My user name and spaces

[OldSpooky]

I was just wondering why we aren't allowed to use spaces in our forum names. It's a minor point, but I would have liked to make my name "Old Spooky" to keep it consistent with my name at Ars.

 

[ProviaFan]

I've seen people with spaces in their username, but I'm not sure how they do it. Perhaps they insert the ASCII code 255 (looks like a space but isn't one)?

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User names with spaces were registered before we had to exclude "special characters" in the names.

AnandTech Moderator

 

[Jason Clark]

We do not allow any special characters, they are dangerous for a number of reasons.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Zuni
We do not allow any special characters, they are dangerous for a number of reasons.

So how do people like "Lady In Red" et. al. get spaces in their usernames?

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: jliechty

Originally posted by: Zuni
We do not allow any special characters, they are dangerous for a number of reasons.

So how do people like "Lady In Red" et. al. get spaces in their usernames?

Read the Mods response.

 

[Paulson]

They registered before spaces in user names were banned

the problem is that people registered like Red Dawn_ (imagine the _ is a space) and made it look like they were the person...

 

[ProviaFan]

User names with spaces were registered before we had to exclude "special characters" in the names.

AnandTech Moderator

OMG, I'm sorry, I didn't even see your response. That explains it very well, and I can see very well why you had to do that. Thanks for explaining.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Paulson
They registered before spaces in user names were banned

the problem is that people registered like Red Dawn_ (imagine the _ is a space) and made it look like they were the person...

Red Dawn is a person? I thought it/he was a BOT?

 

[Sundog]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: Paulson
They registered before spaces in user names were banned

the problem is that people registered like Red Dawn_ (imagine the _ is a space) and made it look like they were the person...

Red Dawn is a person? I thought it/he was a BOT?

Pft...heh....

 

[John]

Red is busy reading the Necronomicon.

 

[mastertech01]

A troll once went rampant on other sites using my user ID and heatware, simply by putting a dot in front of my user name.. :| This is one reason it is dangerous.