Last modified: 2007-04-17 19:47:15 UTC
This is not a bug! This is a suggestion to improve the Wikimedia software and not urgent! Wikipedia's policy on usernames [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:USERNAME here] states that usernames that are "extremely lengthy" are in violation of policy, and may be blocked on sight by an administrator. Would it be possible to limit the number of characters accepted by the software when a member registers? For example, if someone tried to register the name "This_is_really_long_and_obviously_illegal_so_block_me", the software would either refuse the attempt to create the account and insist on a shorter name, or simply truncate the entry to something around 24 characters ("This_is_really_long_and_", for the example above). If such a change could be made, it seems as though it would make the job of administrators a little easier and ease some of the frustation of new members who genuinely want to contribute. Thanks for your consideration.
This can be done by adding .{24,} to [[MediaWiki:Usernameblacklist]]. Usernames longer than 24 characters are no longer creatable.
Thanks! That's all we needed to know. :-)
