# Group names do not allow German letters (umlauts)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-names-do-not-allow-german-letters-umlauts/103086>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [29.Ноябрь.2018 16:09:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-names-do-not-allow-german-letters-umlauts/103086 "2018-11-29T16:09:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [29.Ноябрь.2018 16:09:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-names-do-not-allow-german-letters-umlauts/103086/1 "2018-11-29T16:09:04Z")

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the creation of a new group does now allow German letters (umlauts) like ä, ö, ü and ß  
But it is not mentioned in the error message that only ANSI letters are allowed.  
Would be good to mention it in the error message that only ANSI is allowed in the group names.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/8/18c58d71e7d6235d8e27504ea590e38cb734e190.png)

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