Tango.info user name restrictions: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 2013-11-03T01:38:31

A tango.info user name is bound by some restrictions.

Only letters of the Latin alphabet are allowed.

Currently all usernames must be exactly 8 characters long.

Reasoning:

users that sign up later shall not have the disadvantage of longer names, vs users that sign up early and get shorter.
presenting all usernames in a list gives a more harmonious picture if they are of equal length

It should not:

contain any of the words: tango, milonga, event, festival
be a word (esp. not in English or Spanish)
- singular, e.g. "marathon"
- plural, e.g. "milongas" / https://tango.info/milongas
be a name of
- a geographic entity, e.g. a city "mannheim".
- a person
  - common first name, e.g. "benjamin"
  - common last name, e.g. "pfeiffer"
  - name of person in tango history, e.g. Pugliese, Francini, Castillo

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-A [[tango.info username]] has '''exactly 8 letters''' of the latin alphabet. Preferred are names that are related to your real name.
+==Overview==
+A [[tango.info user name]] is bound by some restrictions.
+== Character restrictions ==
+Only letters of the '''Latin alphabet''' are allowed.
+== Length restrictions ==
+Currently all usernames must be '''exactly 8 characters long'''.
+Reasoning:
+* users that sign up later shall not have the disadvantage of longer names, vs users that sign up early and get shorter.
+* presenting all usernames in a list gives a more harmonious picture if they are of equal length
+== Word restrictions ==
 It '''should not''':
-* contain any of the words: tango, milonga, event, festival
+* '''contain''' any of the words: tango, milonga, event, festival
+* be a word (esp. not in English or Spanish)
+** singular, e.g. "[[marathon]]"
+** plural, e.g. "[[milongas]]" / https://tango.info/milongas
 * be a name of
 ** a geographic entity, e.g. a city "mannheim".
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 *** common last name, e.g. "pfeiffer"
 *** name of person in tango history, e.g. Pugliese, Francini, Castillo
-* be a word (esp. not in English or Spanish)
-** singular, e.g. "marathon"
-** plural, e.g. "festivals"
 == See also ==
-* [[tango.info user]]
+* [[tango.info user name]] - including examples
-* [[tango.info username]]
+* [[tango.info user account creation]]