Scratch
allow periods in usernames
Heathercat123
allow periods in usernames
Why? What good would that bring to you? I'm sorry, but that would cause problems with comment parsing. See, if someone posted a comment that looks like this: "You should follow @chipmunkmc. Definitely trust me.", then, well, what's the username here? Is it "chipmunkmc" or "chipmunkmc."?
chipmunkmc
I honestly wouldn't mind supporting dots despite any non-technical factors, however doing so would mean changing the userregex. IMHO that would be too far of a deviation from scratch.mit.edu for this site.
Since apiclone (and potentially other software) can break upon encountering names that don't match the regex this almost feels like as significant of a change as changing the database schema or the likes.
Edit: I realized I missed something that heather said. Yea, you'd need to add spaces between usernames and dots to avoid incorrect parsing, which would in itself be an annoyance.
Since apiclone (and potentially other software) can break upon encountering names that don't match the regex this almost feels like as significant of a change as changing the database schema or the likes.
Edit: I realized I missed something that heather said. Yea, you'd need to add spaces between usernames and dots to avoid incorrect parsing, which would in itself be an annoyance.
Heathercat123
Gonna close this then