Tango.info user name restrictions
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A tango.info user name has exactly 8 letters of the latin alphabet. Preferred are names that are related to your real name. Some additional word restrictions exist to avoid collisions with other names in tango.info.
The 8 letter usernames can be used directly in URLs, e.g. http://www.tango.info/tobiasco.
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
- be a word (esp. not in English or Spanish)
- singular, e.g. "marathon"
- plural, e.g. "milongas" / http://www.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