[geeklog-devel] User account names

IvyWe今駒 komma at ivywe.co.jp
Fri Sep 26 00:25:37 EDT 2008


>> And user account(16) is too small for multi-byte language users, I think.
> 
> Hmm. I was actually thinking (for a while now) how to go about
> restricting the usernames to pretty much a-z, digits, and a few select
> other characters (and how to handle a conversion of existing usernames
> that use other characters).
> 
> I guess that's the typical closed-minded western view? How are other
> sites in Japan handling usernames? Do they allow non-ASCII characters?

Geeklog allow non-ASCII characters as user account names,
so we use non-ASCII characters, too.

Geeklog Japanese
Ivy



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