[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #65084: Update error message for disallowed username characters
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#65084: Update error message for disallowed username characters
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Reporter: Marc4 | Owner: (none)
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Awaiting Review
Component: General | Version:
Severity: normal | Keywords: has-patch
Focuses: ui-copy |
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I suggest replacing “illegal characters” with “unallowed characters” to
avoid unnecessarily alarming the user and to be more specific.
This error message appears when you try to create a username that contains
“special characters.”
This is the PR: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/11590
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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/65084>
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