# Custom User Fields - Field Verification

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-field-verification/109574>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [February 19, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-field-verification/109574 "2019-02-19T17:59:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-field-verification/109574/2 "2019-02-21T14:08:05Z")

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There isn’t much point in adding phone number verification. It’s easy for a bad actor to generate a bogus phone number with the right number of digits and highly annoying when a legitimate user has to guess what phone number format someone thinks is the right one.

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