show username in wp_dropdown_users when deleting users, not display name
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 Reporter:  krogsgard              |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)           |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  4.2
Component:  Users                  |     Version:  4.1
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by boonebgorges):

 Replying to [comment:14 krogsgard]:
 > I need name feedback on a revised patch. I'm changing it to not change
 the default `show` value for `wp_dropdown_users()`, but instead to add a
 param that is "display_name (username)".
 >
 > I don't know what to call it. It's not really "all" but it is more...
 Any feedback of what other parts of core do for something like this?

 I can't think of another place where this kind of thing is offered. I also
 can't think of a very beautiful name. Maybe 'display_name_with_login'?

 Aside from the general unpleasantness of adding such an ugly parameter
 name, I'm worried about l11n. Are we reasonably sure that `Display Name
 (user_login)` makes sense in all languages? Perhaps we need a
 parameterized string that gets run through `_x()`: `$format = _x( '%1$s
 (%2$s)', 'user dropdown display name with user login format' );`? If the
 format were translation-friendly, I would feel a bit better about the fact
 that we're not introducing full tokenized format templates.

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