Bottom line up front: site admins can do some of the things below via 
https://example.com/mailman3/postorius/users thanks to 
https://gitlab.com/mailman/postorius/-/issues/403 - I am going to include my 
original post, in case it helps for visibility should others come up against 
this in future:

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Continuing in my initiation in the MM2.1 -> MM3 migration. I will say that 
while the software overall seems good, and the support in here has been 
excellent. I don't recall a more frustrating experience migrating a service in 
a long time.

One of my list moderators runs a closed list for their non-profit organisation, 
whose demographic is on the more 'wise' side of life. As such, the 
organisation's committee pretty much handles all the list management for 
members, who receive a distribution list newsletter. They don't promote the 
ability to subscribe/unsubscribe/manage list settings to their membership as 
for some, replying to emails can seem complicated.

It's been seen, (and based on the thread at 
https://lists.mailman3.org/archives/list/mailman-users@mailman3.org/thread/EDXRRGM752TY67HHVYYJ577B5APL727G/#Q4NT2WRDZTZUAIAEQWYSCZAVN235OLRU
 appears to be expected) that once an email address is first associated with 
mailman3, that whatever that member's name is sticks, including if the name 
wasn't initially used. And, that if you want to change it, you need to have the 
member login to/created an account at 
https://example.com/mailman3/user-profile/.

E.g. if I as list owner/admin:
1) Add via mass subscription a new member whose email has never been seen by 
Mailman3 before
`Wrong Name <specificem...@example.com>`
2) Search members and see it listed as
`"Wrong Name" <em...@example.com>`
3) Unsubscribe the member from the list
4) Add via mass subscription a same member with a new name
`Correct Name <specificem...@example.com>`

When I look at the members list it still shows
`"Wrong Name" <em...@example.com>`

If I'm mistaken about any of the above or that does seem like a bug, feel free 
to let me know. Otherwise, is there any way, without expecting the members 
themselves to do it, for a site admin or list admin to change the name 
associated with an email address? I guess in order of preference, I'd like
1) list owner/admin to be able to modify list member name through web UI
2) site owner/admin to be able to modify list member name through web UI
3) list or site admin to be able to modify list member name through command line
4) direct editing of the mariaDB database. (And if this is the best option for 
now, if you can tell me the name of the db/table to look at it would be 
appreciated)
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Back to post BLUF solution - I guess my next ask, since the site admin can 
modify any user's name - would it be possible for me to grant a list 
owner/admin the ability to change names of any user without giving them full 
site admin access, and perhaps add the `Manage` button to the list's members 
list for them?
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