# Feature Request: Making 'reserved usernames' check the censored and blocked words list
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-making-reserved-usernames-check-the-censored-and-blocked-words-list/84784
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [April 7, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-making-reserved-usernames-check-the-censored-and-blocked-words-list/84784 "2018-04-07T17:56:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@ColonelPanik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ColonelPanik)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-making-reserved-usernames-check-the-censored-and-blocked-words-list/84784/1 "2018-04-07T17:56:16Z")
It seems redundant to have a set of blocked and censored words, and yet a new user is able to choose a username which contains a word which is on one of those lists.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-making-reserved-usernames-check-the-censored-and-blocked-words-list/84784/2 "2018-04-07T18:19:57Z")
I suspect that the reasons to block a word in a post and the set of reserved usernames are pretty different to most people. Redundant though it may seem, you’ll need to add those words to `reserved usernames` if you want users not to claim them.
OTOH, if a user registers an account with a word that you think is inappropriate, it could be a good way to know to just ban that user from the start. 🙂
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-making-reserved-usernames-check-the-censored-and-blocked-words-list/84784/3 "2018-04-07T20:46:28Z")
It is not a bad idea but not convinced auto entry is the right way to go here.
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### Author:  [@ColonelPanik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ColonelPanik)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-making-reserved-usernames-check-the-censored-and-blocked-words-list/84784/4 "2018-04-07T22:31:23Z")
> [@pfaffman](#):
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> OTOH, if a user registers an account with a word that you think is inappropriate, it could be a good way to know to just ban that user from the start. 🙂
Lol, absolutely. However we’re expecting thousands to join the forum in the week that it goes live, and it will be extra work finding those users.
Maybe a feature request to upload a list of reserved usernames?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-making-reserved-usernames-check-the-censored-and-blocked-words-list/84784/5 "2018-04-07T23:08:52Z")
You could do that via the API or the rails console.
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### Author:  [@househaunt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/househaunt)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-making-reserved-usernames-check-the-censored-and-blocked-words-list/84784/6 "2019-11-10T17:26:49Z")
Is it possible to block any names that contain a given substring?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-making-reserved-usernames-check-the-censored-and-blocked-words-list/84784/7 "2019-11-10T21:01:23Z")
Have a look at reserved usernames. It accepts a wildcard.