accounts

[burr86]

And again!

FAQ104: Moved validation into the summary, removed half the links in the "what can I do now??" to pare 'em down to the bare minimum sort of thing.

FAQ245: Removed the "you must be logged in" (the page errors and tells you to log in, our users aren't THAT stupid). Removed the "this has no relation to invite codes" bit. Removed the "you

Comments

[anotherdream]

I don't like the change made to #127, because now that FAQ - nor any other! - no longer addresses the reserved username error in any useful way. Now they are only mentioned in regards to underscores, leaving users puzzled when the error comes up with anything else. Plus I don't really fancy the way that's worded either - it sounds like "you can't do this, because you get an error". Well, duh. I'm sure they'll notice the error themselves... ;)

[burr86]

Do people really try to create lj_, s_, ext_, or ex_ accounts with any sort of regularity?

[anotherdream]

I have no idea, but I don't really see a reason why it *shouldn't* be documented in the FAQ. It doesn't take much space, doesn't seem like confusing information to me, and it's not any kind of top secret classified info either (nor should it be). :)

[burr86]

I'd rather leave it out -- we use this bit of the FAQ in other places to say "here are the restrictions", and I'm willing to sacrifice 100% accuracy for the sake of clarity. People aren't likely to run into the lj_ or ext_ errors as much as they would with __, so while it's theoretically good to document it, I'd rather include the information that actually affects the vast majority of people, and leave out the rest.

[bridgetester]

I think it would be good to leave the comment anonymously bit on, because that would automatically trigger a message to the right account, without them needing to type all the addresses in.

[burr86]

That's already covered in the first bit though, no? "If you do not remember which email address you used with the account" etc.

[bridgetester]

Hmm... Yes, technically, but sometimes comment emails get through when password changes don't, and this way they could yell at their provider about filtering the password emails.

[burr86]

Eh, that still strikes me as overkill for this FAQ.

[ymf]

i definitely like that bit about inactive accounts. thanks (= and i do remember one request a few months back about clusters..