--- Tomasz Wegrzanowski taw@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 01:23:40PM -0700, Anthere wrote:
--- Brion Vibber vibber@aludra.usc.edu wrote:
Currently, before creating a new user account we
do
some limited validation on the given name:
Trim beginning and trailing whitespace
Check if it looks like an IP address (four
sequences of 1-3 digits with dots between them), if so reject it.
- Check if there's a slash character, if so
reject
it [I just added this check; it was I think supposed to be added when
we
set up partial subpage support for userspace, which conflicts with the slash character in names if remaining problems with the contribs/email sidebar links are fixed. Unless there's some huge objection... there
don't
appear to be any valid usernames on this pattern. Note also that this
check
applies only to new names; existing ones which are legitimate would
be
grandfathered in.]
*Canonicalize the name (run through the title canonicalizer and take the version without underscores) and check for an
exact
existing match. If there is one, reject it.
We may wish to do a case-_in_sensitive check,
and/or
a same-except-for-accents check. Or not. Anyway, I think it could use some tidying up.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
of course, you expect my "what do you mean by a same-except-for-accent" I hope ? :-)
a' = a` = a, = a: = a e' = e` = e' = e^ = e etc.
Ah. yes.
So,
anth�re would be acceptable for another user than me (well is actually acceptable since that is the case)
but
ant'here would not be acceptable ?
?!?
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