Guild Wars Wiki:Requests for technical administration/Username limits


 * 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.
 * Type : Change to MediaWiki configuration
 * Reason : Restricts inappropriate usernames used for vandalism.
 * Links :
 * Discussion
 * $wgMaxNameChars
 * $wgAccountCreationThrottle


 * Code :


 * Possible pitfalls: Currently existing usernames over 32 bytes would be unusable. However, as per this userlist, few, if any legitimate accounts would be affected.