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[Savannah-hackers] Re: ["]d" <address@hidden>] non-gnu/woom woom.dia
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Mark H. Weaver |
Subject: |
[Savannah-hackers] Re: ["]d" <address@hidden>] non-gnu/woom woom.dia |
Date: |
18 Jan 2002 15:15:29 -0500 |
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"Jaime E. Villate" <address@hidden> writes:
> The person who registered project WOOM, told Savannah's interface that his
> real name is ]d and the interface accepted it
> (http://savannah.gnu.org/users/id)
>
> Should we change the user registration script to refuse certain special
> characters such as ] in the Real Name field? and how about requiring a minimum
> number of characters?
I personally don't think this is worthwhile. No matter what automated
rules we impose, we cannot prevent people from using non-sensical real
names. Any restrictions we add are likely to get in the way of
certain aliases that people might want to use.
Mark