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E.g. "milongas" will not be allowed since it may refer to a page about [[milongas]], e.g. http://www.tango.info/milongas | E.g. "milongas" will not be allowed since it may refer to a page about [[milongas]], e.g. http://www.tango.info/milongas | ||
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It '''should not''': | It '''should not''': | ||
* '''contain''' any of the words: tango, milonga, event, festival | * '''contain''' any of the words: tango, milonga, event, festival | ||
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*** common last name, e.g. "pfeiffer" | *** common last name, e.g. "pfeiffer" | ||
*** name of person in tango history, e.g. Pugliese, Francini, Castillo | *** name of person in tango history, e.g. Pugliese, Francini, Castillo | ||
==Rationale for eight letter rule== | ==Rationale for eight letter rule== | ||
Revision as of 2010-09-14T11:31:09
A tango.info username has exactly 8 letters of the latin alphabet. Preferred are names that are related to your real name.
The 8 letter usernames can be used directly in URLs, e.g. http://www.tango.info/tobiasco. To have no collisions with other names in tango, there are some naming restrictions in force.
E.g. "milongas" will not be allowed since it may refer to a page about milongas, e.g. http://www.tango.info/milongas
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"
- 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
Rationale for eight letter rule
- users that sign up later shall not have the disadvantage of longer names, vs users that sign up early and get shorter.
- presenting all username in a list gives a more harmonious picture if they are of equal length