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List:       wikipedia-l
Subject:    Re: [Wikipedia-l] Talk pages for anonymous users
From:       Brion Vibber <brion () pobox ! com>
Date:       2003-01-27 2:26:41
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Diman=C4=89on, 2003-01-26 17:11, Erik Moeller skribis:
> Note that it's currently possible to create an account like "172" or even
> "172.148.23.23", and some people might do so for nostalgic reasons. In my
> opinion, we should block the creation of usernames without letters in the=
m (need
> to make sure that this works on the non-English Wikipedias, of course). A=
ny
> objections?

Currently, usernames with the form of IP addresses are not allowed to be
created. However, '24', '172', '168...', '(', etc are, as are usernames
that differ from an existing name only by case.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

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