https://gw1wiki.ezgame.cc/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Guild_Wars_Wiki%3ARequests_for_technical_administration%2FUsername_limits 2026-10-18T09:29:19Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.39.17 https://gw1wiki.ezgame.cc/index.php?title=Guild_Wars_Wiki:Requests_for_technical_administration/Username_limits&diff=9103&oldid=prev 2010-06-30T21:36:31Z

<p>New page: &#039;; Title : Limit the size of a user&#039;s name to a maximum of 32 bytes and throttles the amount of accounts an IP can create per 24 hours to 4. ; Type : Change to MediaWiki configuration ; …&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>; Title : Limit the size of a user's name to a maximum of 32 bytes and throttles the amount of accounts an IP can create per 24 hours to 4. <br /> ; Type : Change to MediaWiki configuration<br /> ; Reason : Restricts inappropriate usernames used for vandalism. <br /> ; Links :<br /> :*[[Guild Wars Wiki talk:Requests for technical administration#Conclusion|Discussion]]<br /> :*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgMaxNameChars $wgMaxNameChars]<br /> :*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgAccountCreationThrottle $wgAccountCreationThrottle]<br /> ; Code :<br /> :* &lt;code&gt;$wgMaxNameChars = 32&lt;/code&gt;<br /> :* &lt;code&gt;$wgAccountCreationThrottle = 2&lt;/code&gt;<br /> ; Possible pitfalls: Currently existing usernames over 32 bytes would be unusable. However, as per this [http://wiki.guildwars.com/index.php?title=Guild_Wars_Wiki:Sandbox&amp;oldid=2055210 userlist], few, if any legitimate accounts would be affected.</div>

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