# Group name can't have DOT inside

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-name-cant-have-dot-inside/48658>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [2016年八月15日 15:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-name-cant-have-dot-inside/48658 "2016-08-15T15:25:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![adopilot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/adopilot/32/105040_2.png) [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\
**Post date:** [2016年八月15日 15:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-name-cant-have-dot-inside/48658/1 "2016-08-15T15:25:45Z")

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When admin creating user group there only note  
`No spaces, same as username rule`

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/c/9c07936e9685843a09c669f1f636f6f53605103f.png)

This filed allow admin to create group name whit dot inside name.

Group whit name whit dot inside hitting 404 when try to get members.

If dot is not permitted in group name We shod stop admin of creating group with DOT inside name.

If dots can be inside group names then ther is BUG getting user members for group whit DOT in name

Here I created usergroup named `101.test`

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/3/930af10c0c49c8a79a7d99d0135e237bb4cf77ed.png)

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After selecting that group here google chonsole results

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/6/561e5452c7087b2e4933c559580710e38451397c.png)

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2016年八月15日 18:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-name-cant-have-dot-inside/48658/2 "2016-08-15T18:25:17Z")

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What do you think here @sam?

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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [2016年八月15日 22:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-name-cant-have-dot-inside/48658/3 "2016-08-15T22:51:56Z")

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Yeah we should fix this … it is a bug.

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**Author:** ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\
**Post date:** [2018年四月12日 09:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-name-cant-have-dot-inside/48658/5 "2018-04-12T09:12:34Z")

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Closing this with

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/a389baeb0766a1fb0b363999db519e24cece0e7a](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/a389baeb0766a1fb0b363999db519e24cece0e7a)

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**Author:** ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\
**Post date:** [2018年四月12日 09:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-name-cant-have-dot-inside/48658/6 "2018-04-12T09:12:37Z")

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