Suport the convention of `:nickname` as defined on BMO to look up people
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Research direction
Start with the linked people.py implementation at line 170 and inspect how people are currently looked up. Add support for the :nickname convention defined on BMO, then verify that nickname-based lookups resolve the intended person without breaking existing lookup behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100