On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> wrote:
On 30 March 2012 09:06, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:57 AM, Dobes Vandermeer <dobesv@gmail.com> wrote: >> I cannot log into the wiki on this page: >> >> http://wiki.postgresql.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main_Page >> >> My username is dobes_vandermeer. The error I get is: >> >> Login error >> >> There is no user by the name "dobes_vandermeer". Check your spelling. >> >> >> I am able to log into the community page here: >> >> https://www.postgresql.org/account/ > > It looks like mediaWiki doesn't like underscores in usernames for some > reason. I would suggest using dots instead for now until we can figure > out a fix.
My account on Wikipedia (i.e. mediawiki) uses an underscore, which automatically gets converted to a space, so either it's some plugin that does it, or a later version.... or hackery on their part.
Ah I see, a quick google pulled up this hack/patch to get around it:
I signed up under a new username without underscores, which is fine. I could not use the same email address for the new account, though, and there's no way to change my username or close my account that I could find. Some possible features to consider for the future.