# Username can support more languages or custom settings

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-can-support-more-languages-or-custom-settings/215617
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [January 22, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-can-support-more-languages-or-custom-settings/215617 "2022-01-22T06:33:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![daming](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/daming/32/246799_2.png) [@daming](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daming)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-can-support-more-languages-or-custom-settings/215617/1 "2022-01-22T06:33:05Z")

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![change](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/7/b77097eefccc39421177eb13e0ca7ae9ec8c280a.jpeg)

When I want to fill in or change my username, I find that username can only contain numbers, dashes ,dots and underscores.  
I’m from China, When my user enters the community, they must enter English alphabet, It’s a bad experience.  
I think users from other non-English speaking countries will feel the same way as I do when they want to fill in their username.  
So I hope the official can support more diverse username settings, especially for a huge market like China.☀

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-can-support-more-languages-or-custom-settings/215617/2 "2022-01-22T07:31:26Z")

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> [@Unicode usernames and group names](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unicode-usernames-and-group-names/117737):
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> Lifting the restrictions on allowed characters in usernames is one of the oldest feature requests. Starting with Discourse 2.3.0.beta9 it’s finally possible to use Unicode characters within usernames and group names. New Site Settings There are two new site settings: allowed unicode username characters and unicode usernames. allowed unicode username characters allows you to allow only certain Unicode characters (e.g. [äöüßÄÖÜẞ] or \p{Greek}). By default Discourse permits letters ([Ll](https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/category/Ll) …

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### Author: ![daming](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/daming/32/246799_2.png) [@daming](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daming)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2022, 7:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-can-support-more-languages-or-custom-settings/215617/3 "2022-01-22T07:58:06Z")

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## WOW

Thanks a lot！