Registration harder than anticipated

[Digital_Doctor]

I tried to register twice with the name: Digital Doctor

I kept getting this message.

Please correct the following errors: "Name in wrong format"

The above error was unhelpful, but I guessed that the space was the problem.
I changed the space to an underscore, and it went OK.

Is it helpful for administration purposes to have no spaces in names ?

This is just an FYI.

 

[Digital_Doctor]

Is it just me or the links on the wiki don't work ?

The Apprentice
Valeria
Yoda
- when I click on these three, I am not taken to their pages, I remain at the wiki index page.
- using FireFox, latest version.

But these do work ?
Talim
Amy

FYI.

 

[Jaxel]

Username Regular Expression Match:

^[A-Za-z0-9][\w\-\.\@]+[A-Za-z0-9]$

A username must START with an alpha-numeric character
A username can only have alpha-numeric, underscore, dash, period, @
A username must END with an alpha-numeric character
A username must have between 3 and 15 characters.

We were using this format in the past due to compatibility with MediaWiki, back when we were still using it. MediaWiki really wasn't designed for user_id; and it's users were stored through usernames... thats why this was done. It has just sort of hung around since then and I haven't seen the need to change it.

As for the wiki... bonus character wikis haven't been ported over yet.

 

[Digital_Doctor]

Username Regular Expression Match:

^[A-Za-z0-9][\w\-\.\@]+[A-Za-z0-9]$

A username must START with an alpha-numeric character
A username can only have alpha-numeric, underscore, dash, period, @
A username must END with an alpha-numeric character
A username must have between 3 and 15 characters.

So, no Xenforo setting to let the user know about these restrictions ?
They just have to guess ?
Some people might just give up.

Xenforo complained about the UserName but wouldn't tell me why.
Nor did it tell me some basic rules to start with.

 

[Jaxel]

Okay... the error message has been updated to be more descriptive.

 

[Digital_Doctor]

Please correct the following errors:
1. It has been determined that you are a Spammer, and therefore, your registration has been rejected. If you are a real user, and believe this is in fault, please contact us using the "Contact Us" link.

I got that. Not sure what triggered it.

 

[Jaxel]

I got that. Not sure what triggered it.

We have an AGGRESSIVE anti-spam blocker on the forums set to it's MAXIMUM setting. We have about 10-20 spammers register on 8WayRun every day... it has been like this for over a year now. You just don't see them because I'm just that good at what I do... =P

Please check the following website: http://www.stopforumspam.com/

Chances are, your email address, IP address or username have been submitted as a known spammer. You can dispute it with StopForumSpam and try to get your entry removed... which is something you will want to do as more and more forums are adopting StopForumSpam policies.

*EDIT* I have just turned down the aggressiveness of the spam blocker... try now.

 

[Digital_Doctor]

well.... maybe you want to turn it back up.
I was inputting things like my email was test@test.com and my name was Test Test.

 

[Digital_Doctor]

The popups are cool, but the fact that the UserName is harvested from Xenforo's weirdo Login/Signup popup, I can bypass the warning with a non-conforming name by pressing Tab when I am brought to the Sign UP page.

See my suggestion.

 

[Digital_Doctor]

As for the wiki... bonus character wikis haven't been ported over yet.

Yoda and Valeria work now.
http://www.8wayrun.com/wiki/valeria/

Whoa !
Are her fighting status punished for being so top heavy ?
When fighting a male character, do the fight as if distracted ?
:)