clarify that username is public

[nc225]

Describe briefly what this PR is doing and why.
clarifying that username is public and different from profile name
closes #4145 and #8684

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[nabramow]

@nc225 Is the profile name helper text supposed to show here?

[nc225]

@nabramow No, I believe that box is for the user's profile/display name. It should show on the next page when creating username

[nabramow]

@nabramow No, I believe that box is for the user's profile/display name. It should show on the next page when creating username

The username one is fine. I'm talking about this change:

"helper_text": "This is your profile name."

Where should that be visible?

[nc225]

@nabramow Hmm good point. I'm not sure where that ones comes in, maybe in Edit Profile? In any case, I had included that part since I had thought the username/name were on the same screen, but since they're not how about we drop the name helper_text and keep the username helper_text. Shall I submit a new PR?

[nabramow]

@nabramow Hmm good point. I'm not sure where that ones comes in, maybe in Edit Profile? In any case, I had included that part since I had thought the username/name were on the same screen, but since they're not how about we drop the name helper_text and keep the username helper_text. Shall I submit a new PR?

You don't need to submit a new PR, I'd just remove that line from this one if we're not sure where it should go!

[nabramow]

Looks good to me now!

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Reason: This PR only changes helper text to clarify that usernames are public, which is a minor copy/UI clarification rather than a significant user-facing feature, major UX improvement, or important bug fix.

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Reasoning: This PR only changes helper text to clarify that usernames are public, which is a minor copy/UI clarification rather than a significant user-facing feature, major UX improvement, or important bug fix.