Is there a way to "mention" a user by first name only?

[Marni Nispel]

We frequently do Comments but the first and last name format seems too formal.  Right now, when we mention someone we get

[~jsmith]

and when we Add the comment, it changes to John Smith.  There is no way to backspace over the last name as you can in Confluence. 

[Deleted user]

This would be very useful, please implement referencing with the first name.

[Nico Mueller]

I think it is related to where the information comes from and how its in the datasource(ldap ie)

[Nico Mueller]

Whats possible is to just make a normal link and link this to a user.

Then you can change the links display value to just the firstname.

Hope that helps
Nico 

[Peter Milakovich]

I'm interested in how you get the John Smith, ours converts to Smith, John. So if you're mentioning someone in the contents of a sentence, it looks goofy. "I spoke with Smith, John after the meeting." Is there an admin option somewhere?

[Paulo Junior]

Hello Marni, how are you?

Thanks for your question.

Unfortunately, this feature isn't available on JIRA as it is on Confluence.

You can find more information about it here:

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-28730

Kind regards,

Paulo.