# Unicode username with Σ as the final char leads to an error loading profile page

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/unicode-username-with-as-the-final-char-leads-to-an-error-loading-profile-page/173182>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [December 13, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unicode-username-with-as-the-final-char-leads-to-an-error-loading-profile-page/173182 "2020-12-13T23:24:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unicode-username-with-as-the-final-char-leads-to-an-error-loading-profile-page/173182/32 "2020-12-21T16:55:19Z")

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I still don’t love using ids everywhere but I understand there are a lot of cases when it makes sense.

In those I would prefer something like `id-username` where username is whatever we can put in a url. It could be ignored even by the router. But at least when sharing the link you’d have an idea what you are linking to.

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