# Reserved usernames wildcard

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/reserved-usernames-wildcard/41968>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** pr-welcome\
**Created:** [4월 3, 2016, 9:48오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reserved-usernames-wildcard/41968 "2016-04-03T09:48:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![dylanh724](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dylanh724/32/119642_2.png) [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\
**Post date:** [4월 3, 2016, 9:48오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reserved-usernames-wildcard/41968/1 "2016-04-03T09:48:40Z")

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Hmm I did a search on Google and the forum before asking this, but I can’t find it –

Moderators have a prefix before their name. So i42-StaffName. For reserved usernames, can I type i42-\* to block all instances of this prefix? Will this work? If not, any alternatives?

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