Tango.info user name restrictions: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 2013-11-02T23:38:31

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 user name]] has '''exactly 8 letters''' of the latin alphabet. Preferred are names that are related to your real name.
+==Overview==
-Some additional word restrictions exist to avoid collisions with other names in tango.info.
+A [[tango.info user name]] is bound by some restrictions.
-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.
+Only letters of the '''Latin alphabet''' are allowed.
 == Length restrictions ==
-Currently all usernames must be exactly 8 characters long.
+Currently all usernames must be '''exactly 8 characters long'''.
 Reasoning:
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 == See also ==
-* [[tango.info user]]
+* [[tango.info user name]] - including examples
-* [[tango.info user name]]
-* [[tango.info user name listing]]
 * [[tango.info user account creation]]