# Remove Case Sensitive in adding users to a message
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-case-sensitive-in-adding-users-to-a-message/151275
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [May 13, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-case-sensitive-in-adding-users-to-a-message/151275 "2020-05-13T02:42:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@GI-Joe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GI-Joe)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-case-sensitive-in-adding-users-to-a-message/151275/1 "2020-05-13T02:42:37Z")
Hello
I’m facing a problem that I think is solved elsewhere.
When I try to write usernames by copying them from a list and some of them aren’t exactly as their accounts, I get errors. lots of them.
I need to check every username for any capitals or smalls that are written differently in the list than their account usernames.
I’ve also noticed that this isn’t the case when we invite someone to an already created message. It’s not case sensitive. Not sure why the different logic.
Yet, we can’t invite multiple users using the add user inside an already create message.
Can I suggest the following?
- Remove case-sensitivity when messaging multiple users when creating the message for the first time.
- Remove inviting “one user at a time” in an already created message. Allow bulk invitations.
This would save us a lot of time.
Thank you for this great software. :slight_smile:
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-case-sensitive-in-adding-users-to-a-message/151275/2 "2020-05-13T07:11:53Z")
Do we have case sensitivity here @techAPJ?
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2020, 7:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-case-sensitive-in-adding-users-to-a-message/151275/3 "2020-05-13T07:47:09Z")
I cannot repro this when composing a new message.
Adding a user to existing message works as expected too.
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### Author:  [@GI-Joe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GI-Joe)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-case-sensitive-in-adding-users-to-a-message/151275/4 "2020-05-13T09:34:10Z")
It happens when we’re copying a list of usernames.
**When starting a message:**
Please create the list of usernames outside first and then copy it into the message (or just paste one username;CODINGhorrror, instead of writing it). It will remain as is when copied (CODINGhorrror) and it will fail to send the message.
The suggestion in sending an invite is to be able to send to multiple members at once, instead of opening that “Send an invite” pop up multiple times.
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### Author:  [@Overgrow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overgrow)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-case-sensitive-in-adding-users-to-a-message/151275/5 "2020-05-13T10:00:47Z")
I was pointing to this here:
> [@Case sensitivity in links to groupname](https://meta.discourse.org/t/case-sensitivity-in-links-to-groupname/147596/5):
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> Strange. I’ve updated to latest and this issue persists.. I’m pretty confused, because it seems like I can add even non-existing users and (x) is displayed next to their name.. So usernames are not corrected automatically when inserting into PM? I think that adding information about which user was not found into error message would be very helpful. My use case is inserting 50 members by copy-paste and there are evidently some letters not written in proper case. The only solution for…
I think that error message explaining which username was not found would be sufficient.
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-case-sensitive-in-adding-users-to-a-message/151275/6 "2020-05-13T10:01:03Z")
> [@GI-Joe](#):
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> Please create the list of usernames outside first and then copy it into the message (or just paste one username;CODINGhorrror, instead of writing it). It will remain as is when copied (CODINGhorrror) and it will fail to send the message.
I can repro this. Will fix. :memo:
> [@GI-Joe](#):
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> The suggestion in sending an invite is to be able to send to multiple members at once, instead of opening that “Send an invite” pop up multiple times.
This is not a trivial change. I can add it on my longer term list.
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-case-sensitive-in-adding-users-to-a-message/151275/8 "2020-05-25T17:17:48Z")
> [@GI-Joe](#):
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> Remove case-sensitivity when messaging multiple users when creating the message for the first time.
Done via:
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> (take 2)
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> https://meta.discourse.org/t/case-sensitivity-in-links-to-groupname/14…7596
> https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-case-sensitive-in-adding-users-to-a-message/151275