# Username\_no\_double\_special Any reason to enforce it?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-no-double-special-any-reason-to-enforce-it/51644>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [10월 17, 2016, 2:50오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-no-double-special-any-reason-to-enforce-it/51644 "2016-10-17T14:50:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [10월 17, 2016, 11:50오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-no-double-special-any-reason-to-enforce-it/51644/2 "2016-10-17T23:50:45Z")

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Discourse has fairly strict rules on usernames, I don’t recommend relaxing that as a lot of downstream stuff may break. If you need unicode or other unusual characters, put them in the “Full Name” field – that’s what it is for.

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