Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/ShowStatusReportAction.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/ShowStatusReportAction.java	(revision 10795)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/ShowStatusReportAction.java	(revision 10796)
@@ -221,5 +221,7 @@
         val = paramReplace(val, userCacheDir, userCacheDirAlt);
         val = paramReplace(val, userHomeDir, userHomeDirAlt);
-        val = paramReplace(val, userName, userNameAlt);
+        if (userName.length() >= 3) {
+            val = paramReplace(val, userName, userNameAlt);
+        }
         return val;
     }