From af0e3d96898eb4ca51917f49d94bf894bac1a3fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bar=C4=B1=C5=9F=20Soner=20U=C5=9Fakl=C4=B1?=
 <barisusakli@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:45:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: closes #14133, don't modify displayName for system
 groups

added a helper to just modify it for front end
---
 install/package.json                 | 6 +++---
 public/src/modules/helpers.common.js | 5 +++++
 src/groups/data.js                   | 3 ---
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/install/package.json b/install/package.json
index 42a5dda294..01011ea150 100644
--- a/install/package.json
+++ b/install/package.json
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@
         "nodebb-plugin-spam-be-gone": "2.3.2",
         "nodebb-plugin-web-push": "0.7.7",
         "nodebb-rewards-essentials": "1.0.2",
-        "nodebb-theme-harmony": "2.2.62",
+        "nodebb-theme-harmony": "2.2.63",
         "nodebb-theme-lavender": "7.1.21",
-        "nodebb-theme-peace": "2.2.57",
-        "nodebb-theme-persona": "14.2.33",
+        "nodebb-theme-peace": "2.2.58",
+        "nodebb-theme-persona": "14.2.34",
         "nodebb-widget-essentials": "7.0.43",
         "nodemailer": "8.0.3",
         "nprogress": "0.2.0",
diff --git a/public/src/modules/helpers.common.js b/public/src/modules/helpers.common.js
index 4893cea2fd..94a2d25307 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/helpers.common.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/helpers.common.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ module.exports = function (utils, Benchpress, relative_path) {
 		generateCategoryBackground,
 		generateChildrenCategories,
 		generateTopicClass,
+		generateGroupDisplayName,
 		membershipBtn,
 		spawnPrivilegeStates,
 		localeToHTML,
@@ -167,6 +168,10 @@ module.exports = function (utils, Benchpress, relative_path) {
 		return fields.filter(field => !!topic[field]).join(' ');
 	}
 
+	function generateGroupDisplayName(group) {
+		return group.system ? group.displayName.replace(/-/g, ' ') : group.displayName;
+	}
+
 	// Groups helpers
 	function membershipBtn(groupObj, btnClass = '') {
 		if (groupObj.isMember && groupObj.name !== 'administrators') {
diff --git a/src/groups/data.js b/src/groups/data.js
index bef4d82fec..e585b653b5 100644
--- a/src/groups/data.js
+++ b/src/groups/data.js
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@ module.exports = function (Groups) {
 			if (hasField('name')) {
 				group.nameEncoded = encodeURIComponent(group.name);
 				group.displayName = validator.escape(String(group.name));
-				if (Groups.systemGroups.includes(group.name)) {
-					group.displayName = group.displayName.replace(/-/g, ' ');
-				}
 			}
 			if (hasField('description')) {
 				group.description = validator.escape(String(group.description || ''));