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@@ -159,6 +159,23 @@ If you want to change the name of a member, you can use the `pk;member rename` c
pk;member John rename Joanne
pk;member "Craig Smith" rename "Craig Johnson"
### Member display names
Normally, when proxying a member, the name displayed in the proxied message will the the member's name. However, in some cases
you may want to display a different name. For example, you may want to include a member's pronouns inside the proxied name,
indicate a subsystem, include emojis or symbols that don't play nice with the command syntax, or just in general show a different name from the member's "canonical" name.
In such cases you can set the member's *display name*. Which will, well, display that name instead. You can set
a display name using the `pk;member displayname` command, like so:
pk;member John displayname Jonathan
pk;member Robert displayname Bob (he/him)
To remove a display name, just use the same command with no last parameter, eg:
pk;member John displayname
This will remove the display name, and thus the member will be proxied with their canonical name.
### Member description
In the same way as a system can have a description, so can a member. You can set a description using the `pk;member description` command, like so: