I see that someone has also created the user -->

So long as --> is always around to immediately post right after <!--, and so long as --> doesn't mind never being heard, there shouldn't be a problem. Oh, we'll also have to be sure that there's always a --> article rated just below every <-- article. Expanding or contracting any lists to compensate.

Just kidding, of course...

Seriously, though, I've wondered the same kind of thing with some of the less-pronounceable user names around here.

For the most part, if someone wants to choose a name that's difficult to say/type/remember/read, that's fine with me. The more of them there are, the less distracting they are. But I agree that we should not allow ones that get in the way of the site.

I think HTML-encoding will do part of the trick, but don't know if there's a programmatic way to really solve this one, unless *all* input is HTML-encoded. Otherwise, someone could accidentally cause problems just by using another person's username in a post or chatterbox message.

In reply to Re: HTML encoded user names by mrbbking
in thread HTML encoded user names by Biker

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