Announcement emails sent to researchers without a nickname don't show given name/last name instead
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- Dominant language
- Python
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Description
**Description**
Announcement emails are supposed to use given_name + family_name if a nickname isn't available on the account, but just say "Dear ," instead.
[Low-priority since this only affects researchers & not research workflow.]
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Research direction
Trace the announcement email generation path and inspect how the recipient's nickname, given name, and family name are selected. Reproduce the case for a researcher without a nickname, then verify that the resulting email uses the given and family names instead of an empty greeting.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100