Can't update my profile due to special characters in my name...

Originally posted by: Kyteland
Are they allowing spaces in usernames again? I just saw a noob post in OT and he had a space.

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...2329&enterthread=y

Yes

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Originally posted by: Special Characters

Originally posted by: Kyteland
Are they allowing spaces in usernames again? I just saw a noob post in OT and he had a space.

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...2329&enterthread=y

Yes

Hmmm, new members can use special chars but still can't edit profile if name contains special characters.

 

[Sundog]

Originally posted by: Special Characters

Originally posted by: Kyteland
Are they allowing spaces in usernames again? I just saw a noob post in OT and he had a space.

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...2329&enterthread=y

Yes

Who is this really.....nic of Special Characters my ass. Who were you before bandom?

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

If special characters aren't allowed, why don't they just go through the database and strip them out of all usernames?

The whole system is in an inconsistent state; seems sloppy to just let thousands of accounts be half-broken.

 

[awal]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
If special characters aren't allowed, why don't they just go through the database and strip them out of all usernames?

The whole system is in an inconsistent state; seems sloppy to just let thousands of accounts be half-broken.

If they did that there would be a large population of users who could not log in. In addition to all the duplicate accounts that might be made as a result.

Leaving it the way it is and addressing the problem accounts on a one-by-one basis is probably the lesser of two evils.

 

[Lord Evermore]

Well, I can change mine now. I never actually asked to have it fixed, so I dunno if it's fixed wholesale.

 

[sciencewhiz]

Originally posted by: Lord Evermore
Well, I can change mine now. I never actually asked to have it fixed, so I dunno if it's fixed wholesale.

That probably explains how "You call THAT a pineapple" registered recently.