# User website preference is invalid with underscore

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-website-preference-is-invalid-with-underscore/41784>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 30, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-website-preference-is-invalid-with-underscore/41784 "2016-03-30T18:14:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![dGr8LookinSparky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dgr8lookinsparky/32/53124_2.png) [@dGr8LookinSparky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dGr8LookinSparky)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-website-preference-is-invalid-with-underscore/41784/3 "2016-03-30T19:03:18Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> Underscores are not valid characters for hostnames.

But the url works. Perhaps this validation could be overridden by admins if they entered the url?

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