# Hyphen-minus isn't listed in the username valid character hint but is allowed

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hyphen-minus-isnt-listed-in-the-username-valid-character-hint-but-is-allowed/71996
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [10월 13, 2017, 8:53오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hyphen-minus-isnt-listed-in-the-username-valid-character-hint-but-is-allowed/71996 "2017-10-13T08:53:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![Lin-Buo-Ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Lin-Buo-Ren](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lin-Buo-Ren)
#### Post date: [10월 13, 2017, 8:53오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hyphen-minus-isnt-listed-in-the-username-valid-character-hint-but-is-allowed/71996/1 "2017-10-13T08:53:37Z")

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As the following screenshots(second one in reply)

 ![擷取選取區域_308](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/0/00293dcf250e15d7914eb7ec50e2fc63474fe53d.png)

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### Author: ![Lin-Buo-Ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Lin-Buo-Ren](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lin-Buo-Ren)
#### Post date: [10월 13, 2017, 8:54오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hyphen-minus-isnt-listed-in-the-username-valid-character-hint-but-is-allowed/71996/2 "2017-10-13T08:54:40Z")

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Attach the second screenshot in reply to workaround the new user restriction.

 ![擷取選取區域_309](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/2/82cebc623c3305a4141a632d4b6e6731987df6f8.png)

IMO the password hint should contain all valid character ranges.

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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: [10월 13, 2017, 9:06오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hyphen-minus-isnt-listed-in-the-username-valid-character-hint-but-is-allowed/71996/3 "2017-10-13T09:06:50Z")

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You are saying password but you mean username.

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### Author: ![Lin-Buo-Ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Lin-Buo-Ren](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lin-Buo-Ren)
#### Post date: [10월 13, 2017, 9:18오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hyphen-minus-isnt-listed-in-the-username-valid-character-hint-but-is-allowed/71996/4 "2017-10-13T09:18:32Z")

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Oops, never noticed that XD, thanks for fixing.

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [10월 14, 2017, 1:47오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hyphen-minus-isnt-listed-in-the-username-valid-character-hint-but-is-allowed/71996/5 "2017-10-14T01:47:58Z")

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Fixed in:  
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/512a7239369fdeb08c439ef5504eb0d62b0eaf40#diff-aeb8651199334c1cb831e884ff85773a](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/512a7239369fdeb08c439ef5504eb0d62b0eaf40#diff-aeb8651199334c1cb831e884ff85773a)

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### Author: ![Lin-Buo-Ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Lin-Buo-Ren](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lin-Buo-Ren)
#### Post date: [10월 14, 2017, 2:01오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hyphen-minus-isnt-listed-in-the-username-valid-character-hint-but-is-allowed/71996/6 "2017-10-14T02:01:32Z")

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Great, thanks a lot!

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [10월 14, 2017, 10:00오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hyphen-minus-isnt-listed-in-the-username-valid-character-hint-but-is-allowed/71996/7 "2017-10-14T22:00:04Z")

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