https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33101

--- Comment #8 from Brad Jorsch <[email protected]> 2011-12-16 
15:51:08 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> What does "invalid" mean in this context? Obviously, these usernames exist,
> andthe can be blocked. So reporting no-blocks would be just as bad.

In this context, "invalid" means "User::newFromName($name) returns false". I'm
not sure how well an existing account with such a name would be usable, as
anything that tries to use User::newFromName to get at the user data will
break.


(In reply to comment #6)

> Interesting, I couldn't reproduce locally on trunk, but pushing the fix to the
> cluster fixed the issue. So I'm gonna apply the patch based on that

Did you make sure to create the user/user talk page on your local wiki?

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