# Usernames in admin URLs cause routing problems

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-in-admin-urls-cause-routing-problems/31825>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [6 Agosto , 2015 11:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-in-admin-urls-cause-routing-problems/31825 "2015-08-06T11:21:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [7 Agosto , 2015 02:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-in-admin-urls-cause-routing-problems/31825/3 "2015-08-07T02:05:01Z")

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we really should stop with the “fancy” url thing in admin… `/admin/users/1/sam` … is a perfectly fine URL for an admin interface, plus knowing the user\_id is actually handy sometimes when it comes to admin tasks.

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