# Nickname Length?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nickname-length/189209>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 17, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nickname-length/189209 "2003-07-17T19:04:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nickname-length/189209/1 "2003-07-17T19:04:46Z")

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I noticed a couple of nicks that are not really _names_ per se, but _phrases_. Just curious, does this present a problem for the administrators?

Thanks

Q

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nickname-length/189209/2 "2003-07-17T22:36:24Z")

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I believe the user name limit is 30 characters.

From the registration page source:

\<input type=“text” class=“bginput” name=“username” size=“25” maxlength=“30”\>

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nickname-length/189209/3 "2003-07-17T22:51:58Z")

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Ah! Thank you, kind person! 😃

This will teach me to check other sources before posting!

_grumbles_ :me with my 2000+ posts should know better!:  
Q