id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
2083	"Why is the username field in ""django/contrib/auth/models.py"" restricted?"	djangoproject.com@…	Adrian Holovaty	"Why is the username field for a user in django restricted to: 30 chars, alphanumeric?

It is more use to everybody who wants to be ""more open"" with his site when the username can be (nearly) anything. Let the site-creator decide (using his own validators) how the username should look like for his site.

So:
{{{
username = models.CharField(_('username'), maxlength=30, unique=True, validator_list=[validators.isAlphaNumeric])
}}}
should be changed to something like:
{{{
username = models.CharField(_('username'), maxlength=255, unique=True)
}}}

Regards, Alex"	defect	closed	Contrib apps	dev	minor	wontfix	username auth		Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0