A Django 1.9 application with a more sensible User model. Used as the base
of new projects. The User model provides:
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email address instead of "username" as the primary field
Signing up with your email address is a much more common pattern.
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("Full Name", "Familiar Name") instead of ("First Name", "Last Name")
Names are more complex than first/last. Instead of trying to force users to approximate their name in a split form field, ask for it in full and allow them to provide a familiar name if you want to use
get_short_name.For example, my name is "Mark Norman Francis", but I like to be addressed as "Norm". There is no way the first/last pattern can capture this.
As the UK Government Service Design Manual says: "Be sensitive to different cultural conventions when asking for people’s names. If you can, use a single name field."