[Pidgin] #8951: feature-request: default irc-realname other than "purple"

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#8951: feature-request: default irc-realname other than "purple"
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 Reporter:  sdx23                    |     Owner:  elb  
     Type:  enhancement              |    Status:  new  
Component:  IRC                      |   Version:  2.5.5
 Keywords:  realname purple default  |  
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 this feature request is about the standard realname used for irc. this is
 up to now "purple" as long as the user doesn't change it. and many users
 don't change it.

 ops in irc-channels sometimes encounter people doing bad things, spamming,
 trolling, starting flamewars or whatever. in some cases hostmask-bans are
 not effective and realname-bans the only thing which helps. but due to
 many people using "purple" as realname because they dont change the
 default a realname-ban on "purple" is not a good idea.

 so in short my suggestion is to use something else than "purple" so that
 not all the pidgin-users(which don't change the default settings) have the
 same realname. for example "purple-$USER" or "$USER".

 this would help irc-ops a lot

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