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<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>As part of the Community Discourse set up <a class="user-mention" data-hovercard-type="user" data-hovercard-url="/users/Firefishy/hovercard" data-octo-click="hovercard-link-click" data-octo-dimensions="link_type:self" href="https://github.com/Firefishy">@Firefishy</a> is leading, a question about unicode characters on usernames has been discussed and I was asked by <a class="user-mention" data-hovercard-type="user" data-hovercard-url="/users/mmd-osm/hovercard" data-octo-click="hovercard-link-click" data-octo-dimensions="link_type:self" href="https://github.com/mmd-osm">@mmd-osm</a> to bring this question here for guidance.</p>
<p>Discourse limits the characters on usernames to letters and numbers, but apparently we are getting usernames with unicode chars through the oauth2 connection.</p>
<p>We can enable unicode usernames over Discourse and we can also limit the allowed unicode characters, I suspect to avoid issues with invisible characters and confusing icons on the UI that might trick users:</p>
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<p>What is the current unicode characters policy on OSM usernames? Is there an allowed list we can use too?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>

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