# Optie om gebruikersnaam niet te laten beginnen of eindigen met alfanumerieke tekens **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-username-not-to-be-required-to-start-or-end-with-alphanumeric/353595 **Category:** Feature **Created:** [21 februari 2025 om 12:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-username-not-to-be-required-to-start-or-end-with-alphanumeric/353595 "2025-02-21T12:19:36Z") **Posts on this page:** 5 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![NubeBuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nubebuster/32/371096_2.png) [@NubeBuster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NubeBuster) #### Post date: [21 februari 2025 om 12:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-username-not-to-be-required-to-start-or-end-with-alphanumeric/353595/1 "2025-02-21T12:19:36Z")
Hi, I run Discourse for a Minecraft community. I require users to register from inside the game so that each user on the forums is a real Minecraft player. I’ve successfully set this up using the API of Discourse. So far great! Now I’ve run into a problem. One user, called SomeName\_ in Minecraft tried to sign up, resulting in the (Discourse produced) message: ![The image shows a notification screen with a message stating "Account creation failed: Username must end with a letter or a number" alongside a green background and pixelated style. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/9/0/59009b2c2f0410a46ff4579a5ce18ca3080eb602.png) I’ve looked in the settings and I saw no site setting that allows disabling this feature. [Looking into the code](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/e26a1175d7c33746bddbc858ad89e68cc14beefe/app/models/username_validator.rb#L134) it turns out not to have a setting. My question is, is this due to technical limitations in Discourse? Moreover, can I attempt to add a site setting to disable this and make a PR? ---
### Author: ![Heliosurge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/heliosurge/32/571810_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge) #### Post date: [22 februari 2025 om 03:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-username-not-to-be-required-to-start-or-end-with-alphanumeric/353595/2 "2025-02-22T03:23:33Z")
A pr may work. Though if you’re self hosted. Making a plugin likely better or in conjunction with. As a pr may or may not be merged depending on a variety of factors. ---
### Author: ![NubeBuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nubebuster/32/371096_2.png) [@NubeBuster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NubeBuster) #### Post date: [22 februari 2025 om 19:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-username-not-to-be-required-to-start-or-end-with-alphanumeric/353595/3 "2025-02-22T19:47:58Z")
I’ve once spoken with someone about ruby. Is this doable with a plugin? I heard him mention I can override functions, such as in this case the validator. Is this correct? ---
### Author: ![Heliosurge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/heliosurge/32/571810_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge) #### Post date: [22 februari 2025 om 22:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-username-not-to-be-required-to-start-or-end-with-alphanumeric/353595/4 "2025-02-22T22:55:43Z")
Unfortunately I don’t have the experience to be able to give a definite answer. But I believe it should be possible as plugins directly alter things on the server side. One of the team or more experienced plugin authors would be best resource. ---
### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin) #### Post date: [22 februari 2025 om 23:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-username-not-to-be-required-to-start-or-end-with-alphanumeric/353595/5 "2025-02-22T23:25:25Z")
It would be interesting to know why this rule is enforced, and if a username starting or ending with a non-alphanumeric character would cause issues.