diff -r 3145a5e1638d -r 468ee2c5cb1e pidgin/gtkconv.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkconv.c	Tue Aug 14 00:55:44 2007 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkconv.c	Tue Aug 14 00:59:56 2007 +0000
@@ -6300,7 +6300,7 @@
 		else
 			title = g_strdup(purple_conversation_get_title(conv));
 
-		if ((truncate = strchr(title, ' ')) || 
+		if (((truncate = strchr(title, ' ')) && strcmp(title, conv->name)) || 
 		    (truncate = strchr(title, '@'))) {
 			truncchar = *truncate;
 			*truncate = '\0';