# phpBB importer fails to import anonymous users differing only by letter case

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-importer-fails-to-import-anonymous-users-differing-only-by-letter-case/47083>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [July 11, 2016, 11:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-importer-fails-to-import-anonymous-users-differing-only-by-letter-case/47083 "2016-07-11T11:01:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![palant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/palant/32/104531_2.png) [@palant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/palant)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-importer-fails-to-import-anonymous-users-differing-only-by-letter-case/47083/8 "2016-07-12T13:10:10Z")

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> [@gerhard](#):
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> I guess anonymous usernames should be case-insensitive…

Not sure about that - it will actually change the name displayed next to posts. Consider one anonymous user calling himself “guest” and another who calls himself “GUEST” - both would be the same after import. Not a huge loss but still…

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