# 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:** ![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:** [7 Agosto , 2015 07:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-in-admin-urls-cause-routing-problems/31825/5 "2015-08-07T07:17:27Z")

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Yeah, but that takes potentially hours of engineering effort, whereas blacklisting a pointless username like “list” takes me about 30 seconds.

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