# Can't have a username with "ed" in it? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 23, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-have-a-username-with-ed-in-it/357954 "2006-05-23T20:44:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Upgrading\_to\_Critical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/848f3c/32.png) [@Upgrading\_to\_Critical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Upgrading_to_Critical)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-have-a-username-with-ed-in-it/357954/1 "2006-05-23T20:44:39Z")
I tried to register with the name “Upgraded to Critical”. The system said, in obvious error “That name is already in use. If your name is Ed and you’ve forgotten your password, click here.” Not that I care now for myself. Just reporting a bug. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-have-a-username-with-ed-in-it/357954/2 "2006-05-24T03:27:45Z")
\*\*redheadedokie or JadedNaive or TheLoadedDog seldedr or ZRUDEDOG13 or redheadedokie or BeardedElf or JadedNaive or oded or Rue DeDay or GildedLily or ChordedZither or TheLoadedDog or undecided or teded or Beardedcrow or Ded Jester or roded JadedNaive\*\* That said, the username system does seem to have trouble with some words that end in ‘aded.’ 😕 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-have-a-username-with-ed-in-it/357954/3 "2006-05-24T04:03:41Z")
Oh-oh – am I in trouble now? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-have-a-username-with-ed-in-it/357954/4 "2006-05-24T04:32:42Z")
One of the forums I frequent is hosted by Ezboard and once I had occasion to refer to a poem of Andrew Marvell’s, _Upon Appleton House_. This is what appeared in the post - \*Upon \*\*\*\*\*_on House_. It turns out that the word _applet_ is forbidden on Ezboard, something to do with protection against hostile Java applets. (We’ll now see whether vBulletin has the same taboo!) On preview: guess not, but it does go to show that certain combinations of letters can be a problem with some boards. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-have-a-username-with-ed-in-it/357954/5 "2006-05-24T04:38:36Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] Oh-oh – am I in trouble now? :eek: [/QUOTE] We were about to send you an email - we need the d’s back. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-have-a-username-with-ed-in-it/357954/6 "2006-05-24T04:45:57Z")
[QUOTE=aldiboronti] It turns out that the word _applet_ is forbidden on Ezboard [/QUOTE] There are no SDMB users having ‘applet’ as a substring of their username: > [@](#): > > Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms Looking for users with, for example ‘faded’ as a substring of their username returns a different error: > [@](#): > > Invalid User specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the webmaster I think you’re right about there being a problem with ‘some combinations of letters’, at least in usernames. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-have-a-username-with-ed-in-it/357954/7 "2006-05-24T05:12:40Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] We were about to send you an email - we need the d’s back. [/QUOTE] :: sigh :: Okay, here ya go: **dd dd dd** Feeling kinda weird about it all, **EyTeyFrey** ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-have-a-username-with-ed-in-it/357954/8 "2006-05-24T11:01:14Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddyFeeling kinda weird about it all, **EyTeyFrey** [/QUOTE] At least you’re not fey. Or twee. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-have-a-username-with-ed-in-it/357954/9 "2006-05-25T01:01:46Z")
[QUOTE=Squink] That said, the username system does seem to have trouble with some words that end in ‘aded.’ 😕 [/QUOTE] I originally tried to sign up under my usual screename, “shadeedge” and I got the Ed error. Definetly something to do with the “adeed” I guess. ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-have-a-username-with-ed-in-it/357954/10 "2006-05-25T03:46:55Z")
Don’t you people get it? It’s because of **Ed Zotti**! He has to be the only Ed on the board. It’s a plot!fnord. That is all. 😃 Sneezy ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-have-a-username-with-ed-in-it/357954/11 "2006-05-25T11:27:54Z")
I’ll be fine until the board becomes dyslexic and throttles me. I’ll throw **C K Dexter Havn** in its path. Problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![Splash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@Splash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splash)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-have-a-username-with-ed-in-it/357954/12 "2006-05-26T12:34:41Z")
[QUOTE=sneezy5660] Don’t you people get it? It’s because of **Ed Zotti**! He has to be the only Ed on the board. It’s a plot!fnord. That is all. 😃 Sneezy [/QUOTE] I think you’ve got it! Many years ago there were people who would sign up with names like Ed Zitti and Ed Zoti and then say something outrageous. So they blocked all new “Ed”'s. Those others were simply tripping over that old rule. Or so I’m told. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-have-a-username-with-ed-in-it/357954/13 "2006-05-26T20:09:26Z")
Okay, you prospective ed’s out there, try it now. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-have-a-username-with-ed-in-it/357954/14 "2006-05-27T03:47:00Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] try it now. [/QUOTE] Tempting, that lure of Zottiness. So plump, appealing. Full of sock-a-licious goodyness. Yet _Still_, my beating heart! I’d be banned. The Creampuff crumbles. Mere dust remains. ☹