# Reserved Usernames

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/reserved-usernames/17065>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** completed\
**Created:** [July 1, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reserved-usernames/17065 "2014-07-01T18:23:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reserved-usernames/17065/2 "2014-07-01T22:34:12Z")

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This already exists somewhere in the code, but it’s just a fixed list with entries like `admin` and `staff`.

Changing it to a SiteSetting could make sense.

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