# SiteSetting numbers not properly validated

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sitesetting-numbers-not-properly-validated/25026>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [9 Febrero, 2015 17:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sitesetting-numbers-not-properly-validated/25026 "2015-02-09T17:58:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Post date:** [9 Febrero, 2015 23:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sitesetting-numbers-not-properly-validated/25026/3 "2015-02-09T23:32:40Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Still, it’s hard to read this as anything other than “when you do something dumb, something dumb happens”

Depends. Sure he used an extreme example, but what if he entered 574 and it did it? Or 1000? Or 10000? At one point does it become “something dumb”?

I’m actually a bit surprised this hasn’t come up yet. Even with all of the playing around I’ve done with Discourse…

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