On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 01:23:40PM -0700, Anthere
wrote:
--- Brion Vibber <vibber(a)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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