Create mandatory username field for Confluence

Question

Hi All,

In my company there is a requirement for approval before creating/editing a page in a space.
Is it possible to create a custom field, that is a mandatory username field for the users to fill before creating/editing a page in Confluence?

Regards,
Uditi Sur

Nicolai Sibler · Answer

Of course not, that would contradict the basic idea and structure of Confluence. 
(By the way: Even if there would be such a mandatory field, how should its content be validated? How useful is it if Superman and Mickey Mouse sign in as content authors? Confluence comes with validation: username and password at login).

Your company must decide whether it would rather save money on licenses or maintain traceability of what users are doing. You can't do both at the same time.

Uditi Sur · Answer

Hi Nicolai,

I am thinking of a situation where there is a shared access used by a team, in that case can we track the individual editors using a custom username field or maybe some other work around?

Regards,

Uditi

Nicolai Sibler · Answer

Hi Uditi,

it's a basic built-in feature in Confluence to track which user created/edited a page, when he did it and what he did. That's the page history.

Kind regards,

Nicolai