{* user no longer exists, use plain output rather than using a broken link *}
@{$username}{* no newline after the tag
*}{else}
- <a href="{link controller='User' object=$userProfile->getDecoratedObject()}{/link}" class="userMention userLink" data-user-id="{@$userProfile->userID}">{$userProfile->username}</a>{* no newline after the tag
+ <a href="{link controller='User' object=$userProfile->getDecoratedObject()}{/link}" class="userMention userLink" data-object-id="{@$userProfile->userID}">{$userProfile->username}</a>{* no newline after the tag
*}{/if}