# Nomi utente riservati: wildcard?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/reserved-usernames-wildcard/110987>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [7 Marzo 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reserved-usernames-wildcard/110987 "2019-03-07T15:26:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [7 Marzo 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reserved-usernames-wildcard/110987/2 "2019-03-07T15:35:52Z")

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> [@DrBB](#):
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> I can’t tell if the system will accept a wildcard entry to prevent this, i.e., by declaring
> 
> reservedusername\*

It will, we mention it in the description below the setting

> Usernames for which signup is not allowed. Wildcard symbol \* can be used to match any character zero or more times.

`reservedusername*` should prevent `reservedusername1` from being registered

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