fewer "bob smith to bob smith via wall-to-wall".

include/conversation.php

@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update, $preview = false) {
 
 						// On the network page, I am the owner. On the display page it will be the profile owner.
 						// This will have been stored in $a->page_contact by our calling page.
-						// Put this person on the left of the wall-to-wall notice.
+						// Put this person as the wall owner of the wall-to-wall notice.
 
 						$owner_url = zrl($a->page_contact['url']);
 						$owner_photo = $a->page_contact['thumb'];
@@ -504,9 +504,23 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update, $preview = false) {
 						$template = $wallwall;
 						$commentww = 'ww';	
 					}
-					if((! $item['wall']) && (strlen($item['owner-link'])) && (! link_compare($item['owner-link'],$item['author-link']))) {
 
-						// Could be anybody. 
+					if((! $item['wall']) && $item['owner-link']) {
+
+						$owner_linkmatch = (($item['owner-link']) && link_compare($item['owner-link'],$item['author-link']));
+						$alias_linkmatch = (($item['alias']) && link_compare($item['alias'],$item['author-link']));
+						$owner_namematch = (($item['owner-name']) && $item['owner-name'] == $item['author-name']);
+						if((! $owner_linkmatch) && (! $alias_linkmatch) && (! $owner_namematch)) {
+
+							// The author url doesn't match the owner (typically the contact)
+							// and also doesn't match the contact alias. 
+							// The name match is a hack to catch several weird cases where URLs are 
+							// all over the park. It can be tricked, but this prevents you from
+							// seeing "Bob Smith to Bob Smith via Wall-to-wall" and you know darn
+							// well that it's the same Bob Smith. 
+
+							// But it could be somebody else with the same name. It just isn't highly likely. 
+							
 
 							$owner_url = $item['owner-link'];
 							$owner_photo = $item['owner-avatar'];
@@ -523,6 +537,7 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update, $preview = false) {
 								$owner_url = zrl($owner_url);
 						}
 					}
+				}
 
 				$likebuttons = '';
 				$shareable = ((($profile_owner == local_user()) &&  (! $item['private'])) ? true : false); //($mode != 'display') &&

mod/community.php

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function community_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 	}
 
 	$r = q("SELECT distinct(`item`.`uri`), `item`.*, `item`.`id` AS `item_id`, 
-		`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`rel`,
+		`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`alias`, `contact`.`rel`,
 		`contact`.`network`, `contact`.`thumb`, `contact`.`self`, `contact`.`writable`, 
 		`contact`.`id` AS `cid`, `contact`.`uid` AS `contact-uid`,
 		`user`.`nickname`, `user`.`hidewall`

mod/network.php

@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 			$parents_str = implode(', ', $parents_arr);
 
 			$items = q("SELECT `item`.*, `item`.`id` AS `item_id`,
-				`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`rel`, `contact`.`writable`,
+				`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`alias`, `contact`.`rel`, `contact`.`writable`,
 				`contact`.`network`, `contact`.`thumb`, `contact`.`dfrn-id`, `contact`.`self`,
 				`contact`.`id` AS `cid`, `contact`.`uid` AS `contact-uid`
 				FROM `item`, `contact`

mod/notes.php

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ function notes_content(&$a,$update = false) {
 		$parents_str = implode(', ', $parents_arr);
  
 		$r = q("SELECT `item`.*, `item`.`id` AS `item_id`, 
-			`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`network`, `contact`.`rel`, 
+			`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`alias`, `contact`.`network`, `contact`.`rel`, 
 			`contact`.`thumb`, `contact`.`self`, `contact`.`writable`, 
 			`contact`.`id` AS `cid`, `contact`.`uid` AS `contact-uid`
 			FROM `item` LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id`

mod/profile.php

@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ function profile_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 		$parents_str = implode(', ', $parents_arr);
  
 		$items = q("SELECT `item`.*, `item`.`id` AS `item_id`, 
-			`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`network`, `contact`.`rel`, 
+			`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`alias`, `contact`.`network`, `contact`.`rel`, 
 			`contact`.`thumb`, `contact`.`self`, `contact`.`writable`, 
 			`contact`.`id` AS `cid`, `contact`.`uid` AS `contact-uid`
 			FROM `item`, `contact`

mod/search.php

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ function search_content(&$a) {
 	}
 
 	$r = q("SELECT distinct(`item`.`uri`), `item`.*, `item`.`id` AS `item_id`, 
-		`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`rel`,
+		`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`alias`, `contact`.`rel`,
 		`contact`.`network`, `contact`.`thumb`, `contact`.`self`, `contact`.`writable`, 
 		`contact`.`id` AS `cid`, `contact`.`uid` AS `contact-uid`,
 		`user`.`nickname`