Error Message for incorrect Username during registration/sign up

[labedford]

The error message:

"Only lowercase letters and numbers allowed"

should also stipulate no spaces or special characters allowed, as people try multiple times and become frustrated, as this message is not sufficiently clear for everyone.

[mrmist]

More specific...

[mrmist]

I guess you're talking about that error, as it's the only one I could see. I doubt, though, that making this error more specific will help that much. If someone doesn't understand the concept of "only letters and numbers" saying "no punctuation" probably won't help them.

[labedford]

Replying to mrmist:

I guess you're talking about that error, as it's the only one I could see. I doubt, though, that making this error more specific will help that much. If someone doesn't understand the concept of "only letters and numbers" saying "no punctuation" probably won't help them.

The error message I get is exactly as I posted it - not the one shown.

[mrmist]

Recommending wontfix as discussed in irc.

[nacin]

(In [15594]) Speak in full, clear sentences. props mrmist, fixes #14633.

[demetris]

I think specifying the range of the lowercase characters, as the changed string did, may be good.

There are more lowercase characters in the world than the 26 letters of the English alphabet.

But then there are other number systems too. I don’t know... But I think I like it more when the range is specified.

[nacin]

(In [15595]) Return the character range removed in [15594]. fixes #14633, props demetris.

[nacin]

Replying to demetris:

There are more lowercase characters in the world than the 26 letters of the English alphabet.

My bad, and good call.