Title: Commenting Nicknames
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Commenting Nicknames

 *  [Christopher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christopher/)
 * (@christopher)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-nicknames/)
 * I have a question or a request. I wanted to know if there is a way to keep visitors
   from impersonating the administrator. I don’t like the fact that users can post
   a comment and use my name. Is there an option somewhere or a way to edit the 
   system so that certian names won’t be able to post unless the user posting is
   in fact the owner ( via – they have logged in or will be asked for a password
   when they post under their name ) Do you understand what I mean?
    Thank you!

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 *  [Beel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beel/)
 * (@beel)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-nicknames/#post-87239)
 * Look under the Discussion Options, you should see a Comment Moderation box in
   which you can put the words you do not wish to see in the comments
 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-nicknames/#post-87246)
 * That’s not exactly what he meant I’m sure, I know I’d want my readers to reference
   me by name and not get moderated.
    I think he means the user name they use… an
   interesting point that I actually now am wondering about…
 *  Thread Starter [Christopher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christopher/)
 * (@christopher)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-nicknames/#post-87454)
 * Correct darkcryst. I mean, sure I can enter the names that I don’t want them 
   to use into that box, but then what if someone is posting a comment and wants
   to use my name. Or what if I, the admin, want to post one of those names, ie:“
   yea, my name is chris” and I won’t be allowed to do it. I find this rather odd.
   You’d think there’d be a way to stop the impersonating of an admin via comments.
   Any ideas?
 *  [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/)
 * (@carthik)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-nicknames/#post-87466)
 * You can go in an edit a comment that impersonates you which is a practical and
   easy way of doing it.
    Comment authentication is a tricky thing. What would like
   WP to do when someone tries to post with the admin’ nickname? Can you think of
   a tenable solution?
 *  Thread Starter [Christopher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christopher/)
 * (@christopher)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-nicknames/#post-87477)
 * Well, yes, going in and removing the comment is the only way now, but rather,
   for a long term solution, I believe that you should have a file, you enter the
   names you don’t want visitors to use, then when a user tries to use one of those
   restricted names, it will either just take him to a page that says, “no you can’t
   with this name” or a pop-up or something. I remember Cutenews had this problem
   along time ago and the fixed it.
    The way CN does it is that if the user tries
   to post under a restricted name, he has to be (1) either the real owner of that
   name or (2) the admin, in which turn the system will ask him/her for the password.
   If the password is correct, post goes thru, if not, they have to change their
   name. Get it?
 *  [Beel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beel/)
 * (@beel)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-nicknames/#post-87501)
 * But WP does not register commentors. I guess if spoofing were a problem, then
   I would be singing a different tune 😉
 *  [KyleGM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegm/)
 * (@kylegm)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-nicknames/#post-87507)
 * Maybe comments made by the poster could be authentificated and with a different
   format, like [Dunstan’s blog](http://www.1976design.com/blog/).
 *  Thread Starter [Christopher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christopher/)
 * (@christopher)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-nicknames/#post-87515)
 * Sounds like a plan.

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