[Mediawiki-l] username with an @

[Lane, Ryan]

> >> Are usernames with an "@" in it not supported?
> >>
> >
> > @ is not allowed in usernames (unfortunately).
> 
> This is because @ is used as a separator between username and 
> database 
> name when dealing with multi-wiki installations... In theory 
> you could 
> hack it out and hope nothing goes wrong if you're not doing 
> cross-wiki 
> user permission settings. :)
> 

It would be nice to use this character for domain based users, but I'm
not worried enough about it to hack it out. It's mostly other people who
request this; I guess they can send in patches if they want it enough
;).

V/r,

Ryan Lane