1ec5 left a comment (openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website#6635)
An autocomplete dropdown would be very handy in some cases. Otherwise, some
users have names that are difficult to @-mention.
The proposed syntax might be fine in a field that we parse as Markdown, but
changeset comments (including the `comment=*` tag on the changeset) are plain
text, even if we prettify it for display. So we shouldn’t introduce any formal
markup semantics that are functionally required rather than decorative. In
other words, it’s fine to boldface or link text based on the raw text, but our
starting assumption should be that the user is writing the text to be consumed
fairly literally without needing external dependencies just to be readable.
As far as I know, we don’t have an API method for listing users or searching
for users by display name. The user would need to type in a full user name
before the menu could pop up, not just a prefix. This may surprise users who
are accustomed to other sites (like GitHub or Discourse) that suggest user
names based on a prefix.
Could we simplify the dropdown’s design? It could be limited to users who are
already in the current conversation (to avoid accidentally pulling in people
with similar user names). And it could automatically insert a URL in the form
osm.wiki/user/…. With these changes, it could be implemented purely in
JavaScript without the need for a new API method. The downside is that the
resulting comment would be a bit more verbose, but we’re kind of stuck with
that unless we convert the text field to a WYSIWYG rich text field.
Another issue is that, with increased UI around user names in text, users may
come to expect their references to user names to work like pings. That is, they
may expect the @ to send the user a notification, even if they aren’t
subscribed to the discussion: #6636.
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