Hey,
I'd like to know whether it's possible to ban certain usernames, a bit like the badword-filter. It's slightly unnerving (in my opinion) when people tend to chose almost similar usernames (in my case: LizzieDarcy, LizzieDarcy17, LizzyDarcy etc.). It's a bit confusing when the usernames resemble each other. In the past I've e-mailed new users and asked them kindly to come up with a new username as the one they've chosen already existed in some way and "First come, first served"
So is it possible to come up with a username-filter, where I for example have to type in *liz* and all names like "Lizzy" and "Elizabeth" etc. are banned?
Thanks a lot!
Site: http://fanfiction.janeites.net
Version: 3.5.2
Bridges: None
Modules: Betareader, Challenges, Storyend
PHP: 5.2.9
MySQL: 5.0.67
Wouldn't what you are suggesting ban people with that name already?
My Site:
eFiction: v3.4.3
PHP: 5.2.4
MySQL: 5.0.27-standard
Mods: Challenges, Submit Time and Word Count
In my experience, people tend to come up with a similar name when their first account wasn't able to be accessed because of an e-mail company blocking e-mails from the site, or something. Maybe you should double check and make sure that they are not the same person.
Whoever said nothing is impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.
url: https://www.potionsandsnitches.org/fanfiction
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Wouldn't what you are suggesting ban people with that name already?
No, the people who have that name already should be allowed to keep it. Just the persons who register a new account should get some message like "The username you have chosen was banned. Please chose another one."
I do run a forum where we had the same "problem" until we found out that phpbb3 allows to ban certain usernames while the old members can keep them (that's where I got the idea from).
I of course make sure that this isn't the same person registering again with a slightly different username. It's just the case that a lot of people come up with a variation of the "heroine's" name for whatever reason (the above-mentioned Lizzy Darcy is the main character at my site). Perhaps I should simply ask them to be a bit more creative when chosing their name 😀
Site: http://fanfiction.janeites.net
Version: 3.5.2
Bridges: None
Modules: Betareader, Challenges, Storyend
PHP: 5.2.9
MySQL: 5.0.67
Well I wouldn't advise banning on something as common as "liz", but if you want to do it you could copy the find_naughty function in corefunctions.php and feed it a different list of words. Then check for it in editbio.php. The specifics you'll have to figure out on your own.
