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app/assets/javascripts/backbone/plugins/user_list.js.coffee

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class Kandan.Plugins.UserList
     <div class="user clearfix">
       <img class="avatar" src="<%= avatarUrl %>"/>
       <span class="name"><%= name %></span>
+      <span class="name">&nbsp;<%= admins %></span>
     </div>
   '''
 
@@ -19,9 +20,11 @@ class Kandan.Plugins.UserList
       displayName   = null
       displayName   = user.username # Defaults to username
       displayName ||= user.email # Revert to user email address if that's all we have
+      isAdmin       = user.is_admin
 
       $users.append @template({
         name: displayName,
+        admins: isAdmin,
         avatarUrl: Kandan.Helpers.Avatars.urlFor(user, {size: 25})
       })
     $el.html($users)

app/models/activity_observer.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def after_save(activity)
   def message_broadcast_data(activity)
     faye_channel = "/channels/#{activity.channel.to_param}"
     broadcast_data = activity.attributes.merge({
-        :user => activity.user.as_json(:only => [:id, :email, :first_name, :last_name, :gravatar_hash, :active, :locale, :username]),
+        :user => activity.user.as_json(:only => [:id, :email, :first_name, :last_name, :gravatar_hash, :active, :locale, :username, :is_admin]),
         :channel => activity.channel.attributes
       })
     [faye_channel, broadcast_data]
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def upload_broadcast_data(activity)
     broadcast_data = {
       :event  => "attachment#upload",
       :entity => activity.attributes.merge({
-          :user => activity.user.as_json(:only => [:id, :email, :first_name, :last_name, :gravatar_hash, :active, :locale, :username]),
+          :user => activity.user.as_json(:only => [:id, :email, :first_name, :last_name, :gravatar_hash, :active, :locale, :username, :is_admin]),
           :channel => activity.channel.attributes
         }),
       :extra  => {

db/schema.rb

@@ -83,4 +83,4 @@
   add_index "users", ["authentication_token"], :name => "index_users_on_authentication_token", :unique => true
   add_index "users", ["email"], :name => "index_users_on_email", :unique => true
 
-end
+end