Some days ago I tried to create a user account for myself on wikimania2007.wikimedia.org. But I receveid the message ''Login error: The name "555" is not allowed to prevent confusing or spoofed usernames: Does not contain any letters. Please choose another name.''. I'm a active editor since July 2004 and use the User:555 in lots of wikis since 23 May 2005. [[:en:555 (number)#Other fields|Wikipedia have a article devoted to the number 555]].
Is really necessary this in AntiSpoof extension? I don't imagine any vandal naming in numbers-only usernames, but something like ''User:5559854123 is the phone number of the mother of Jimmy'' is possible using numbers '''+''' letters.
Luiz Augusto wrote:
Some days ago I tried to create a user account for myself on wikimania2007.wikimedia.org. But I receveid the message ''Login error: The name "555" is not allowed to prevent confusing or spoofed usernames: Does not contain any letters. Please choose another name.''. I'm a active editor since July 2004 and use the User:555 in lots of wikis since 23 May 2005. [[:en:555 (number)#Other fields|Wikipedia have a article devoted to the number 555]].
Is really necessary this in AntiSpoof extension? I don't imagine any vandal naming in numbers-only usernames, but something like ''User:5559854123 is the phone number of the mother of Jimmy'' is possible using numbers '''+''' letters. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Luiz,
I think that numbers-only usernames are, in general, a bad idea. However, all rules can have exceptions...
From a technical viewpoint, since the blocking only applies to registration, not use (already-registered names are "grandfathered"), it would always be possible to make a special exception for you on a one-time basis, either by quickly turning the blocking off then on again to let you register, by doing a quick temporary hack to the code to make an exception to this username, or even by poking the right values into the database by hand.
-- Neil
On 11/2/06, Neil Harris neil@tonal.clara.co.uk wrote:
Luiz,
I think that numbers-only usernames are, in general, a bad idea. However, all rules can have exceptions...
From a technical viewpoint, since the blocking only applies to registration, not use (already-registered names are "grandfathered"), it would always be possible to make a special exception for you on a one-time basis, either by quickly turning the blocking off then on again to let you register, by doing a quick temporary hack to the code to make an exception to this username, or even by poking the right values into the database by hand.
Short numbers (or other letterless strings) seem okay to me, and even really long ones can have sufficient mnemonic value to be potentially acceptable (e.g., leetspeak of some kind), subject to judgment of local admins. I would drop the letters requirement, myself.
Luiz Augusto schrieb:
I'm a active editor since July 2004 and use the User:555 in lots of wikis since 23 May 2005. [[:en:555 (number)#Other fields|Wikipedia have a article devoted to the number 555]].
You can ask an admin of this wiki to create this account for you.
Raymond
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